SERVICE GANTRY COMPATIBILITY TESTING TYURATAM SPACE LAUNCH SITE W, USSR

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP91T00712R000200330003-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 15, 2011
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: October 2, 1983
• Content Type: REPORT

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(c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER
SERVICE GANTRY COMPATIBILITY TESTING
TYURATAM SPACE LAUNCH SITE W, USSR
1. SIGNIFICANCE: INITIAL COMPATIBILITY TESTING OF THE SERVICE
GANTRY TOWER IS IN PROGRESS. (SWN)
2. REMARKS: THE SERVICE GANTRY TOWER WAS IN 25X1
THE STOWED POSITION WHERE IT HAS BEEN UNDER CONSTRUCTION SINCE
APRIL 1982. THE LARGE MOBILE TOWER, APPROXIMATELY 75 METERS
BY 44 METERS, IS PARKED ON THE LAUNCH PAD FOR THE FIRST TIME.
THE TOWER WILL BE USED TO SERVICE AND PROBABLY AID IN THE
ERECTING OF THE NEW HEAVY-LIFT VEHICLE (HLV) CURRENTLY UNDER
DEVELOPMENT AT TYURATAM. (SWN)
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SPACE LAUNCH SITE W HAS BEEN UNDER CONSTRUCTION SINCE MAY 1978
AND WILL PROBABLY NOT BE OPERATIONAL UNTIL 1986. SPACE LAUNCH
SITE W ALONG H TYURATAM SPACE LAUNCH SITE J1/2
WILL BE USED TO LAUNCH THE NEW SOVIET HLV.
(SWN)
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.
WARNING NOTICE
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