DESCRIPTION OF A HARD IRBM LAUNCH POSITION AT GELLI LAUNCH AREA NO 3, USSR

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• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 23, 2004
• Sequence Number: 32
• Publication Date: November 1, 1963
• Content Type: BRIEF

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 Title: Description of a Hard IRBM
Launch Position at Gelli
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Launch Area No 3, USSR
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Geo Coords:
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NPIC Target No:
0325-100 '
References: USATC Series 200, Sheet 0325-8A (S)
NPIC Project J-398/63 (PC 886-63)
photography of
photography and permits a more comprehensive
analysis of the launch silo- construction. The
following description and graphic illustration
(Figure 1) are based primarily on this observa-
tion supported by an ar.alysis of other hard
launch position . on larger scale
clouds a portion of the launch site of Gelli
Laura h Area No 3 (TDI name, Paraul). This
cortBtitutes the first observation of a hard
revealed through
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FIGURE 7. HARD IRBM LAUNCH POSITION, GELLI, USSR.
Declassification review by NGA/DoD
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launch sites on earlier) photography.
The hard launch position consists of a
concrete platform 100 by 70 ft, at the center
of which is located a launch silo. The aperture
of the silo at the surface level is = in
diameter. Within the aperture and at a lower
level there is an inner casing with an inside
diameter of = and a wall thickness of approx-
imately 5 ft. A probable separation of approx-
imately =exists between the outside circum-
ference of the inner casing and the outside
silo wall. This probable separation is imaged
on the photography as a dark band along the
entire-outside circumference of the inner casing.
A deflection wall of undetermined size is posi-
tioned on either side and parallel to the sides
-of the surface platform. These provide pro-
tection for probable rails located inboard of each
wall and the sides of the silo cover, which
slides horizontally along the inward sides of the
walls. The silo cover measures 55 ft on a
side and has an overall height of approximately
15 ft. The top of the cover is somewhat
pyramidal in design. When the silo cover
is in a closed position two probable rail founda-
tions are evident extending perpendicularly from
the forward edge of the surface foundation. These
appear as concrete strips and are separated
by approximately 50 ft.