COMPLETION OF LAUNCH POSITION Y1 TYURATAM SPACE LAUNCH SITE Y1/2, USSR (SANITIZED)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90T00784R000200380003-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 3, 2011
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: December 17, 1982
• Content Type: REPORT

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COMPLETION OF LAUNCH POSITION Y1
TYURATAM SP E Y1/2, USSR
TYURATAM MISSILE AND SPACE TEST CENTER
Z-15942 IEG/NPIC (12/82)-l OF 2
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COMPLETION OF LAUNCH POSITION Y1
TYURATAM SPACE LAUNCH SITE Yi 2, USSR
1? (SWN) SIGNIFICANCE: CONSTRUCTION OF LAUNCH POSITION Y1, AT
SPACE LAUNCH SITE Y1/2 IS COMPLETE.
(SWN) REMARKS: CONSTRUCTION OF LAUNCH POSITION Y1 AT TYURATAM
SPACE LAUNCH SITE Y1/2-HAS BEEN COMPLETED. TWO SECURITY FENCES
HAD BEEN INSTALLED SEPARATING LAUNCH POSITION Yl FROM LAUNCH
POSITION Y2, WHICH IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION, IN 25X1
MID 1982, GROUND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT (GS.F;) COMPATIBILITY TESTING
WAS UNDERWAY, THE PROPELLANT-ASSOCIATED AND ONSITE SUPPORT
BUILDINGS HAD BEEN EARTH COVERED, AND CRYOGEN RAILCARS HAVE
BEEN ONSITE, POSSIBLY FOR PURGING/TESTING OF PROPELLANT LINES.
(SWN) TYURATAM SPACE LAUNCH SITE Y1/2 HAS BEEN UNDER
CONSTRUCTION IN THE EASTERN SECTION OF TYURATAM MISSILE AND
SPACE TEST CENTER SSM SINCE OCTOBER 1978. THIS25X1
FACILITY IS ONE OF SEVERAL FACILITIES AT THE TEST CENTER
ASSOCIATED WITH THE NEW SOVIET SPACE PROGRAMS. NO NEW SPACE
LAUNCH VEHICLES HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LAUNCH SITE.
HOWEVER, ANALYSIS OF LAUNCH POSITION Yl AND ASSOCIATED GSE
INDICATES THAT THE LAUNCH VEHICLE WILL BE SIMILAR IN SIZE TO
T14F ST-1 2 /1 '1 LL USE HIGH-ENERGY UPPER STAGES. 25X1
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3. (S) COORDINATES 45-56-53N 063-39-1SE
4. (SWN) COLLATERAL REFERENCE: NPIC TYURATAM SPACE L UN . SITE
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These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed ana-
lytical work. Their use should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for
and must be considered valid only for the reporting period as indicated by the date of issue.
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