NEW RAIL CONSTRUCTION, LAUNCH COMPLEXES A AND J TYURATAM MISSILE TEST CENTER, USSR

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• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
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• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 16, 2009
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: May 23, 1967
• Content Type: REPORT

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REFERENCE TO: Mission 1041-1, NEW RAIL CONSTRUCTION, LAUNCH COMPLEXES
"A" AND "J"
TYURATAM MISSILE TEST CENTER, USSR
1. SIGNIFICANCE:
2. LOCATION: APPROXIMATELY 20 NM NORTH OF THE TYURATAM MAIN
3. REMARKS:
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4. COLLATERAL: NONE
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 re-
porting period as indicated by the date of issue. For information concerning these notes contact Chief, Collateral Support
Division, NPIC.
A RAIL BED IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION CONNECTING THE
SPACECRAFT FACILITY AT COMPLEX "A" WITH THE GROUP
OF BUILDINGS BEING CONSTRUCTED NE OF THE MAB AT
COMPLEX "J".
LAUNCH COMPLEXES "A" AND "J" ARE BOTH ASSOCIATED
WITH THE SOVIET SPACE PROGRAM. LAUNCH COMPLEX "A"
CONTAINS THE ORIGINAL LAUNCH FACILITY AT THE TTMTC
(PAD Al) AND HAS BEEN THE LOCATION OF MANY SOVIET
SPACE VEHICLE LAUNCHINGS, INCLUDING MANNED FLIGHTS.
LAUNCH COMPLEX "J", STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION,
IS A VERY LARGE INSTALLATION WHICH, IT IS BELIEVED,
WILL BE THE LAUNCH FACILITY FOR THE SOVIET MANNED
LUNAR PROGRAM.
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5. FIRST IDENTIFICATION: RAIL BED -- THIS MISSION.
6. NEGATION DATE:
7. SUBSEQUENT COVERAGE:
8. DIMENSIONS/
SPECIFICATIONS:
9. MISSION READOUT:
LAUNCH COMPLEX "J". NO APPARENT CHANGES ARE OBSERVED
IN THE SERVICE TOWER/ERECTOR UNDER CONSTRUCTION FORWARD OF PAD J1, THE NEARLY
SQUARE BUILDING FORWARD OF PAD J2 NOW HAS A LOW CIRCULAR STRUCTURE ON TOP OF IT.
TWO BUILDINGS ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN THE'PREVIOUSLY REPORTED LARGE EXCAVATIONS
LOCATED SE OF PAD J2 AND OFF THE END OF THE ARCUATE CONDUIT FORWARD OF J2. AN
EXCAVATION HAS BEEN DUG NE OF PAD J1 JUST INSIDE THE FORWARD FENCE LINE. THREE
BLOCK-LIKE STRUCTURES, SIMILAR TO THOSE AT PAD Jl, HAVE BEEN CONSTRUCTED ON TOP
OF THE BLAST DEFLECTOR AT PAD J2, ONE ON EACH SIDE OF THE NW FLUME AND ONE ON THE
SOUTH SIDE OF THE NE FLUME.
CONSTRUCTION CONTINUES ON THE NEW BUILDINGS LOCATED BETWEEN THE MAB AND THE
LAUNCH AREA. THE NEW ROAD SERVING THIS AREA NOW JOINS THE ROAD TO THE LAUNCH
AREA, AND A DITCH HAS BEEN DUG GENERALLY PARALLEL TO THIS NEW ROAD WHICH PROBABLY
WILL PROVIDE UTILITIES TO THE AREA OF CONSTRUCTION. A RAIL BED IS UNDER CONSTRUC-
TION CONNECTING THIS AREA OF CONSTRUCTION WITH THE NEW LARGE BUILDING, NOW REFERRED
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 re-
porting period as indicated by the date of issue. For information concerning these notes contact Chief, Collateral Support
Division, NPIC.
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TO AS THE SPACECRAFT FACILITY, AT COMPLEX "A".
A RAIL SPUR HAS ALSO BEEN CONSTRUCTED ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF THE MAB, CONNEC-
TING THE RAILS ON THE GANTRY TRACK FOUNDATIONS WITH A WYE SOUTH OF THE MAB.
THE LAST OF THE MULTISTORY MASONRY BUILDINGS UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN THE
ADMINISTRATION/HOUSING AND THE TECHNICAL SUPPORT AREA APPEARS COMPLETE.
THE PROBABLE CONTROL BUILDING NORTH OF THE MAB HAS BEEN BACKFILLED AND
EARTH-MOUNDED.
LAUNCH COMPLEX "A". LAUNCH PAD Al IS POSSIBLY BEING MODIFIED. WHEN THE PAD
IS VIEWED STEREOSCOPICALLY, THE TOWER IS APPARENTLY MISSING AND THE EAST EDGE OF
THE PAD APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN DISRUPTED. HOWEVER, MONOSCOPIC ANALYSIS OF SHADOWS
AND IMAGES, PROBABLY DISPLACED BY PARALLAX, INDICATES THE PAD AND SERVICE TOWER
ARE INTACT. THE RECENTLY CONSTRUCTED LARGE BUILDING IN THE COMPLEX SUPPORT
FACILITY IS NOW REFERRED TO AS THE SPACECRAFT FACILITY. A RAIL BED IS, AS PRE-
VIOUSLY MENTIONED, UNDER CONSTRUCTION CONNECTING THE SPACECRAFT FACILITY WITH
THE GROUP OF BUILDINGS BEING CONSTRUCTED NE OF THE MAB AT COMPLEX "J", LAUNCH
PADS A2 AND A3 SHOW NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE.
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 re-
porting period as indicated by the date of issue. For information concerning these notes contact Chief, Collateral Support
Division, NPIC.
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NEW RAIL CONSTRUCTION
LAUNCH COMPLEXES A AND J,
TYURATAM MISSILE TEST CENTER, USSR
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