SPACE TRACKING FACILITY SIMFEROPOL, USSR

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP84T00864R000100060017-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 16, 2009
• Sequence Number: 17
• Publication Date: October 8, 1965
• Content Type: REPORT

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SPACE TRACKING FACILITY
SIMFEROPOL, USSR
1. THIS INSTALLATION WAS FIRST IDENTIFIED
SUBSEQUENTLY BEEN COVERED BY 10 KH MISSIONS.
2. GROUND PHOTOGRAPHY OF
INDICATED CONTINUING EXPANSION AT THIS FACILITY, WHICH
IS CONSIDERED TO BE THE MOST IMPORTANT STATION IN THE USSR FOR TRACK-
ING NEAR-SPACE ORBITING OBJECTS.
.3. THIS MISSION REVEALS SEVERAL CHANGES SINCE THE
PREVIOUSLY REPORTED 3 NEWLY IDENTIFIED ANTENNAS LOCATED NEAR A BUILD-
ING UNDER CONSTRUCTION APPEAR TO BE 2 SMALL DISH ANTENNAS AND A
TELEMETRY ANTENNA, EACH LOCATED ON THE ROOF OF SEPARATE CONTROL BUILD-
INGS NE OF THE EARTH SATELLITE VEHICLE TRACKING FACILITY. THE PREVIOUSLY
IDENTIFIED FISHBONE ANTENNAS CAN NOW BE IDENTIFIED AS A CLUSTER OF 8 HF
RHOMBIC ANTENNAS. NINE NEW BUILDINGS HAVE BEEN CONSTRUCTED IN THE
SUPPORT AREA..
A NEWLY IDENTIFIED VERTICAL ANTENNA/ANTENNA MAST IS LOCATED ADJACENT
TO A SMALL EQUIPMENT BUILDING WHICH IS CONNECTED BY CABLE TO THE WESTERN-
MOST ESV TRACKING BUILDING. ANEW CONTROL BUILDING IS LOCATED SOUTH OF
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
o'1ly for the reporting period as indicated by the date of issue.
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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 400 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 date of issue.
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