HIGH LEVEL OF LAUNCH ACTIVITY TYURATAM MISSILE/SPACE TEST CENTER SSM, USSR

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
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• Publication Date: April 27, 1982
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4 PART GRAPHIC
TYURATAM MISSIL ENTER SSM, USSR
(S/D) PRELAUNCH ACTIVITY IS IN PROGRESS AT TYURATAM ICBM LAUNCH
TEST SITE V1 THE SILO DOOR IS CLOSED AND FOUR 25X1
SUPPORT VEHICLES ARE ON THE SILO APRON. A CANVAS-COVERED
MULTISYSTEM PROPELLANT TRANSPORTER (PREVIOUSLY REPORTED AS A
CANVAS-COVERED SILO LOADER) IS ON THE SITE TURNAROUND ROAD
(GRAPHIC 2 OF 4).
(S/D) EVIDENCE OF AN SS-19 ICBM LAUNCH IS OBSERVED AT TYURATAM
ICBM LAUNCH TEST SITE S10 EXTENSIVE BLAST 25X1
MARKS ARE ON THE SILO APRON AROUND THE OPEN SILO DOOR AND THE
SILO IS EMPTY. AN SS-19 (MOD 3) ICBM WAS LAUNCHED FROM
TYURATAM AT 0205Z ON AND IMPACTED ON THE 25X1
KAMCHATKA PENINSULA APPROXIMATELY 24 MINUTES LATER
(GRAPHIC 3 OF 4) (DEFSMAC S/DQ/312-82).
(S/D) EVIDENCE OF AN SS-17 ICBM LAUNCH IS OBSERVED AT TYURATAM
ICBM LAUNCH TEST SITE V8 THE SILO DOOR IS 25X1
OPEN AND A NEWLY EXPENDED LAUNCH ASSIST DEVICE IS ON THE GROUND
NEAR THE SILO (GRAPHIC 4 OF 4). AN SS-17 ICBM WAS LAUNCHED ON
A LOFTED TRAJECTORY FROM TYURATAM AT 1420Z ON AND 25X1
IMPACTED ON THE KAMCHATKA PENINSULA APPROXIMATELY 46 MINUTES
LATER (DEFSMAC S/DQ/311-82).
(GRAPHIC 1 OF 4).
OPEN AND THE TOP OF A MISSILE CANISTER IS OBSERVED. IN
ADDITION, A MAZ-543 TRANSPORTER IS ON THE SILO APRON. SILO
1. (S/D) SIGNIFICANCE: A HIGH LEVEL OF LAUNCH-RELATED ACTIVITY IS
IN PROGRESS AT THE TYURATAM MISSILE/SPACE-TEST CENTER.
2. (S/D) REMARKS: PRELAUNCH ACTIVITY IS IN PROGRESS AT TYURATAM
ICBM L UN~ CH TEST SITE S5 THE SILO DOOR IS 25X1
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