LAUNCH AREA G8-G9 TYURATAM MISSILE TEST CENTER, USSR

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78T05929A000100040018-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 17, 2006
• Sequence Number: 18
• Publication Date: August 21, 1964
• Content Type: REPORT

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LAUNCH AREA G8-G9
TYURATAM MISSILE TEST CENTER., USSR
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AREA DESIGNATED G8-G9.
2. REVEALED CONSTRUCTION WAS CONTINUING. THE PAR-
TIAL LOOP ROAD PATTERN, THE BUILDING PATTERN, AND THE CONSTRUCTION
ACTIVITY IN THE AREA INDICATED THE AREA WILL BE VERY SIMILAR TO
LAUNCH AREA G5-G6.
3. THIS MISSION REVEALS THE AREA CONTAINS TWO ROAD-SERVED POSSIBLE
SILOS. THE ACCESS ROAD INTO THE AREA TERMINATES IN A LOOP. THE
SILOS ARE POSITIONED ALONGSIDE STRAIGHT SEGMENTS OF THE LOOP ROAD
ANb ARE SEPARATED BY APPROXIMATELY 385 FT. THE INSIDE DIAMETER OF
THE SILOS IS APPROXIMATELY 20 FT. THERE IS A SQUARE STRUCTURE BE-
LOW GROUND LEVEL AT EACH SILO WHICH IS CONNECTED TO THE SILO BY A
PROBABLE CONDUIT. DITCHES PREVIOUSLY EXTENDED FROM THE EXCAVATION
CONTAINING THE SQUARE STRUCTURE TO AN EXCAVATION CONTAINING A PROB-
ABLE CONTROL-BUNKER. A LINE DRAWN THROUGH THE TWO SILOS IS PARALLEL.
TO SIMILAR LINES DRAWN THROUGH ALL OTHER LAUNCH PADS AT COMPLEX "G",
REVEALED A NEWLY IDENTIFIED POSSIBLE LAUNCH
 LAUNCH AREA G8-G9, LAUNCH COMPLEX G
TYURATAM MISSILE TEST CENTER, USSR
46-03N 62-56E
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