SAM LAUNCH COMPLEX KAPUSTIN YAR/VLADIMIROVKA MISSILE TEST CENTER USSR

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78T05929A000600020045-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 8
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 17, 2006
• Sequence Number: 45
• Publication Date: February 3, 1965
• Content Type: REPORT

KAPUSTIN YAR/VLADIMIROVKA MISSILE TEST CENTER
USSR
3 February 1965
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1. TALENT PHOTOGRAPHY OF SEP 57 AND DEC 59, REVEALED NORTH OF
KAPUSTIN YAR A SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILE COMPLEX FOR "R" AND
"D" AND TROOP TRAINING. THE LAUNCH COMPLEX CONSISTED OF
FOUR LAUNCH AREAS., AN INSTRUMENTED TEST RANGE AND THREE SUP-
PORT AREAS, (HOUSING AND SUPPOR^
AND A MISSILE CHECKOUT AND PRO-
PELLANT STORAGE AREA). THE FOUR LAUNCH AREAS WERE AN "R"
AND "D" LAUNCH AREA, A TROOP TRAINING LAUNCH AREA, A PROTOTYPE
HERRINGBONE LAUNCH AREA AND A SA-3 AREA. THE AIRFIELD WAS LOCATED
NORTHEAST OF THE BASE SUPPORT COMPLEX.
REVEALED A NEW SA-2 SITE UNDER CONSTRUCTION NEAR
THE SUPPORT AREA. A NEW PINWHEEL SITE SIMILAR TO THAT PREVIOUSLY
SEEN IN THE SA-3 AREA WAS OBSERVED IN THE SAM "R" AND "D" AREA.
REVEALED NEW CONSTRUCTION IN THE "Rtt AND t'D't AREA.
THE PINWHEEL SITE HAD FOUR PADS. THE MISSILE CHECKOUT AND PROPELLLe2
STORAGE AREA HAD AN ADDITIONAL DRIVE-THROUGH BUILDING . VEHICLES
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Their use should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid
only for the reporting period as indicated by the date of issue.
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WERE NOTED IN THE SA-1 AREA. AT THE BASE SUPPORT AND HOUSING AREA
SIX NEW BUILDINGS WERE ADDED.
I REVEALED INDICATIONS OF TROOP TRAINING
THROUGHOUT THE AREA.
I REVEALED NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES.
REVEALED A TOWER AT THE SA-3 SITE.
REVEALED A NEW AREA OF CON-
STRUCTED JUST NORTHWEST OF THE "R't AND "D" LAUNCH AREA. IN THE
"R" AND "D't AREA TWO MISSILE TRANSPORTERS WERE OBSERVED IN ONE
OF TEE U-SHAPED REVETMENTS. THE SA-1 AREA, HOUSING AND SUPPORT
THE MARSHALLING
AREA, AND BASE SUPPORT COMPLEX WERE 1D ONLY. TEE ELECTRONICS
SILO SHOWED A PARABOLIC ANTENNA ON AN ELEVATED PLATFORM.
TEE SA-1, SA-2, AND SA-3, LAUNCH AREAS AND
TEE CHECKOUT AND STORAGE AREAS ARE SHOWN WITH NO CHANGES.
REVEALED NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN THE LAUNCH
AND SUPPORT AREAS. ACTIVITY WAS EVIDENT AT THE "R" AND "D" AREA.
THE UNIDENTIFIED AREA WAS STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION. ADDITIONAL
EQUIPMENT WAS OBSERVED AT THE ELECTRONICS AREA. ON THE AIRFIELD
AT LEAST TWELVE STRAIGHT-WING AIRCRAFT WERE PARKED ON HARDSTANDS.
These notes hove been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work.
Their use should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid
only for the reporting period as indicated by the date of issue.
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IDENTIFIED ONLY THE SAM FACILITIES, ELECTRONICS
SITE, AND AIRFIELD. TWO SUBSEQUENT MISSIONS REVEALED NO SIGN-
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NORTHWEST OF THE SAM "R" AND "D" AREA, PREVIOUSLY REPORTED AS AN
UNIDENTIFIED FACILITY. THE RECTANGULAR PATTERN IN THE SOUTHEAST
QUADRANT OF THE SA-1 AREA APPEARED SIMILAR TO ACTIVITY SEEN AT
SOME OF THE MOSCOW SA-1 SITES. TEE SA-2 AND SA-3 LAUNCH AREAS
SHOWED NO APPARENT CHANGES ALTHOUGH THE
TOWER IN LAUNCH SITE "B" IN THE SA-3 AREA WAS CONFIRMED TO BE
OF LATTICE WORK CONSTRUCTION. THE REMAINDER OF THE FACILITIES
INCLUDING TEE ELECTRONICS SITE AND AIRFIELD SHOWED NO CHANGES.
ABLE LAUNCH AREA. THE FOUR LARGE ELECTRONICS MOUNDS AT TEE ELEC-
TRONICS SITE NORTH OF THE AIRFIELD APPEAR TO BE OCCUPIED.
