INSTRUMENTATION SITE 15 SARY-SHAGAN ANTIMISSILE TEST CENTER, USSR

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 23, 2007
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: February 2, 1966
• Content Type: REPORT

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INSTRUMENTATION SITE 15
SARY-SHAGAN ANTIMISSILE TEST CENTER, USSR
1. SIGNIFICANCE:
2. REMARKS:
3. LOCATION!
I+. COLLATERAL/COMINT:
5. FIRST IDENTIFICATION:
THE BEST KH-7 VIEW TO DATE OF INSTRUMENTATION
SITE 15. NEW POSSIBLE ANTENNA POSITIONS IDENTIFI-
ED ThIMEDIATELY SOUTH OF EACH WING OF THE E-SHAPED
BUILDING.
INSTRUMENTATION SITE 15 IS THE WESTERNMOST SITE
OF THE SARY-SHAGAN COMPLEX. IT CONSISTS OF AN
INTERFEROMETER, GRADED EARTH AIRSTRIP, SUPPORT
AREA, E-SHAPED BUILDING, OPERATIONS BUILDING, AND
A MICROWAVE TOWER. THE BASE25X1
LINES OF THE INTERFEROMETER WERE EXTENDED ALONG
THE SAME AXIS AS THOSE OF THE EXISTING INTERFERO-
METER. A CABLE-SERVED ANTENNA POSITION WAS NOTED
AT THE TERMINUS OF EACH LEG.
30 NM SOUTH OF DZHEZKAZGAN AND APPROXIMATELY
270 NM WNW OF SARY-SHAGAN.
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work.
Their use should be restricted to the particular brief ng 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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6. NEGATION DATE:
7. SUBSEQUENT COVERAGE:
16 KH-4 AND 2 KH-7 MISSIONS.
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8. DIMENSIONS/SPECIFICATIONS: 4 INTERFEROMETER LEGS: EACH 9,840 FT LONG.
E-SHAPED BUILDING (APPROXIMATE): =FT LONG 25X1
115 FT WIDE
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E-SHAPED BUILDING WINGS (APPROXIMATE): EACH
60 FT LONG
20 FT WIDE
POSSIBLE ANTENNA POSITIONS SOUTH OF E-SHAPED
BUILDING: 1 - 20 FT DIAMETER
2 - 15 FT DIAMETER
MICROWAVE TOWER (APPROXIMATE).: 255 FT HIGH
9. MISSION READOUT: SITE CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING FACILITIES:
INTERFEROMETER WITH A CENTRAL CONTROL POSITION WHOSE LEGS HAVE EACH BEEN
RECENTLY EXTENDED AND TERMINATED WITH AN UNIDENTIFIED ANTENNA POSITION.
LARGE E-SHAPED BUILDING WHICH HAS BEEN OBSERVED AT OTHER SARY-SHAGAN
INSTRUMENTATION SITES (SITES 14, 16, 17, AND 18, WITH A SECOND POSSIBLE AT 18).
IMMEDIATELY SOUTH OF EACH WING IS A POSSIBLE ANTENNA POSITION. UNIDENTIFIED
STRUCTURES ARE ALSO OBSERVED ON THE ROOF OF EACH WING WITH THE. CENTER STRUCTURE
BEING THE LARGEST.
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical 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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A LARGE BUILDING,?300 FT ESE OF THE E-SHAPED BUILDING AND PREVIOUSLY
IDENTIFIED AS A POSSIBLE E-SHAPED BUILDING UNDER CONSTRUCTION, APPEARS
COMPLETE AND CAN BE IDENTIFIED AS A PROBABLE OPERATIONS BUILDING. IMMEDIATELY
SOUTH OF THIS BUILDING ARE 3 CIRCULAR EXCAVATIONS.
A LARGE SUPPORT FACILITY WHICH SHARES THE SAME SECURITY AS THE E-SHAPED
BUILDING CONTAINS APPROXIMATELY 25 BUILDINGS, 1 OF WHICH HAS RECENTLY BEEN
ADDED AND IDENTIFIED AS A PROBABLE BARRACKS.
A 2- DISH MICROWAVE TOWER IS 90 FT NORTH OF THE E-SHATED BUILDING.
SITE ALSO CONTAINS A SMALL L-SHAPED REVETTED AREA WITH 1 BUILDING AND
A LIAISON AIRSTRIP ORIENTED WE/SW WITH NO AIRCRAFT OBSERVED.
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical 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 dote of issue.
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