INDICATIONS OF OPERATIONAL STATUS SONGLIN SPACE LAUNCH COMPLEX, CHINA

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 24, 2011
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• Publication Date: March 23, 1982
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INDICATIONS OF OPERATIONAL STATUS
SONGLIN SPACE C COMPLEX, C INA
1. (S/D) SIGNIFICANCE: SONGLIN SPACE LAUNCH COMPLEX HAS REACHED
OPERATIONAL SS.
2. (S/D) REMARKS: ACTIVITY AT THE COMPLEX INDICATES THAT A
MISSILE RAME HAS PROBABLY BEEN DELIVERED AND THAT
COMPATIBILITY TESTING OF MISSILE EQUIPMENT WITH LAUNCH
FACILITIES IS IN PROGRESS, HOWEVER THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT A
LAUNCH WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
A PROBABLE CSL-2/CSS-4 MISSILE TRAIN HAS ARRIVED AT SONGLIN
MISSILE ASSEMBLY/CHECKOUT AREA (GRAPHIC 1 OF 2)
THE MISSILE TRAIN, CONSISTING OF TWO
PROBABLE TYPE C MISSILE RAILCARS AND A TYPE B MISSILE TRANSFER
RAILCAR IS ON A RAIL SIDING NEXT TO THE ASSEMBLY/CHECKOUT
BUILDING. A MISSILE-ASSOCIATED RAILCAR IS ALSO PRESENT. THE
ARRIVAL OF THE TRAINS, THE FIRST IDENTIFIED AT THE COMPLEX,
INDICATES THAT A MISSILE AIRFRAME HAS PROBABLY BEEN DELIVERED
AND THAT MISSILE CHECKOUT HAS PROBABLY BEGUN.
COMPATIBILITY TESTING OF MISSILE EQUIPMENT AND LAUNCH
FACILITIES IS IN PROGRESS AT SONGLIN SPACE LAUNCH SITE A
(GRAPHIC 2 OF 2). A SET OF CSL-2/CSS-4 1ST and
STAGE MISSILE TRANSPORTERS ARE ON THE APRON. AN UNIDENTIFIED
TRANSPORTER (APPROXIMATELY 15 BY 3 METERS) IS ALSO PRESENT. A
CORNER OF THE LAUNCH STAND IS VISIBLE AT THE BASE OF THE
SERVICE TOWER INDICATING THAT NO MISSILE IS PRESENT. THE
CSL-2/CSS-4 1ST STAGE TRANSPORTER AND THE UNIDENTIFIED
TRANSPORTER WERE FIRST IDENTIFIED AT THE COMPLEX
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THE SONGLIN SPACE LAUNCH COMPLEX HAS BEEN UNDER CONSTRUCTION
SINCE 1971. THE RELATIVE 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 USING THE CSL-2/CSS-4 AND
PROBABLY 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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