SOVIET SPACE SHUTTLE RAMENSKOYE FLIGHT TEST CENTER, USSR

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90T00784R000200610004-3
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• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 9, 2011
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: February 19, 1983
• Content Type: REPORT

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1. (SWN) SIGNIFICANCE: A SPACE SHUTTLE ORBITER (NPIC INTERIM
DESIGNATOR RAM-R FOR A SOVIET REUSEABLE SPACE TRANSPORT SYSTEM
IS OBSERVED FOR THE FIRST TIME.
2. (SWN) REMARKS: THE RAM-R IS MOUNTED ATOP A MODIFIED BISON B IN
THE MYASISHC EV AREA OF THE FLIGHT TEST CENTER. A SECOND
MODIFIED BISON B WITH THE 44-METER AEROSPACE COMPONENT IS ALSO
PRESENT. THE RAM-R MAY HAVE BEEN PRESENT UT 25X1
WAS NOT PRESENT THE LAST CLEAR rHAGERY OF THE 25X1
CENTER.
(SWN) THE RAM-R IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE U.S. SPACE SHUTTLE
ORBITER IN SIZE AND GENERAL LAYOUT. THE RAM-R HAS A
LOW-MOUNTED, DOUBLE-DELTA WING WITH EVELON CONTROL SURFACES ON
THE TRAILING EDGE. PRELIMINARY DIMENSIONS OF THE RAM-R ARE
VERY CLOSE TO THOSE OF THE U.S. SPACE SHUTTLE ORBITER (USSO).
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SOVIET SPACE SHUTTLE
RAMENSKOYE FLIGHT TEST CENTER, USSR
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PROTECTION SYSTEM, IF PRESENT, CANNOT BE DETERMINED.
(SWN) THE RAM-R WAS PROBABLY PRODUCED AT MOSKVA GUIDED MISSILE
PLANT TORSHINO 82 AND TRANSPORTED TO RAMENSKOYE 25X1
FOR ASSEMBLY. VARIOUS UNIDENTIFIED COMPONENTS SEEN PREVIOUSLY
AT RAMENSKOYE COULD HAVE BEEN PART OF THE RAM-R PROGRAM.
(SWN) RAMENSKOYE FLIGHT TEST CENTER, 21 NM SOUTHEAST OF
MOSCOW, IS ONE OF THE MAIN FLIGHT TEST CENTERS IN THE SOVIET
UNION SUPPORTING DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, AND TESTING OF NEW SOVIET
AIRCRAFT, AND MODIFICATIONS TO EXISTING AIRCRAFT.
COORDINATES 55-34-19N 038-09-23E
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