POSSIBLE MOSCOW TERMINAL FOR USSR--CUBA SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS LINK IDENTIFIED

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CREST [1]

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NGA Records (Formerly NIMA) [2]

Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST):

CIA-RDP82T00709R000200780001-0

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RIPPUB

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T

Document Page Count:

5

Document Creation Date:

December 28, 2016

Document Release Date:

April 26, 2010

Sequence Number:

1

Case Number:

Publication Date:

June 1, 1982

Content Type:

REPORT

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11111111 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/04/26: CIA-RDP82T00709R000200780001-0 imagery analysis report Possible Moscow Terminal for USSR-Cuba Satellite Communications Link Identified (5) Top Secret SC-628458/82 IAR-0044/8?25X1 JUNE 1982 Copy 1 70 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/04/26: CIA-RDP82T00709R000200780001-0 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/04/26: CIA-RDP82T00709R000200780001-0 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/04/26: CIA-RDP82T00709R000200780001-0 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/04/26: CIA-RDP82T00709R000200780001-0 Top Secre 25X1 25X1 POSSIBLE MOSCOW TERMINAL FOR USSR-CUBA SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS LINK IDENTIFIED (S) The Moscow terminal of a new USSR-Cuba satellite communications link' was 25X1 possibly identified at Moscow/Shchelkovo ESV Trackin Facility 75X1 imagery of 25X1 25X1 2. (S/WN) The identification of the possible Moscow terminal of this new satellite commu- nications link is based on the following activity at Moscow/Shchelkovo. OnIFigure 2) two PARK DRIVE antenna sets were observed for the first time at Shchelkovo. They were parked in a venue storage area east of a I antenna. On (Fi ure 3) the two 25X1 PARK DRIVEs were operationally deployed northwest of the antenna. On= 25X1 Figure 4), one PARK DRIVE had been removed, but one remained operationally de- 25X1 ployed northwest of the antenna. Two unoccupied parking hardstands had 25X1 been constructed nearby, a new antenna had been positioned west of the 25X1 antenna, and cable trenches connected the new hardstand area, the= 25X1 meter antenna, and the (Figure 5), five days before the 25X1 new link was activated, the PARK DRIVE was operationally deployed on the new parking hard- stands, where it has remained. 3. (S/WN) The Cuban terminal for this link is probably Lourdes Central Sigint Complex (BE where two PARK DRIVE antennas have been present for several years. (S) Comments and queries regarding this report are welcome. They may be directed to Soviet Strategic Forces Division, Imagery Exploitation Group, NPIC, FIGURE 1. LOCATION OF MOSCOW/SHCHELKOVO ESV TRACKING FACILITY, USSR 25X1 25X1 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/04/26: CIA-RDP82T00709R000200780001-0 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/04/26: CIA-RDP82T00709R000200780001-0 Iq Next 3 Page(s) In Document Denied Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/04/26: CIA-RDP82T00709R000200780001-0 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/04/26: CIA-RDP82T00709R000200780001-0 Top Secret Top Secret ., Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/04/26: CIA-RDP82T00709R000200780001-0