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

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CIA-RDP84T00171R000202050001-3
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February 15, 2012
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October 3, 1983
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REPORT
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Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/16: CIA-RDP84TO0171 R000202050001-3 ROUTING TO: NAME AND ADDRESS DATE INITIALS 1 ARCHIVES 2 3 4 ACTION DIRECT REPLY PREPARE REPLY APPROVAL DISPATCH RECOMMENDATION COMMENT FILE RETURN CONCURRENCE INFORMATION SIGNATURE REMARKS: PAPER PRINT FROM: NAME, ADDRESS. AND PHONE NO. DATE NPIC IEG SSFD --SE411C 1- (Security Classification) NOFORN (See inside cover) CONTROL NO Z-14081/83 NO. COPY 29 OF 29 w Warning Notice Intelligence Sources or Methods Involved NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION Unauthorized Disclosure Subject to Criminal Sanctions (Security Classification) Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/16: CIA-RDP84TO0171 R000202050001-3 _ . _... i.l a ..... .. ... _ i. i . _._...~ .. .... ; .. ~ .. Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/16: CIA-RDP84TO0171 R000202050001-3 Warning Notice Intelligence Sources or Methods Involved (WNINTEL) or (D) NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION Unauthorized Disclosure Subject to Criminal Sanctions DISSEMINATION CONTROL ABBREVIATIONS NOFORN- Not Releasable to Foreign Nationals NOCONTRACT- Not Releasable to Contractors or Contractor/Consultants PROPIN- Caution-Proprietary Information Involved ORCON- Dissemination and Extraction of Information Controlled by Originator REL ... This Information has been Authorized for Release to . . . Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/16 : CIA-RDP84TO0171 R000202050001-3 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/16: CIA-RDP84TO0171 R000202050001-3 Iq Next 1 Page(s) In Document Denied Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/16: CIA-RDP84TO0171 R000202050001-3 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/16: CIA-RDP84TO0171 R000202050001-3 SECRET (c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER Page 1 of 2 Copy 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 Z-14081/83 NPIC/IEG (10/83) 3 OCTOBER 1983 25X1 25X1 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 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 WARNING NOTICE INTELLIGENCE SOURCES OR METHODS INVOLVED SECRET 25X1 I ,,, Declassified in Part -Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/16: CIA-RDP84T00171 R000202050001-3 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/16: CIA-RDP84TO0171 R000202050001-3 SECRET (c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER Page' 2 of 2 Copy Z-14081/83 NPIC/IEG (10/83) 3 OCTOBER 1983 (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) 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. WARNING NOTICE INTELLIGENCE SOURCES OR METHODS INVOLVED SECRET 25X1 25X1 25X1 J 25X1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/16: CIA-RDP84TO0171 R000202050001-3