SPACE TRACKING FACILITY SIMFEROPOL, USSR

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP84T00864R000100060016-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 16, 2009
• Sequence Number: 16
• Publication Date: October 8, 1965
• Content Type: REPORT

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THE ESV TRACKING FACILITY. A NEWLY IDENTIFIED TELEMETRY ANTENNA
(PROBABLE 16 ELEMENT HELIX ARRAY MOUNTED ON A ELEVATED
PLATFORM) IS LOCATED ALONG THE NE FENCE LINE OF THE RADIO TELESCOPE
SITE. AN ADDITIONAL CONTROL BUILDING IS POSITIONED ADJACENT TO THIS
ANTENNA. AN UNIDENTIFIED ANTENNA IS LOCATED ON A HARDSTAND APPROXI-
MATELY )+00 FT WEST OF THE WESTERNMOST COOLING POND.
A NEWLY IDENTIFIED TRACKING DISH APPROXIMATELY 85 FT IN DIAMETER
IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT THE PREVIOUSLY REPORTED ANTENNA-MOUNTING
STRUCTURE. A NEWLY IDENTIFIED ANTENNA IS ADJACENT TO THE WESTERN
FENCE OF THE TELEMETRY COLLECTION SITE. ONE ADDITIONAL BUILDING HAS
.BEEN CONSTRUCTED IN THIS AREA.
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 dote of issue.
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