NEW OPTICAL TRACKING BUILDING IDENTIFIED AT KAPUSTIN YAR, USSR (TSR)

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• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
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• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 19, 2010
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: December 1, 1979
• Content Type: REPORT

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Imagery analysis report
New Optical Tracking Building
Identified at Kapustin Yar, USSR (TSR)
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NEW OPTICAL TRACKING BUILDING IDENTIFIED AT
KAPUSTIN YAR, USSR (TSR)
1. (TSR) A new optical tracking building, designated the Opt B, has been identified at
tracking facilities serving the Kapustin Yar Missile/Space Test Center in the USSR. The Opt B
building was identified within the near range tracking facilities designated as the I group and
within the midrange Terekty tracking facilities.
2. (TSR) The Opt B consists of a two-story building with it raised T-shaped
platform on the roof (Figure 1). A cylindrical building, in diameter and
high, is attached to the square building. The optical device is mounted in the middle of an
meter-diameter platform on top of the cylindrical building. The optical device is protected by an
octagonal shelter and by a dome similar to that on an Opt A optical tracking building (Figure 2).
3. (TSR) The Opt B was first identified under construction at the Terekty Tracking Facility
Since that time, at least 25 Opt B buildings have
been observed within the Kaputsin Yar range.
4. (TSR) The Opt B is an improvement over the older Opt A because the device is mounted
higher off the ground and has an assessed line-of-sight of 12.9 kilometers, almost twice that of the
Opt A device. Although an improved optical device is probably used with the Opt B. technical
improvements cannot be discerned on imagery.
(S) Comments and queries regarding this report are welcom
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FIGURE 1. THE OPT B OPTICAL TRACKING BUILDING AT KAPUSTIN YAR, USSR
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