LAUNCH GROUPS "D" AND "E" OLOVYANNAYA ICBM COMPLEX, USSR

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• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 17, 2006
• Sequence Number: 48
• Publication Date: February 4, 1965
• Content Type: REPORT

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LAUNCH GROUPS "D" AND "E"
OLOVYANNAYA ICBM COMPLEX, USSR
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SEQUENTLY BEEN COVERED BY 23 KH MISSIONS RESULTING IN THE IDENTIFI-
CATION OF THREE TYPE III A (HARD) LAUNCH AREAS (A, B, AND C) AND A
GROUP OF 17 SINGLE SILO LAUNCH SITES DESIGNATED LAUNCH GROUP "D". THE
FIRST OBSERVABLE ACTIVITY IN THE AREA OF LAUNCH GROUP "D" WAS IN JUN 64
THE SILOS IN LAUNCH GROUP "D" HAVE A CIRCULAR SILO STRUCTURE
AND ARE SIMILAR TO THOSE AT LAUNCH AREA "G8-G9", TTMTC.
2. THIS MISSION REVEALS :
THERE DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE A SECOND SILO AT ANY OF THESE LAUNCH
SITES.
SITES "Dll" THROUGH "D17" (SITES 14-20) AND THREE NEWLY IDENTI-
FIED POSSIBLE SITES ARE ARRANGED IN A GENERALLY CIRCULAR CONFIGURATION
AND CONSTITUTE A SECOND LAUNCH GROUP DESIGNATED LAUNCH GROUP "E",
(SITES "El" THROUGH "E10") WITH SITE "El" AT THE CENTER OF THE GROUP.
THE SITES ARE REDESIGNATED AS FOLLOWS: "D14" IS NOW SITE "El" (SITE
17), "D11" IS NOW SITE "E2" (SITE 14), "D12" IS NOW SITE "E3" (SITE
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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15), "D13" IS NOW SITE "E1+" (SITE 16), "D16" IS NOW SITE "E5"
(SITE 19), "D15" IS NOW SITE "E6" (SITE 18), "D17" IS NOW SITE "E7"
(SITE 20), AND THE THREE NEWLY IDENTIFIED POSSIBLE SITES ARE DESIG-
NATED "E8", "E9", AND "ElO".
NEWLY IDENTIFIED POSSIBLE LAUNCH SITE "E8" CONSISTS OF A NARROW,
SLOPING EXCAVATION AND SPOIL PILES. THERE IS SOME UNIDENTIFIED ACTI-
VITY APPARENT IN THE DEEP END OF THE EXCAVATION AND A CRANE IS SITUATE
NEAR THE EDGE WITH THE BOOM EXTENDED UPWARD. ACTIVITY AT THIS AREA
CAN BE OBSERVEDI
IBUT WAS NOT PRESENT 01
NEWLY IDENTIFIED POSSIBLE LAUNCH SITE "E9" CONSISTS OF A DARK, NA
IDENTIFIED POSSIBLE LAUNCH SITE "E10" CONSISTS OF A SMALL CIRCULAR EXCA
PROBABLE LAUNCH SITES "El" (SITE 17) AND "E6" (SITE 18) CAN NOW
BE CONFIRMED.
ANALYSIS OF SITE "El" (SITE 17) WHICH IS CENTRALLY LOCATED WITHIN
LAUNCH GROUP "E", SHOWS THAT IT IS SIMILAR TO SITE "D7" (SITE 6), WHICH
IS CENTRALLY LOCATED WITHIN LAUNCH GROUP "D". EACH HAS AN ASSOCIATED
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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SUPPORT FACILITY AND A POSSIBLE CONTROL FACILITY WHILE THERE IS NO
EVIDENCE OF THESE AT THE OTHER SITES.
