ROCKET ENGINE TEST FACILITY VORONEZH, USSR

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP84T00864R000100550015-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 16, 2009
• Sequence Number: 15
• Publication Date: June 7, 1967
• Content Type: REPORT

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2. LOCATION:
3. REMARKS:
ROCKET ENGINE TEST FACILITY
VORONEZH USSR
7 June 19157
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TEST ACTIVITY IS EVIDENT AT TEST STAND NO 1,
TEST STAND NO 2, AND AT ONE OF THE HORIZONTAL
TEST CELL POSITIONS. THE OLDEST TEST CELL
BUILDING IS UNDERGOING MODIFICATION.
5 NM SOUTH OF VORONEZH.
THIS TEST FACILITY WAS OPERATIONAL WHEN FIRST
OBSERVED IN 1960 AND CONTAINED ONE HORIZONTAL
TEST CELL BUILDING. THIS TEST BUILDING WAS
SIMILAR TO OTHER HORIZONTAL TEST BUILDINGS
LOCATED AT THE'UFA, ZELENOGORSK, FAUSTOVO, AND
NIZHNYAYA SALDA TEST FACILITIES. DURING 1962
THE VORONEZH FACILITY BEGAN AN EXTENSIVE EXPAN-
SION PROGRAM WHICH RESULTED IN THE CONSTRUCTION
OF ANOTHER HORIZONTAL TEST BUILDING, TWO VERTICAL
TEST STANDS, THEIR SUPPORTING FACILITIES, AND
OTHER BUILDINGS NEEDED THROUGHOUT THE COMPLEX
TO BACK UP THEfiINCREASED STATIC FIRING CAPABILITY.
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-
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THIS EXPANSION HAS RESULTED IN AN APPROXIMATE
TRIPLING OF THE COMPLEX AREA. TEST STAND NO 1
APPEARED OUTWARDLY COMPLETE IN MID 64 AND WAS
OBSERVED OPERATIONAL IN MAR 65, TEST STAND NO 2
(WHICH APPEARS'TO BE DESIGNED FOR ALTITUDE
SIMULATION TESTING) APPEARED OUTWARDLY COMPLETE
IN MID-65 AND 'JUST RECENTLY WAS OBSERVED OPERA-
TIONAL. TEST ACTIVITY HAS BEEN OBSERVED AT THE
HORIZONTAL TEST BUILDINGS FOR SEVERAL YEARS,
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ese notes have been preparea or rie ing purposes
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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5. FIRST IDENTIFICATION:
6. NEGATION DATE:
7. SUBSEQUENT COVERAGE: 24 KH-4 AND 4 KH-7 MISSIONS.
DIMENSIONS
SPECIFICATIONS: NONE
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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 r nration concerning these notes contact Chief. Collateral Support
Division. NPIC.
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9. MISSION READOUT: A DARK BLAST MARK IS VISIBLE ON THE EMBANKMENT
AT THE END OF THE DIFFUSER AT TEST STAND NO 2. THIS STAND IS ALMOST AN
EXACT DUPLICATE OF TEST STAND NO 2 AT THE PERM ROCKET ENGINE TEST FACILITY.
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CONSIDERABLE EARTH SCARRING FROM TEST ACTIVITY IS EVIDENT AT TEST STAND NO 1.
THE WESTERNMOST TEST CELL OF THE OLDEST TEST CELL BUILDING IS UNDERGOING
ALTERATION, THE BLAST PIT HAS BEEN PARTIALLY FILLED WITH EARTH AND A
CONSTRUCTION CRANE IS IN OPERATION NEARBY,! THE EARTHEN REVETMENT FOR 2
PROBABLE HORIZONTAL TEST POSITIONS HAS BEEN REMOVED, THE REMAINING BLAST
PIT AT THE OLDEST TEST CELL BUILDING CONTAINS DARK STAINS FROM CONTINUING
TEST ACTIVITY. SIX RAIL CARS AND A PROBABLE TANK CAR ARE AT THE AIR
LIQUEFACTION PLANT, TWO TANK CARS ARE AT THE POSSIBLE PROPELLANT STORAGE
HANDLING BUILDING NEAR TEST STANDS 1 AND 2, CONSTRUCTION IS NEARING
COMPLETION ON A LARGE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING NEAR THE CENTER OF THE
FACILITY, NO MISSILES OR MISSILE EQUIPMENT OBSERVED,
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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ROCKET ENGINE TEST FACILITY
VORONEZH, USSR
51-34N 39-09E
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