COMPATABILITY TEST TYURATAM SPACE LAUNCH SITE Y1/2, USSR (SANITIZED)

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• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 22, 2010
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: May 31, 1982
• Content Type: REPORT

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COMPATABILITY TEST
TYURATAM SPACE LAUNCH SITE Y1/2, USSR
1. (S/D) SIGNIFICANCE: TRANSPORTER/ERECTOR COMPATABILITY TESTING
IS UNDERWAY A MAJOR NEW SPACE LAUNCH FACILITY.
2. (S/D) REMARKS: LAUNCH PAD COMPATABILITY TESTING OF THE NEW
40-METER SPACE LAUNCH VEHICLE (SLV) TRANSPORTER IS UNDERWAY AT
LAUNCH PAD Y1 AT TYURATAM SPACE LAUNCH SITE Y1/2. THE SLV
TRANSPORTER IS BACKED UP TO THE IN-PAD ERECTOR WHICH IS
HORIZONTALLY ELEVATED ABOVE THE SERVICE APPROACH TO THE LAUNCH
PAD. THE TRANSPORTER WILL PROBABLY BE MOVED TOWARD THE LAUNCH
PAD AND OVER THE IN-PAD ERECTOR TO CHECK MATING ASSEMBLIES AND
POSSIBLY TO LOAD TEST THE ERECTING MECHANISM. POSSIBLE HINGE
POINTS AT THE REAR OF THE TRANSPORTER SUGGEST THAT THE
TRANSPORTER HAS TWO MAIN SECTIONS, A CRADLE FRAMEWORK FOR THE
ERECTION OF THE SLVAND A SELF-PROPELLED RAIL TRANSPORTER THAT
WOULD REMAIN STATIONARY DURING SLV ERECTION.
LAUNCH SITE Y1/2 IS IN THE EASTERN SECTION OF THE TEST RANGE
APPROXIMATELY 1.5 NM SOUTH OF TYURATAM ICBM TEST SUPPORT
FACILITY 3 LAUNCH PAD Y1, WHICH HAS BEEN
UNDER CONSTRUCTION SINCE MID-1978, MAY BE COMPLETED BY THE FALL
OF 1982. EXCAVATION FOR THE LAUNCH PAD AT Y2 BEGAN IN OCTOBER
1981.
3.I COORDINATES 45-56-53N 063-39-15E
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