MAJOR TEST FACILITY MODIFICATIONS AT MOSKVA SOLID MOTOR PRODUCTION PLANT LYUBERTSY, USSR

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 27, 2010
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: November 1, 1980
• Content Type: REPORT

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Imagery analysts report
Major Test Facility Modifications at
Moskva Solid Motor Production Plant
Lyubertsy, USSR (S)
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NOVEMBER 1980
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MRJOR TEST FRCILITY MODIFICATIONS RT MOSKVA SOLID
MOTOR PRODUCTION PLANT LYUBERTSY, USSR (S)
1. (S/D) Signilicant modifications and construction at ;b[oskva Solid Motor Production Plant Lyu-
bertsy 0 GSSR, indicate that a major new test program is planned for this facility. The new
acti~~ity ~tias obsen~ed on imagerp~ of Dand is centered around horizontal test cell I (item 1,
Figure I) and the suspect magnetohydrodynamie (MHD) facility (item ~), Most of this activity has
occurred since January 1980.
2. (SAD) A pipeline (item 3), ~ in diameter and 1S0 meters long, was under construction at
test cell 1, [t consists of at least 13 sections, each Olong, The pipe extends along the blast apron
and connects the test cell building vv~ith a small new building (item 4) under construction in front of the
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existing blast deflector. The small new building, which measures about ZO by 13 by 4 meters, was only
partially roofed onOAn underground linear conduit aboutOwide was being constructed
For a distance of about 17S meters (item )), It will connect the small new building with a larger new
building (item 6) adjacent to the probable water storage treatment facility (item 7) that serves the suspect
MHD facility. The larger building, which appeared to be externally complete ono has a main
section measuring about 19 by 13 by 10 meters, and a side section about ]9 by 8 by 5 meters. The roof was
remo4ed from one (item 8) of the four existing buildings adjacent to test cell 1, and a new hexagonal
possible foundation (item 9) was adjacent to the new pipeline,
3, (S/D) At the suspect MHD facility, an structure (item 10) was under construc-
tion adjacent to the exhaust duct that connects the suspect MHD test building with the probable cyclone
separator (item 11). New roads were being constructed to connect the suspect MHD facility with the new
buildings,
4, (S/D) Other construction activity was observed throughout the plant (Figure 2). Footings ap-
proximately 88 meters long and 2~ meters wide (item 12) were observed at the northern edge of the plant
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near three buildings under construction (items 13, 14, and 15). A 73- by 18-meter probable laboratory test
huilding (item 16), containing at least ten test cells, remained under construction.
5. (SAD) The modifications and construction at the Lyubertsy plant are apparently related to research and
development. However, the specific function of the new program could not be identified at this stage of
development.
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