CSL-X-3 LAUNCH PREPARATIONS SONGLIN SPACE LAUNCH SITE A, CHINA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP91T00712R000200320008-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 11, 2011
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: September 29, 1983
• Content Type: REPORT

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(c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER
Attachment to Z-15222/83
CSL-X-3 LAUNCH PREPARATIONS
SONGLIN SPACE LAUNCH SITE A, CHINA
NPIC/PEG (.09/83)
1. SIGNIFICANCE: PREPARATIONS ARE UNDERWAY FOR THE FIRST LAUNCH
OF A CSL-X-3 FROM SONGLIN. (SWN)
2. REMARKS: ALL OF THE SERVICE GANTRY TOWER PLATFORMS ARE IN THE
CLOSED POSITION, POSSIBLY HOUSING AN ERECTED CSL-X-3. OTHER
PREPARATIONS INCLUDE THE INSTALLATION OF TWO NEW DISH ANTENNAS
ON A CONTROL BUILDING, THE DISPLAYING OF PLACARDS ALONG THE
EDGE OF THE SERVICE APRON, AND THE ARRIVAL SEVEN PROPELLANT
TRUCKS IN THE LAUNCH AREA. THE PLATFORMS ON 25X1
THE GANTRY TOWER WERE OPEN, THE ANTENNAS WERE NOT PRESENT, THE
SUPPORT STANDS FOR THE PLACARDS WERE BEING ERECTED, AND ONLY
THREE PROPELLANT VEHICLES WERE PRESENT. THE CLOSED POSITION OF
THE SERVICE TOWER PLATFORMS PREVENTS OUR DETERMINING WHETHER
THE CSL-X-3 VEHICLE IS ERECTED INSIDE THE GANTRY TOWER. AT
LEAST 11 BUSES ARE WITHIN THE SONGLIN SPACE LAUNCH COMPLEX (BE
(SWN) 25X1
~ TWO YUANWANG SPACE EVENT SUPPORT SHIPS
DEPARTED JIANGYIN PROB SPACE EVENTS SUPPORT SHIP BASE (BE
(SWN)
COORDINATES 28-14-50N 102-01-43E
25X1
25X1
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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