LAUNCH AREA G3-G4 TYURATAM MISSILE TEST CENTER, USSR

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CIA-RDP78T05929A000200010036-9
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RIPPUB
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T
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3
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December 28, 2016
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April 23, 2007
Sequence Number: 
36
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Publication Date: 
September 30, 1964
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REPORT
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ved For Release 2 30 September 1964 Page I.L LAUNCH AREA G3-G4 TYURATAM MISSILE TEST CENTER, USSR REVEALED A NEWLY IDENTIFIED LAUNCH AREA DISIGNATED G3-G4 LOCATED AT THE PREVIOUSLY REPORTED AREA OF CONSTRUCTION 2 NM EAST OF G1-G2. 2. THE LAUNCH AREA WAS SUBSEQUENTLY COVERED BY 5 KH MISSIONS DURING WHICH TIME'THE LAUNCH AREA CONTINUED UNDER CONSTRUCTION. I STRUCTION TO THE REAR OF THE LAUNCH AREA. THE G-4 SIDE OF THE AREA HAD A CLEAN COMPLETED APPEARANCE WHILE THE G3 SIDE WAS CLUTTERED WITH CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS AND EQUIPM ENT. A't GLde 5 710 Q~ 1/JL~ ~~ REVEALED A PROBABLE MISSILE COMPONENT II OVERALL LENGTH, ADJACENT TO PAD G4. THE PROBABLE COMPONENT APPEARED TO BE ON THE RAIL SERVING THE PAD. THE GANTRY TO THE REAR OF PAD G3 APPEARED TO BE COMPLETE. THE LAUNCH AREA WAS IN A LATE STAGE OF CONSTRUCTION. 5. THIS MISSION REVEALS THE GANTRY ASSOCIATED WITH PAD G4 IS IN THE CENTER OF THE PAD. PHOTOGRAPHIC LIMITATIONS PRECLUDE IDENTIFYING A MISSILE WITHIN THE GANTRY, HOWEVER, SHADOW ANALYSIS INDICATES THAT A POSSIBLE MISSILE OR MISSILE COMPONENT MAY BE PRESENT. BECAUSE THE POSSIBLE MISSILE SHADOW IS OBLITERATED BY THE GANTRY SHADOW ONLY INCONCLUSIVE DIMENSIONS CAN BE ESTABLISHED. 7%e C' - j dP la-41' REVEALED AN L-SHAPED ELECTRONICS FACILITY UNDER CON- Approved For Release 20f Top RE NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER - LAUNCH AREA G3-G4 LAUNCH COMPLEX G, TYURATAM MISSILE TEST CENTER, USSR 46-04N 62-58E m