PROBABLE SOLID PROPELLANT ROCKET MOTOR TEST FACILITY AND ASSOCIATED PRODUCTION FACILITIES, KEMEROVO, USSR

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• Publication Date: June 1, 1965
• Content Type: REPORT

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 PROBABLE SOLID PROPELLANT ROCKET
MOTOR TEST FACILITY AND ASSOCIATED
PRODUCTION FACILITIES, KEMEROVO,; USSR
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PROBABLE SOLID PROPELLANT ROCKET MOTOR-TEST FACILITY
AND ASSOCIATED PRODUCTION FACILITIES, KEMEROVO, USSR
INTRODUCTION Kemerovo Ammunition Loading and Lxplo-
"This report describes a probable solid pro-
pellant rocket motor test facility andassOciated
production and storage facilities identified near
Kemerovo, USSR (Figure 1). The test facility is
located at 55-26N 85-57L, on the north edge of
Kemerovo Ammunition Loading and L-xplosivds
Plant Raketa 3y2
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photography of
provided the only good-quality coverage in
the site was not observed inII hoto r-
rgphy of the facility was obtained inl
Mien first observed in
the
,;PROBABLE
SOLID
PROPELLANT
ROCKET MOTOR
TEST FACILITY
AMMUNITION LOADING ~
AND EXPLOSIVES PLANT
RAKETA 392
Railroad, single track
Possible railroad
Road
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EXPLOSIVES MANUFACTURING AND
MUNITIONS PRODUCTION AREAS
PROBABLE SOLID PROPELLARI
ROCKET MOTOR TEST FFACILITY
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FIGURE 2. KEMEROVO PROBABLE SOLID PROPELLANT ROCKET MOTOR TEST FACILITY AND AMMUNIT
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Railroad
----Railroad under construction
Road
---- Track or trail
- F- Fence
w- Wall
Steamline
Revetment
o Possible semiburied tank
1
290 x 205 x 50h
(185 x 60 x 85h
high-bay section)
2
270 x
80 x,65h
3
120 x
60
4
130x
40
5
95 x
65 x 50h
6
215 x
95
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115x
65
(irregular)
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155 x
65
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95x
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Propellant Rocket Motor Test Facility had not
Propella it Rocket Motor Storage Area and the
Probable Solid Rocket Propellants Manufactur-
ing Section. Construction of the Probable Solid
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the manufacturing section appeared to be com-
plete, and the test facility was in a late stage of
construction
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rI-he period of construc-
tion also corresponds to the: yeais~
when other Soviet solid propellant facilities
5 were -under construction.
PROBABLE SOLID PROPELLANT ROCKET MOTOR
0
TEST FACILITY _
The Probable Solid Propellant Rocket Motor
Test Facility (Figures 2, 3, and 4) occupies an
area of approximately 80 acres surrounded by
both a wall and a, fence. I tie most prominent
feature of the facility is an L-shaped revetment
50 feet high, the legs of which,ineasure 3:30 and
240 feet long at the apexes. ,I he revetment is
sited in such a wav that it will protect the stor-
age area to the southeast from shock and vibra-
tion. There are 8 buildings within the .%alled
area, I of which is reverted on 3 sides and may
be the control building. Dimensions of the prin-
cipal structures are presented in the table inset
in Figure 3. Grading patterns within the area in-
dicate that rail spurs will serve at least 3 of the
buildings and the test nand cell. Iwo steamlines
also enter the facility.
Construction of this installation began be-
fore at that time the south leg
of the L-shaped revetment was visible. l1v
to be nearly completed, and most of the buildings
discernible on the most recent photographs were
the I shapedirevetment appeared
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struction activity has been concentrated in the.
interior angle of the L- shaped revetment where a
possible vertical test stand is under construc-
tion. Figure 4 presents a perspective view of
the revetment and the surrounding area of the
test facility. _
This facility is similar in some ways to solid
propellant rocket motor test facilities at Krasno-
varsk, Perm, Sterlitamak, Biysk, and Kamensk-
Shakhtinskiv. 1-5 It does not, however, include
an H-shaped or a modified H-shaped probable
assembly and checkout structure found at 4 of the
other 5 sites. This facility also differs in that it
has a large 1.-shaped revetment rather than a
horizontal blast deflector. -
POSSIBLE SOLID PROPELLANT ROCKET MOTOR
- STORAGE AREA
1-he Possible Solid Propellant Rocket Motor
Storage :\rea, over 1OO acres in area, is also
secured by both a wall anda fence. It contains 7
or S storage buildings. 4 possible semiburied
tanks, one small structure in a wraparound re
vctment, and a newly built rectangular building
considerably higher than the others item 2.
Figure 3). All of the :structures except Build-
ing 2 were present when the area was first: seen
in
The tallest building (item 2) is 05 feet high
and could he used as a temperature-conditioningg
structure or possibly as ashort-term storage fa -
c_ility for large rocket motors. 1 hi building is
similar to a building in the storage area adjacent
to the Probable solid Propellants \lanufaeturing
Area at Kanten;k-tihakht inskiv. 5 1'ho!ography
re-yea led 1--l-011111i scarring in
of
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the area no\\ occupied by Building 2: cons: rue: ion
of the building could be observed ill
I it appeared to ha ye beencontplete
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No other significant changes have
occurred in this area.
PROBABLE SOLID ROCKET PROPELLANTS
MANUFACTURING SECTION
The Probable Solid Rocket Propellants Man-
ufacturing Section is located between the pre-ex-
isting high-explosives and double-base powder
manufacturing sections of the Raketa 3142 plant
(Figure 2). This new section is almost identical
to the Probable Solid Propellants Manufacturing
Area at Kamensk-Shakhtinskiy 5 and i.s similar
to the la~ger of the 2 Probable Solid Propellants
Manufacturing Areas at Perm. 2
The majority of the facilities in thiscci ion
Almost all of the structures in the section, --
except 2 or 3 buildings at the west side appear to
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exceptions appeared to be essentially com lete
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revealed smoke or steam rising from 25X1 D
at least one of the structures in the row of build-
ings on the west side.
Kemerovo appeared to have been present in
although most of them were then under
revealed continuing construc-
tion; the high-bay section of .Building I had been
erected by that time, and the entire building was
apparently complete b\' of the same
year. The 85- foot high bad' could e used for as -
sembliug and casting large solid propellant rock
et motors.
FIGURE 4. PERSPECTIVE VIEW OF PROBABLE SOLID PROPELLANT ROCKET MOTOR TEST FACrc'ri
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