SSM LAUNCH FACILITIES SHUANG-CHENG-TZU MISSILE TEST CENTER, CHINA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78T05929A001400030008-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 28, 2006
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: February 13, 1966
• Content Type: REPORT

13 February 966
SSM LAUNCH FACILITIES
SHUANG-CHENG-TZU MISSILE TEST CENTER, CHINA
1. SIGNIFICANCE A NEWLY IDENTIFIED CRATER IS OBSERVED
APPROXIMATELY 21,000 FT WEST OF LAUNCH
COMPLEX "A".
CONSTRUCTION IS CONTINUING AT LAUNCH
COMPLEX "B".
REMARKS:
F^..."ILITIES INCLUDE 3 INSTRUMENTED SSM
Lr, ETCH COMPLEXES (ORIENTED WEST) NE OF
WH~t OH LAUNCH COMPLEX "Brr) HAS NEVER; BEEN
COMPLETED; INSTRUMENTED SAM LAUNCH FACIL-
ITIES (ORIENTED EAST); A LARGE MAIN SUPPORT
BASE; A SUPPORT AREA IN IMMEDIATE SUPPORT
OF THE SAM LAUNCH FACILITIES; AN ASSEMBLY
AND CHECKOUT AREA; AND TWO REVETTED STORAGE
AREAS. AN SA-2 SAM SITE IS DEPLOYED AT THE
APPROXIMATE MIDPOINT OF THE MISSILE TEST
CENTER.
THE LAST COVERAGE OF THE MISSILE TEST
REVEALED
SEVERAL PIECES OF EQ(:_PMENT, INCLUDING A
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3. LOCATION:
PROBABLE MISSILE TRANSPORTER, ON LAUNCH
PAD A-l. TWO RAIL SPURS HAD BEEN '
EXTENDED FROM A RAIL LINE (PREVIOUSLY
REPORTED UNDER CONSTRUCTION TO THE SSM
LAUNCH FACILITIES) TO LAUNCH COMPLEX
"B". AT THE END OF THE NORTHERNMOST
SPUR, WHICH WAS COMPLETE, WAS A PROBABLE
LAUNCH POSITION UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
SHUANG-CHENG-TZU MISSILE TEST CENTER;
APPROXIMATELY 50 NM NORTHEAST OF SHUANG-
CHENG-TZU AT 4107N 10020E.
LAUNCH COMPLEX "All; 4114N 10017E.
LAUNCH COMPLEX "B"; 4115N 10018E.
LAUNCH COMPLEX "C"; 4118N 10017E.
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5. FIRST IDENTIFICATION
NEGATION DATE: NONE
7. SUBSEQUENT COVERAGE:
AND 37 KH MISSIONS.
NO" APPLICABLE.
9. MISSION READOUT: THIS MISSION REVEALS A NEWLY IDENTIFIED
CRATER 90 FT IN DIAMETER LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 21,000 FT WEST OF
LAUNCH COMPLEX "A". REANALYSIS OF PREVIOUS COVERAGE REVEALS THAT
THIS CRATER WAS NOT PRESENT ON BUT WAS PRESENT ON
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LAUNCH COMPLEX "A": NO MISSILES, MISSILE-RELATED EQUIPMENT,
NEW CONSTRUCTION-OR CHANGES IN FACILITIES IS OBSERVED.
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LAUNCH COMPLEX "B": CONSTRUCTION CONTINUES AT THE PROBABLE
LAUNCH POSITION UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT THE END OF THE NORTH RAIL
SPUR. AN UNDETERMINED NUMBER OF RAIL CARS ARE ON THE SPUR, AND A
CRANE IS ON THE RAILS NEAR THE END OF THE SPUR. A RECTANGULAR
PROBABLE FOOTING APPROXIMATELY 240 BY 55 FT HAVING 5 TRANSVERSE
FOOTINGS, IS LOCATED AT THE END OF THE SPUR. A WALL PARALLELS
7HE PROBABLE FOOTING ON ITS NORTHWEST SIDE. AN IRREGULARLY SHAPED
3UILDING IS ADJACENT TO THE PROBABLE FOOTING ON THE SOUTHEAST SIDE.
?0 LINEAR EXCAVATIONS, POSSIBLY FOR FOOTINGS, EXTEND TO THE SOUTH-
WEST FOR APPROXIMATELY 485 FT. SEVERAL SMALLER STRUCTURES AND
STACKS OF MATERIAL ARE IN THE VICINITY. THE SOUTH RAIL SPUR IS
S''ILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION, AND THERE IS NO CHANGE IN THE ABANDONED
EXCAVATIONS AT ITS TERMINUS. A SMALL CONSTRUCTION CAMP IS LOCATED
SOUTHEAST OF THE AREA. NO MISSILES OR MISSILE-RELATED EQUIPMENT IS
OBSERVED.
LAUNCH COMPLEX "C": TWO NEW POSSIBLE SMALL BUILDINGS ARE
OBSERVED IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE LAUNCH AREA. ONE SMALL
BUILDING HAS POSSIBLY BEEN ADDED IN THE AREA OF NEW BUILDING
CONSTRUCTION JUST INSIDE THE EASTERN FENCE LINE. NO MISSILES OR
MISSILE-RELATED EQUIPMENT ARE OBSERVED.
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Their use should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid
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SSM LAUNCH FACILITIES
SHUANG-CHENG-TZU MISSILE TEST CENTER, CHINA
41-07N 100-20E
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