PROBABLE STRAP-ON BOOSTER FOR HEAVY-LIFT LAUNCH VEHICLE TYURATAM ICBM TEST SUPPORT FACILITY 31, USSR (SANITIZED)

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• Document Release Date: January 30, 2012
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• Publication Date: September 13, 1983
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PROBABLE STRAP-ON BOOSTER FOR HEAVY-LIFT LAUNCH VEHICLE
TYURATAM ICBM TEST SUPPORT FACILITY 31, USSR SWN
LAUNCHED FROM TYURATAM SPACE LAUNCH SITE Y1/2
BY THE END OF THE YEAR. (SWN)
SL-Y VEHICLE, AND THE THREE-CAR TRAIN WAS OF THE TYPE
ASSOCIATED WITH THE SL-Y VEHICLE. THE SL-Y IS CURRENTLY
UNDERGOING LAUNCH READINESS TESTING AND IS EXPECTED TO BE
1? SIGNIFICANCE: THE FIRST STAGE OF THE NEW MEDIUM-LIFT SL-Y
VEHICLE WILL PROBABLY BE USED AS A STRAP-ON, THRUST
AUGMENTATION BOOSTER FOR THE NEW HEAVY-LIFT LAUNCH VEHICLE
(HLV) . (SWN)
2. REMARKS: A PROBABLE STRAP-ON BOOSTER FOR THE
WTI L7 WAS ON A THREE-CAR TRAIN IN THE ASSEMBLY AREA OF
TYURATAM ICBM TEST SUPPORT FACILITY 31. THE DIMENSIONS OF THE
PROBABLE STRAP-ON BOOSTER WERE COMPATIBLE
WITH THE DIMENSIONS OF THE FIRST STAGE OF THE NEW MEDIUM-LIFT
THE NEW HLV WILL BE LAUNCHED FROM TYURATAM SPACE LAUNCH SITES
W AND J1/2 , BOTH STILL UNDER
CONSTRUCTION. THE CONFIGURATION OF THE LAUNCH PAD AND THE
MOBILE SERVICE GANTRY AT SPACE LAUNCH SITE W INDICATE THAT THE
NEW HLV HAS BEEN DESIGNED TO ACCOMMODATE FOUR STRAP-ON
BOOSTERS. (SWN)
COORDINATES 45-55-34N 063-16-30E (S)
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