LAUNCH COMPLEX "J" TYURATAM MISSILE TEST CENTER, USSR

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78T05929A001100160001-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 4, 2006
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: August 30, 1965
• Content Type: REPORT

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LATCH COMPLEX "J."
TYURATAM MISSILE TEST CENTER, USSR
REVEALED A NI VI AREA OF UNIDENTIFIED ACTIVI' -:_ , 25X1
: UNCH COMPLEXES "A" AND ttEtt THE TTMTC. THIS AREA, WHICH RAIL
AND ROAD SERVED, WAS LATER DESIGNATED COMPLEX "J"
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SUBSEQUENT COVERAGE BY 16 KH MISSIONS SHOWED CONTINUED EXPA`,"..
THE FACILITIES, INCLUDING A LARGE HEXAGONALLY-SHAPEDEXCAVA- _: ~O-
CATED APPROXIMATELY 3 NM NNW OF LAUNCH PAD Al (LAUNCH COMPLEX ".z't ),
AND A MASSIVE RAIL-SERVED BUILDING UNDER CONSTRUCTION. THIS BUILDING
MEASURED APPROXIMATELY 800 X 615 FT AND HAD 2 SECTIONS: THE LARGER
AT LEAST 175 FT HIGH AND THE SMALLER AT LEAST 120 FT IN HEIGHT.
OTHER FACILITIES WITHIN COMPLEX "Jtt INCLUDED A ROAD AND RAIL
LINE UNDER CONSTRUCTION WHICH EXTENDED FROM THE SUPPORT AREA TOWARD
THE LARGE EXCAVATION, A HOUSING AREA, AND A CONSTRUCTION SUPPG=?1 AREA.
REVEALED PROGRESS ON A SECOND LARGE EXCAVATION LO-
CATED APPROXIMATELY 1,700 FT WNW OF THE ORIGIONAL LARGE EXCAVATION.
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TWO BUILDINGS HAD BEEN CONSTRUCTED BETWEEN THE EXCAVATIONS AND SEVERAL
SHALLOW RECTANGULAR EXCAVATIONS WERE NOTED NEAR BY. THE RAIL LINE HAD
BEEN EXTENDED TO FORM A WISHBONE CONFIGURATION TERMINATING BETWEEN THE
2 LARGE EXCAVATIONS. THIS AREA OF CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY APPEARED SIMI-
LAR TO THAT OBSERVED AT LAUNCH AREA G3-G4 (LAUNCH COMPLEX ttG") WHEN THAT
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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LAUNCH AREA WAS IN AN EARLY STAGE OF CONSTRUCTION. THE 2 LARGE EXCAVA-
TIONS, CONSIDERED TO BE LAUNCH PADS UNDER CONSTRUCTION, WERE DESIGNATED
J1 AND J2.
THE MASSIVE BUILDING, APPEARING COMPLETED, WAS DESIGNATED THE
`ASSEMBLY/CHECKOUT BUILDING. TWO PARALLEL SCARS, POSSIBLY GANTRY
TRACKS UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND APPROXIMATELY 60 FT APART, EXTENDED
FROM THE ASSEMBLY/CHECKOUT BUILDING IN THE DIRECTION OF THE LARGE
EXCAVATIONS.
THIS MISSION REVEALS CONTINUING CONSTRUCTION AT THE COMPLEX. THE
EXCAVATION AT J2 APPEARS TO BE AT APPROXIMATELY THE SAME DEPTH AS
THE ONE AT J1. A RECTANGULAR STRUCTURE WITH A CIRCULAR CONFIGURA-
TION IN ITS CENTER IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN THE BOTTOM OF Jl. THERE
ARE NOW 9 BUILDINGS BETWEEN Jl AND J2 AND FOOTINGS FOR SEVERAL IMORE.
THE RIGHT FORK OF THE RAIL HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO A POINT NE OF Jl.
AN AREA OF UNIDENTIFIED CONSTRUCTION IS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 3.2 NM
SSW OF THE ASSEMBLY/CHECKOUT BUILDING. DITCHING CONNECTS COMPLEX J
AND THIS UNIDENTIFIED CONSTRUCTION.
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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