ARRIVAL OF MISSILE TRANSPORTERS SONGLIN SPACE LAUNCH COMPLEX, CHINA

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
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• Publication Date: March 16, 1982
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1. (S/D) SIGNIFICANCE: A CSS-4/CSL-2 FIRST-STAGE TRANSPORTER IS
IDENTIFIED SO LIN SPACE LAUNCH COMPLEX, SUGGESTING THAT A
PERIOD OF COMPATABILITY TESTING BETWEEN MISSILE SUPPORT
EQUIPMENT AND COMPLEX SUPPORT FACILITIES IS PROBABLY UNDERWAY.
2. (S/D) REMARKS: THE TRANSPORTER IS ON THE 25X1
SERVICE ROAD BETWEEN SONGLIN SPACE LAUNCH SITE A
AND THE SONGLIN MISSILE ASSEMBLY/CHECKOUT AREA 25X1
Attachment to Z-10390/82
NPIC/PEG (03/82)
ARRIVAL OF MISSILE TRANSPORTERS
SONCETY-S-PACE LAUNCH COMPLEX, NA
AN UNIDENTIFIED TRANSPORTER, APPROXIMATELY 15
BY 3 METERS, IS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE ASSEMBLY/CHECKOUT
BUILDING IN THE ASSEMBLY/CHECKOUT AREA. NO MISSILE AIRFRAMES
THE SONGLIN SPACE LAUNCH COMPLEX HAS BEEN UNDER CONSTRUCTION
SINCE 1971. THE RELATIVELY SOUTHERN LOCATION OF THIS NEW SPACE
LAUNCH COMPLEX, APPROXIMATELY 700 NM SOUTH OF THE SHUANGCHENGZI
MTR COMPLEX SSM INDICATES THAT GEOSYNCHRONOUS 25X1
SATELLITES WILL BE LAUNCHED FROM HERE, PROBABLY BY THE LONG
MARCH 3 SPACE LAUNCH VEHICLE. THE LONG MARCH 3, A THREE-STAGE
DERIVATIVE OF THE TWO-STAGE CSL-2, IS A NEW SPACE LAUNCH
VEHICLE UNDER DEVELOPMENT.
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