ROCKET ENGINE TEST STAND UNDER CONSTRUCTION PRIMORSK, USSR (SANITIZED)

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• Publication Date: October 5, 1982
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ROCKET ENGINE TEST STAND UNDER CONSTRUCTION
1. (S/WN) SIGNIFICANCE: CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW ROCKET ENGINE TEST STAND IS
CONFIRMED AT THIS TEST FACILITY.
2. (S/WN) REMARKS: THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW ROCKET ENGINE TEST STAND AT
THE PRIMORSK ROCKET ENGINE TEST FACILITY CAN NOW BE CONFIRMED. THE
CONFIRMATION OF THIS STAND, WHICH HAS BEEN UNDER CONSTRUCTION SINCE APRIL
1980, IS BASED ON THE IDENTIFICATION OF AN EXHAUST PORT. THIS PORT IS
LIKE THE OTHER TEST STANDS AT
PRIMORSK, TI-ITS STAND EXHAUSTS ONTO THE ADJACENT LAKE. THE SHAPE OF THE
EXHAUST PORT AND ITS LOCATION IN THE TEST STAND ARE SIMILAR TO THE
EXISTING VERTICAL TEST STAND, WHICH EXHAUSTS THROUGH A
DIFFUSER/SCRUBBER. THIS SUGGESTS THAT THE NEW TEST STAND ALSO WILL HAVE
.A DIFFUSER/SCRUBBER SYSTE61.
(S/WN) ANALYST'S COMMENTS: PRIMORSK ROCKET ENGINE TEST FACILITY IS
RESPONSIBLE FOR TESTING TOXIC HIGH-ENERGY LIQUID PROPELLANTS DEVELOPED AT
THE LENINGRAD INSTITUTE OF APPLIED CHEMISTRY G.IPKH . THE 25X1
USE OF A DIFFUSER/SCRUBBER SYSTEM AT THE NEW TEST STAND WOULD INDICATE
CONTINUED SOVIET INTERESTS IN THE INVESTIGATION OF TOXIC PROPELLANTS FOR
FUTURE SPACE SYSTEM. 25X1
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COORDINATES 60-18-45N 028-51-16E
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