LAUNCH COMPLEX "J" TYURATAM MISSILE TEST CENTER, USSR

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP84T00864R000100030001-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 12, 2009
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: August 30, 1965
• Content Type: REPORT

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30 August .
LAUNCH COMPLEX "J"
TYURATAM MISSILE TEST CENTER, USSR
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1. REVEALED A NEW AREA OF UNIDENTIFIED ACTIVITY BETWEEN
LAUNCH COMPLEXES "At' AND "E" AT THE TTMTC. THIS AREA, WHICH WAS RAIL
AND ROAD SERVED, WAS LATER DESIGNATED COMPLEX "J'
SUBSEQUENT COVERAGE BY 16 KH MISSIONS SHOWED CONTINUED EXPANSION OF
THE FACILITIES, INCLUDING A LARGE HEXAGONALLY-SHAPED EXCAVATION LO-
CATED APPROXIMATELY 3 NM NNW OF LAUNCH PAD Al (LAUNCH COMPLEX "A"),
AND A MASSIVE RAIL-SERVED BUILDING UNDER CONSTRUCTION. THIS BUILDING..
MEASURED APPROXIMATELY 800 X 615 FT AND HAD 2 SECTIONS: THE LARGER
AT LEAST 175 FT HIGH AND THE SMALLER AT LEAST 120 FT IN HEIGHT.
OTHER FACILITIES WITHIN COMPLEX "J" INCLUDED A ROAD AND RAIL
LINE UNDER CONSTRUCTION WHICH EXTENDED FROM THE SUPPORT AREA TOWARD
THE LARGE EXCAVATION, A HOUSING AREA, AND A CONSTRUCTION SUPPORT AREA.
2. REVEALED PROGRESS ON A SECOND LARGE EXCAVATION LO-
CATED APPROXIMATELY 1,700 FT WT,-4 OF THE ORIGIONAL LARGE EXCA~ '_= ::N.
WO BUILDINGS HAD BEEN CONSTRUCTED BETWEEN THE EXCAVATIONS :) uVERAL
S.y:AL7 OW RECTANGULAR EXCAVATIONS '.ti+ERE NOTED NEAR BY. THE RAIL LINE HAD
BEEN EXTENDED TO FORM A WISHBONE CONFIGURATION TERMINATING N THE
2 LARGE EXCAVATIONS. THIS AREA OF CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY APPTAi.R;1) SIMI-
LAR TO THAT OBSERVED AT LAU TC" : REA G3-G4 (LAUNCH COMPLEX "C'") WHEN THAT
These notes have been prepared for briefing pt,cposes only and should not be used for detailed arc!?.? ca; work.
Their use should be restricted to the particular br;ee ,ng board(s) they were prepared for and must be c:-sr, ci valid
only for the reporting period as indicated by the date of issue.
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LAUNCH AREA WAS IN AN EARLY STAGE OF CONSTRUCTION. THE 2 LAd G; EXCAVA-
TIONS, CONSIDERED TO BE LAUNCH PADS UNDER CONSTRUCTION, WERE DI" IGNATED
J1 AND J2.
THE MASSIVE BUILDING, APPEARING COMPLETED, WAS DESIGNATED 1E+
ASSEMBLY/CHECKOUT BUILDING. TWO PARALLEL SCARS, POSSIBLY GANTRY
TRACKS UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND APPROXIMATELY 60 FT APART, EXTENDED
FROM THE ASSEMBLY/CHECKOUT BUILDING IN THE DIRECTION OF THE LARGE
EXCAVATIONS..
3. THIS MISSION REVEALS CONTINUING CONSTRUCTION AT THE COMPLEX. TIC
EXCAVATION AT J2 APPEARS TO BE AT APPROXIMATELY THE SAME DEPTH AS.
THE ONE AT J1. A RECTANGULAR STRUCTURE WITH A CIRCULAR C01 IG'JRA.-
TION IN ITS CENTER IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN THE BOTTOM OF . _-1ERE
.ARE NOW 9 BUILDINGS BETWEEN J1 AND J2 AND FOOTINGS FOR SEVERAL MORE.
THE RIGHT FORK OF THE RAIL HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO A POINT NE OF J1.
AN AREA OF UNIDENTIFIED CONSTRUCTION IS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY '.2 NM
SSW OF THE ASSEMBLY/CHECKOUT BUILDING. DITCHING CONNECTS COYfl EX J
AND THIS UNIDENTIFIED CONSTRUCTION.
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 considercd valid
only for the reporting period as indicated by the date of issue.
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