ROCKET ENGINE TEST STAND UNDER CONSTRUCTION PRIMORSK, USSR(SANITIZED)

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• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 7, 2011
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: October 7, 1982
• Content Type: REPORT

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ROCKET ENGINE TEST STAND UNDER CONSTRUCTION
PRIMORSK, USSR
Z-15935/82
NPIC/IEG (10/82)
7 OCTOBER 1982
1. (S/WN) SIGNIFICANCE: CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW ROCKET ENGINE TEST STAND IS
CONFIRMED AT THIS TEST FACILITY.
2. (S/WN) REMARKS: THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW ROCKET ENGINE TEST STAND AT
THE PRIMORSK ROCKET ENGINE TEST FACILITY CAN NOW BE CONFIRMED. THE
CONFIRMATION OF THIS STAND, WHICH HAS BEEN UNDER CONSTRUCTION SINCE APRIL
1980, IS BASED ON THE IDENTIFICATION OF AN EXHAUST PORT. THIS PORT IS
LIKE THE OTHER TEST STANDS AT 25X1
PRIMORSK, THIS STAND EXHAUSTS ONTO THE ADJACENT LAKE. THE SHAPE OF THE
EXHAUST PORT AND ITS LOCATION IN THE TEST STAND ARE SIMILAR TO THE
EXISTING VERTICAL TEST STAND, WHICH EXHAUSTS THROUGH A
DIFFUSER/SCRUBBER. THIS SUGGESTS THAT THE NEW TEST STAND ALSO WILL HAVE
A DIFFUSER/SCRUBBER SYSTEM.
(S/WN) ANALYST'S COM14ENTS: PRIMORSK ROCKET ENGINE TEST FACILITY IS
RESPONSIBLE FOR TESTING TOXIC HIGH-ENERGY LIQUID PROPELLANTS DEVELOPED AT
THE LENINGRAD INSTITUTE OF APPLIED CHEMISTRY GIPKH THE 25X1
USE OF A DIFFUSER/SCRUBBER SYSTF31 AT THE NEW TEST STAND WOULD INDICATE
CONTINUED SOVIET INTERESTS IN THE INVESTIGATION OF TOXIC PROPELLANTS FOR
FUTURE SPACE SYSTEM. 25X1
3. (S)
COORDINATES 60-18-4SN 028-51-1.6E 25X1
These idles have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed ana-
lytical Nibrk. Tf i4li use fhould be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for
I,irid rrrus't be corisidertid valid only for the reporting period as indicated by the date of issue.
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