13. THIS MISSION REVEALS ACTIVITY AT ALL LAUNCH AREAS, THE PROBABLE
LAUNCH AREA, AND THE NEWLY SECURED AREA. EQUIPMENT IS ALSO
PRESENT IN TEE ELECTRONICS SITE AND AIRCRAFT ARE PRESENT ON THE
AIRFIELD. THE PROBABLE SAM LAUNCH AREA 1.5 NM NORTHWEST OF THE
SAM "R" AND "D" LAUNCH AREA, IS STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION. THE
NEWLY SECURED AREA SOUTHWEST OF THE PROBABLE SAM LAUNCH AREA HAS
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work.
Their use should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid
only for the reporting period as indicated by the date of issue.
REVEALED THE PROBABLE LAUNCH AREA 1.5 NM
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LO BLE SECURITY FENCE UNDER CONSTRUCTION APPROXIMATELY 2,575 X
2,120 FT. A TOTAL OF 9-10 PROBABLE GUILD MISSILES CAN BE OBSERVED
ON TRANSPORTERS AND LAUNCHERS AT TEE SA-1 LAUNCH AREA.
THE SAM t'Rtt AND "D" LAUNCH AREA IS ACTIVE. TWO LARGE HOLD RE-
VETMENTS, TEE PINWHEEL SITE AND SITE B ARE OCCUPPIED BY MOBILE
EQUIPNT. EQUIPMENT IS OBSERVED THROUGHOUT TEE SA-2 LAUNCH AREA,
HOWEVER, NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE COULD BE NOTED AT TEE LAUNCH FACILI-
TIES. A NEW LAUNCH AREA, DESIGNATED SITE "Ett CAN BE IDENTIFIED
BETWEEN SITES "At" AND "B".
IN THE SA-3 LAUNCH AREA EQUIPMENT IS OBSERVED THROUGHOUT. THE
TOWER AT SITE "Btt HAS A PROBABLE LOW BLOW GUIDANCE RADAR ON ITS
LATTICE TOWER. A LARGE NUMBER OF VEHICLES/EQUIPMENT CAN BE OBSERVED
ON THE LAUNCH AREA'S HARDSTANDS.
SIX NEW BUILDINGS HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THE SAM HOUSING AND SUPPORT
AREA SING AT THE OPERATIONAL SA-2 SITE, TWO LARGE
REVETMENTS 90 X 90 FT AND 195 X 130 FT HAVE BEEN ADDED.
THE SAM WARHEAD AREA IS UNCHANGED ALTHOUGH 20-25 VEHICLES CAN
BE SEEN WITHIN THE AREA. THE MISSILE CHECKOUT AND STORAGE AREA SHOWS
NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES, HOWEVER, THE POSSIBLE REVETNT IDENTIFIED
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work.
Their use should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid
only for the reporting period as indicated by the date of issue.
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IN NPIC/R-5139/6!+, CAN BE CONFIRMED,
TEE ELECTRONICS SITE NORTH OF TEE AIRFIELD CONTAINED A TALL
KING RADAR LOCATED 1,000 FT EAST OF TEE 70 FT HIGH ELEVATED PLAT-
FORM. THREE OF TEE FOUR LARGE MOUNDS ARE OCCUPIED.
THE AIRFIELD SHOWS NO APPARENT CHANGE IN FACILITIES SINCE
HOWEVER, A FIRING BUTT IS NEWLY IDENTIFIED
BECAUSE OF THE LARGE SCALE COVERAGE. AIRCRAFT PRESENT INCLUDE
FOUR CRATE, FOURTEEN CAB, EIGHT COLT, NINE CREEK, AND ELEVEN
HOUND.
FOUR OF THE SEVEN APRONS IN TEE MARSHALLING AREA HAVE
VEHICLES/PIECES OF EQUIPMENT ON THEM, ALSO NUMEROUS PIECES OF
EQUIPMENT CAN RE SEEN THROUGHOUT TEE AREA. NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES
CAN BE SEEN IN THE AREA.
THE BASE SUPPORT AND HOUSING AREA SHOWS NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE.
A NEW INSTRUMENTATION SITE LOCATED 1.2 NM SOUTHEAST OF THE MISSILE
PROPELLANT AND STORAGE AREA HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED. TEE SITE WILL BE
IDENTIFIED AS INSTRUMENTATION SITE 12. IT CONSISTS OF A CENTRAL
CONTROL BUILDING WITH A RAISED STRUCTURE ON A CHIMNEY, A PROBABLE
R-400 TYPE MICROWAVE TOWER, TWO TOWER MOUNTED CIRCULAR ANTENNA RE-
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work.
Their use should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid
only for the reporting period as indicated by the date of issue.
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FLECTORS (ONE ON EITHER SIDE OF THE CENTRAL BUILDING). ONE PROB-
ABLE MAST MOUNTED ANTENNA, APPROXIMATELY TWENTY VEHICLES AND
ELECTRONICS VANS PARKED IN SEVEN SEPARATE GROUPS AND TEN LOW
RECTANGULAR FLAT MOUNDS, SIX OF WHICH SUPPORT VEHICLES OR SMALL
U/I EQUIPMENT. THE SITE IS FENCED AND SURROUNDED BY DOUBLE FIRE-
BREAKS. ONE OF THE TOWER MOUNTED REFLECTOR IS OUTSIDE TEE FENCE.
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SAM LAUNCH COMPLEX
KAPUSTIN YAR/VLADIMIROVKA MISSILE TEST CENTER, USSR
48-46N 45-43E
PROBABLE
LAUNCH AREA
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'MISSILE CHECKOUT AND
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