PROBABLE LONG RANGE SAM LAUNCH COMPLEX CHEREPOVETS, USSR

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP84T00864R000100590009-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 8, 2011
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: June 19, 1967
• Content Type: REPORT

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REFERENCE TO: PROBABLE LONG RANGE SAM LAUNCH COMPLEX 25X1
1o SIGNIFICANCE:
2, LOCATION:
3e REMARKS:
CHEREPOVETS, USSR
MISSILE ACTIVITY IS OBSERVED AT THE COMPLEX.
8 NM ESE OF CHEREPOVETS
THIS COMPLEX IS ONE OF 32 SUCH COMPLEXES THUS
7, SUBSEQUENT COVERAGE: 18 KH-4, 5 KH-7,
4. COLLATERAL:
5. FIRST IDENTIFICATION:
6. NEGATION DATE:
8. DIMENSIONS/
SPECIFICATIONS: U/I NEW CONSTRUCTION:
NEW EXCAVATION - 145 X 60 FT (APPROX)
RECTANGULAR STRUCTURE - 100 X 20 FT (APPROX)
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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19 June 1961
9. MISSION READOUT:
ONE IS CLOUD COVERED AND ~THE TARGET CAN BE IDENTI-
FIED ONLY. SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITY OBSERVED AT THE COMPLEX DURING THE
PERIOD OF THIS MISSION INCLUDES THE APPEARANCE OF MISSILES ON TRANSPORTERS
WITHIN THE MISSILE-HANDLING FACILITY, A MISSILE TRANSPORTER AND A PROBABLE
CRANE LOCATED ADJACENT TO THE LAUNCH POINT AT POSITION B-5, AND A MISSILE
ON THE LAUNCHER AT POSITION B-l. ONLY A PORTION OF LAUNCH SITE 11D" IS
DISCERNIBLE THROUGH HEAVY CLOUD COVER
OF THE COMPLEX ARE VISIBLE THROUGH SCATTERED CLOUDS, CLOUD SHADOW, AND
HAZE ON PHOTOGRAPHY
OBSERVED ON STEREO PHOTOGRAPHY
LIMITED BY HAZE,
EACH LAUNCH POSITION OF THE 5 LAUNCH SITES IS OCCUPIED BY A LAUNCHER, AND
2 MISSILE DOLLIES ARE OBSERVED EXCEPT AT CERTAIN POSITIONS WHERE MISSILE-
READY SHELTERS PROBABLY COVER THEM. THE CONTROL CENTERS OF THE 5 SITES
ARE OCCUPIED.
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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AND THE LAUNCHER. A MISSILE WAS PROBABLY ON THE LAUNCHER AT THIS TIME.
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ONE OF THE MISSILE DOLLIES IS AT ITS USUAL LOCATION AT THE OPPOSITE
END OF THE POSITION. THE TRANSPORTER AND POSSIBLE CRANE
WERE REMOVED, A MISSILE WAS ON THE LAUNCHER, AND 2 MISSILE DOLLIES WERE
AT THEIR NORMAL LOCATION. A VEHICLE, OBSERVED IN MOTION ON THE STEREO
COVERAGE TRAVELED FROM THE SERVICE ROAD OF LAUNCH POSITION
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WAS PARKED ON THE TRACKS PERPENDICULAR TO THE 2 MISSILE DOLLIES AT
OBSERVED ON THE LAUNCHER AT POSITION B-1
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MOVEMENT OF MISSILE DOLLIES OCCURRED AT SOME OF THE LAUNCH POSITIONS
DURING TEE PERIOD OF OBSERVATION AND VEHICLES IN MOTION WERE OBSERVED
ON LAUNCH SITE SERVICE ROADS. THREE COVERED MISSILES ON TRANSPORTERS,
1 IN MOTION, ARE ON THE ROAD ALONG THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE MISSILE-
HANDLING FACILITY THEY WERE NOT OBSERVED ON THE EARLIER 25X1
COVERAGE. VEHICLES/PIECES OF EQUIPMENT ARE PARKED ON THE APRONS SERVING
BUILDINGS IN THE MISSILE-HANDLING FACILITY. CONSIDERABLE VEHICULAR
MOVEMENT IS EVIDENT DURING THE PERIOD.
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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TWELVE TENTS ALIGNED IN 2 ROWS ARE LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF LAUNCH SITE C.
FACILITIES NOT SHOWN ON GRAPHIC INCLUDE: THE TRACKING/GUIDANCE RADAR
FACILITY IS FULLY COMPLEMENTED WITH AN ENGAGEMENT RADAR AND ASSOCIATED
VANS/PIECES OF EQUIPMENT AT EACH OF THE 5 RADAR POSITIONS AND VANS/PIECES
OF EQUIPMENT OCCUPY THE CONTROL CENTER.
REPETITIVE COVERAGE OF THIS FACILITY IS LIMITED, BUT NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE
IS DETECTABLE BETWEEN A PROBABLE CALIBRATION TOWER IS
LOCATED JUST SE OF THE TRACKING/GUIDANCE FACILITY.
BACK NET AND SIDE NET RADARS STILL OCCUPY THE AIR WARNING RADAR FACILITY
LOCATED 4 NM WNW OF THE LAUNCH COMPLEX.
NEW UNIDENTIFIED CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY IS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY APPROXIMATELY
3.5 NM WNW OF THE LAUNCH COMPLEX, 'A RECTANGULAR STRUCTURE, MEASURING
APPROXIMATELY 100 X 20 FT WHEN OBSERVED ON PHOTOGRAPHY IS
UNDER CONSTRUCTION WITHIN A 145 X 60-FT EXCAVATION BORDERED BY FOOTINGS.
ADDITIONAL FOOTINGS AND EXCAVATIONS ARE LOCATED JUST EAST OF THIS AREA,
ANOTHER AREA OF GROUND SCARRING IS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 700 FT EAST OF
THE NEW 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 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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PROBABLE LONG RANGE SAM LAUNCH COMPLEX, CHEREPOVETS, USSR'
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