LAUNCH SITE "D7" (SITE 6) WAS FIRST IDENTIFIED
ACTIVITY AT THIS AREA COULD BE OBSERVED
THIS IS THE CENTRALLY LOCATED SITE
IN LAUNCH GROUP "D" AND IS SIMILAR IN CONFIGURATION TO LAUNCH AREA
"K3", TTMTC. A GENERALLY TRIANGULAR-SHAPED SECURITY FENCE ENCLOSES
THE SITE WHICH INCLUDES A SINGLE SILO AND A POSSIBLE GROUP CONTROL
FACILITY UNDER CONSTRUCTION. ALTHOUGH AN "L"-SHAPED ELECTRONIC DE-
VICE CANNOT BE IDENTIFIED, THERE IS SUFFICIENT SPACE WITHIN THE
SECURED AREA TO ACCOMMODATE ONE. THE SILO IS IN THE CENTER OF ONE
LEG OF A LEVEL "T"-SHAPED MOUNDED-EARTH ACCESS TO THE SILO. THE
LEG CONTAINING THE SILO IS ORIENTED NE/SW. THE SILO IS COMPLETELY
BACKFILLED AND IS COVERED BY A LOW SQUARE COVER MEASURING APPROXI-
MATEL A BUILDING, APPARENTLY IDENTICAL TO THOSE SEEN
AT OTHER SITES, IS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 500 FT SW OF THE SILO.
CABLE DITCHES FROM OTHER SITES TERMINATE NEAR THE SECURITY FENCE.
APPROXIMATELY 500 FT EAST OF THE SILO THERE IS A FAIRLY LARGE EXCA-
VATION CONTAINING A RECTANGULAR STRUCTURE. THE INTERSECTION OF THE
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LEGS OF AN "L"-SHAPED ELECTRONIC DEVICE WOULD PROBABLY BE LOCATED
NEAR THIS STRUCTURE. THERE IS A BUILDING MEASURING APPROXIMATELY
120 BY 25 FT ADJACENT TO THE EXCAVATION. A SUPPORT FACILITY CONTAIN-
ING APPROXIMATELY 25 BUILDINGS IS LOCATED SE OF THE LAUNCH SITE.
LAUNCH SITE "D8" (SITE 12) WAS FIRST IDENTIFIED
ACTIVITY AT THIS AREA COULD BE OBSERVED
NOT PRESENT ONI I THE SITE IS ENCLOSED BY A GENERALLY
SQUARE SECURITY FENCE. THE SILO IS IN THE CENTER OF A LEVEL ACCESS
FORMED BY AN EARTH FILL ON THE NE END AND AN EARTH CUT ON THE SW END.
A CURVING EARTH RAMP LEADS UP TO THE NE END OF THE LEVEL ACCESS. THE
SILO IS COMPLETELY BACKFILLED AND HAS A LOW SQUARE COVER OVER IT WHICH
MEASURES APPROXIMATELY 20 TO 25 FT ON A SIDE. A SMALL BUILDING IS
LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 500 FT WEST OF THE SILO. A SECOND SMALL BUILD-
ING IS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 1200 FT SW OF THE SILO. CABLE DITCHES
FROM OTHER SITES TERMINATE AT A POINT JUST WEST OF THE SILO.
LAUNCH SITE "E7 (SITE 17) WAS FIRST IDENTIFIE
ACTIVITY IN THIS AREA COULD BE OBSERVED BUT WAS
THE SITE CONSISTS OF A SINGLE SILO
UNDER CONSTRUCTION WITHIN A SHALLOW EXCAVATION. THE EXCAVATION IS
SITUATED WITHIN A GRADED AREA WHICH IS PROBABLY THE LOCATION OF THE
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only for the reporting period as indicated by the date of issue.
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"T"-SHAPED EARTHEN RAMPS. THE GRADED AREA IS ORIENTED IN A
NE/SW DIRECTION. TRACK ACTIVITY EXTENDS SOUTHWARD AND EAST-
WARD FROM THE SILO AND TWO EXCAVATIONS ARE SITUATED TO THE
SW OF IT. THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF A SECURITY FENCE AROUND
THE SITE.
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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7 - RAS/REF/CSD
8 - TCS Army, Attn:
9 - Files/SBS/RB/CSI)
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only for the reporting period as indicated by the date of issue.
PREPARED BY: CSD/Research Branch
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