POSSIBLE LAUNCH PAD TURNTABLE UNDER CONSTRUCTION TYURATAM SPACE LAUNCH SITE J1/2 (SANITIZED)

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• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 3, 2011
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: December 29, 1982
• Content Type: REPORT

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29 DECETZBER 1982
POSSIBLE LAUNCH PAD TURNTABLE UNDER CONSTRUCTION
TYURATAM SPACE LAUNCH SITE J1 2
1. (S69N) SIGNIFICANCE: A COMPONENT FOR A POSSIBLE LAUNCH PAD
TURNTABLE WAS ON THE APPROACH TO LAUNCH PAD J2 25X1
(SWN) REP"[ARKS: A RING-SHAPED COMPONENT, POSSIBLY FOR A LAUNCH
PAD TURNTABLE, WAS ON THE APPROACH TO LAUNCH PAD J2 1"1HICH IS
UNDERGOING MODIFICATION AT TYURATAM SPACE. LAUNCH SITE J1/2.
THE COMPONENT HAS AN INNEP, DIAI"4F.TF.R OF APPROXIP1ATELY 2f1 P1ETERS,
AN Oi1TER DIAP4ETF.R OF 32 METERS AND A THICKNESS OF TWO METERS.
THE DITIENSIONS OF THE COMPONENT ARE COPZPATIBLE WITH THE
2 0 -P4ETER APF..RTUR E AT LAUNCH PAD J2 .
H1,V WHICH IS CIIRR.F,NTLY UNDER. DEVELOPPIENT. 125X1
EARLIER STAGE OF CONSTRUCTION, IS ALSO ASS
(SPJN) A Ti.iRNTABLE COULD BE USED TO ROTATE THE NFI9 HEAVY-LIFT
LAUNCH VEHICLE (HLV), PROJECTED FOR THIS LAUNCH SITE, AFTER IT
IS ERECTF..D TO FACILITATE. HANDLING AND SERVICING. A. TURNTABLE
P1AY ALSO RE RF~UIRED TO ORIENT THE HLV INTO A PREFERRED LAUNCH
AZIP9UTH. IT CANNOT, HOWEVER, BE RULED OUT THAT THE COMPONENT
IS A CONSTRUCTION COT4PON.F.NT TO REINFORCE THE LAUNCH PAD.
TYURATAM4 SPACE LAUNCH SITE VJ I9HICN IS IN AN 25X1
25X1
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