MENSURAL DATA ON SELECTED FACILITIES AT TYURA TAM MISSILE TEST CENTER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78T05439A000400010013-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 17, 2003
• Sequence Number: 13
• Publication Date: July 23, 1964
• Content Type: MF

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SUBJ]=: Mensural Data on Selected Facilities at Tyura
Missile Test Center
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NIMA/DOD
1. This memorandum is in response to your requirement dated 29 June
1964 in which you request mensural data, sketches and enlargements of
specific items at Launch Co lexes B and G, Tyura Tam Missile Test Center
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2. Included as attach?ments to Eh -Is me-iiorandiim ' are the photographic
enlargements of Complexes B and G, as requested, plus line drawings of the 25X1
launch stand at Complex B, t at launch area G-~+
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On t launch stand at Launch Complex B, two horizontal booms
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Figure Braces appear to extend from the corners of the
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of heavy materials and may possibly be enclosed with a solid covering;
however, construction details cannot be discerned on available photography.
At Launch Area G-I+ the gantry is positioned 1170 feet to the rear of the
launch pad (Figure 2). The shadow of this gantry indicates that it is either
solid or almost solid as no indications of lattice work can be identified.
The gantry is 200 feet high and 70 feet wide and appears as wide at the top
as it does at the base, indicating that the sides are close to vertical.
It appears to be,20 to 25 feet wide in what would be the direction of movement.
The shadow clearly shows an open area in the upper half of the structure,
starting 125 feet above the ground. The opening is rectangular and measures
65 by 4+0 feet, and is enclosed on the sides and top by members 15 feet wide.
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On the side -of the gantry away from the launch pad, two parallel members
are positiongd in line with the expected: direction of. gantry motion.
These each measure 30 by 50 feet, are approximately
mgy house the transport mechanism for the tower.
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5. This project is considered to be
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