STATUS OF SOVIET SL-3/4/6 SPACE LAUNCH PADS TYURATAM AND PLESETSK, USSR(SANITIZED)

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• Publication Date: October 3, 1983
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STATUS OF SOVIET SL-3/4/6 SPACE LAUNCH PADS
LAUNCH PAD 1A AT PLESETSK SPACE LAUNCH SITE (SLS) 1
IS BEING REFURBISHED AND TYURATAM SLS Al
WAS RECENTLY DAMAGED. (SWN)
MISSILE/SPACE TEST CENTER SSM, ARE CURRENTLY OPERATIONAL.
1. SIGNIFICANCE: FOUR OF THE SIX SL-3/4/6 LAUNCH PADS, ONE AT
TYURATAM SILE/SPACE TEST CENTER SSM AND THREE AT PLESETSK
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2. REMARKS: THE TYURATAM MISSILE/SPACE TEST CENTER SSM IS STILL
CAPABLE OF SUPPORTING THE SOVIET MANNED SPACE PROGRAM (SL-04)
EVEN THOUGH TYURATAM SLS Al WAS DAMAGED FROM THE FAILURE OF AN
SL-04 LAUNCH VEHICLE WITH A PROBABLE MANNED SOYUZ-T SPACECRAFT
B1
(GRAPHIC 1
(DEFSMAC S/DQ/
HAS RECEIVED
50-83). ALTHOUGH TYURATAM SLS 25X1
MAJOR SERVICE GANTRY COMPONENTS 25X1
WHICH INDICATE THAT THIS LAUNCH 25X1
SITE WAS DUE TO UNDERGO A MAJOR LONG-TERM REFURBISHMENT, IT IS
STILL CAPABLE OF LAUNCHING AN SL-3/4/6. THE STOCKPILING OF
THESE COMPONENTS ALONG THE APPROACH HAS NOT BLOCKED THE RAIL
LINES TO THE GANTRY AND NO REFURBISHMENT OF THE SITE HAS BEEN
OBSERVED. IN LIGHT OF THE LAUNCH FAILURE AND THE INCURRED
DAMAGE AT TYURATAM SLS Al, THE REFURBISHMENT PLANS FOR TYURATAM
SLS B1 MAY BE DELAYED. THE SERVICE GANTRY COMPONENTS AT
TYURATAM SLS-B1 CONSISTS OF FOUR BOOSTER SUPPORT ARMS, ONE
CRADLE-SHAPED PROBABLE GANTRY BASE COMPONENT AND UNIDENTIFIED
CRATES/EQUIPMENT. SL 4/6 LAUNCH PREPARATIONS WERE 25X1
IN PROGRESS AT TYURATAM SLS B1. (SWN)
AT PLESETSK MISSILE/SPACE TEST CENTER SSM, FOUR SPACE LAUNCH
PADS ARE DEDICATED TO SL-3/4/6 SPACE LAUNCH VEHICLES. HOWEVER,
THESE LAUNCH PADS HAVE NOT BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH MANNED
MISSIONS. LAUNCH PAD 1A AT PLESETSK SLS 1
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Z-14081/83
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(GRAPHIC 2) IS CURRENTLY UNDERGOING A MAJOR LONG-TERM
REFURBISHMENT AND IS PROBABLY NOT CAPABLE OF SUPPORTING A
LAUNCH AT THE PRESENT TIME. SERVICE GANTRY COMPONENTS, SIMILAR
TO THOSE AT TYURATAM SLS B1, HAVE BEEN PRESENT SINCE OCTOBER
1982 AND THE LAUNCH PAD IS CURRENTLY IN THE EARLY STAGES OF
REFURBISHMENT. REFURBISHMENT ACTIVITY CONSISTS OF TRENCHING
ACROSS THE APPROACH TO THE LAUNCH PAD, A MOBILE CRANE AT THE
GANTRY AND COMPONENTS ON THE APRON. LAUNCH PAD 1B AT PLESETSK
SLS 1. PLESETSK SLS 2 AND PLESETSK SLS 3 25X1
ARE CURRENTLY AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT SL-3/4/6 LAUNCH 25X1
VEHICLES. REFURBISHMENT OF LAUNCH PAD 1B AT PLESETSK SLS 1
WHICH BEGAN AFTER AN ONPAD FAILURE IN MARCH 1980, WAS COMPLETED
BY MARCH 1983. (SWN)
COORDINATES 45-56-37N 063-27-55E (S)
COORDINATES 62-57-47N 040-24-46E (S)
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