LAUNCH AREA G1 - G2 TYURATAM MISSILE TEST CENTER, USSR

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• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
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• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 20, 2009
• Sequence Number: 13
• Publication Date: February 15, 1967
• Content Type: REPORT

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TOP SECRET RUFF
(c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER
AREA CONTAINED 2 RAIL-SERVED LAUNCH PADS AND ASSOCI-
ATED EQUIPMENT; AN "L"-SHAPED ELECTRONIC FACILITY
WAS LOCATED 0.6 NM SSE OF THE CENTER OF THE LAUNCH
AREA. A MISSILE-READY BUILDING WAS LOCATED TO THE
REAR OF EACH PAD., AND A MISSILE GANTRY MOUNTED ON
RAILS WAS ALIGNED AT A SLIGHT ANGLE TO THE AXIS OF
EACH MISSILE-READY BUILDING AND LAUNCH PAD. EACH
GANTRY USUALLY WAS POSITIONED ABOUT MIDWAY BETWEEN
THE READY BUILDING AND LAUNCH PAD,
DDR - Dupe
1. SIGNIFICANCE:
2. LOCATION:
3. REMARKS:
LAUNCH AREA G1 - G2
TfUEATAM MISSILE TEST CENTER, USSR
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THE STRUCTURES PREVIOUSLY CONSTRUCTED IN EXCAVA-
TIONS FORWARD OF PADS Gl AND G2 ARE NOW CONSIDERED
TO BE RAIL-SERVED,LAUNCH POINTS.
APPROXIMATELY 30 NM NW OF THE TYURATAM MAIN SUPPORT
BASE AND 1.7 NM NNW OF THE LAUNCH COMPLEX "G" SUP-
PORT FACILITY.
.LAUNCH, AREA G1 - G2 WAS ORIGINALLY CONSIDERED COM-
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 re-
porting period as indicated by the date of issue. For information concerning these notes contact Chief, Collateral Support
Division, NPIC.
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LAUNCH AREA HAS BEEN OBSERVED SINCE
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THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF CONSTRUCTION
4. COLLATERAL:
5. FIRST IDENTIFICATION:
6. NEGATION DATE :
120 TO 200 ACRES.
7. SUBSEQUENT COVERAGE: 35 KH-4, 9 KH-7, AND
8. DIMENSIONS
SPECIFICATIONS:
MISSILE/COMPONENT ON RAIL
NEXT TO Gl GANTRY.
CYLINDER NEAR ENTRANCE
TO LAUNCH AREA
80 x 80 FT (APPROX)
X 10 FT
_1X10FT
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 re-
porting period as indicated by the date of issue. For information concerning these notes contact Chief, Collateral Support
Division, NPIC.
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9. MISSION READOUT:
PAD SEPARATION (Gl-G2)
GANTRY HEIGHT (BOTH)
-- 125 FT
BUILDINGS ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN THE CENTRAL PART OF THE AREA, SLIGHTLY
FORWARD OF A LINE BETWEEN THE 2 READY BUILDINGS. FIRST EVIDENCE OF THIS
CONSTRUCTION WAS OBSERVED ON
THE STRUCTURES PREVIOUSLY CONSTRUCTED IN EXCAVATIONS FORWARD OF PADS Gl AND
G2 ARE NOW CONSIDERED TO BE RAIL-SERVED LAUNCH POINTS, AND ARE DESIGNATED
Gl-A AND G2-A. LAUNCH POSITION G1-A, THE MORE ADVANCED IN STAGE OF CON-
STRUCTION, APPEARS TO BE APPROXIMATELY 80 FT SQUARE WITH A CIRCULAR STRUCTURE
LOCATED AT ITS CENTER. IT CAN NOT YET BE ASCERTAINED WHETHER THIS IS A
LAUNCH PAD OR A SILO. IN GENERAL APPEARANCE, HOWEVER, IT IS QUITE REMINI-
SCENT OF PAD A2 AT LAUNCH COMPLEX "A". LAUNCH POSITION G2-A APPEARS TO BE
AN IDENTICAL LAUNCH POSITION IN AN EARLIER STAGE OF CONSTRUCTION.
LOCATED ON THE RAIL NEXT TO THE G1 GANTRY IS A MISSILE/COMPONENT WHOSE DI
MENSIONS ^ X 10 FT) ARE THE SAME AS THOSE OF THE ONE FREQUENTLY SEEN IN
THIS VICINITY. THE TAPERING OF THE NARROW END, HOWEVER, APPEARS TO DIFFER
SOMEWHAT FROM THAT PREVIOUSLY OBSERVED. THE MISSILE/COMPONENT FREQUENTLY
SEEN FORWARD OF THE G2 READY BUILDING IS NOT PRESENT, HOWEVER, A CYLINDER
APPROXIMATELYFIX 10 FT IS LOCATED OFF THE RAILS NEAR THE ENTRANCE TO THE
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 re-
porting period as indicated by the date of issue. For information concerning these notes contact Chief, Collateral Support
Division, NPIC.
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LAUNCH AREA. IN ADDITION, A SIMILAR CYLINDER,
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AT ONE END, ARE LOCATED NEAR THE GANTRY, NOT FAR FROM THE ENTRANCE TO LAUNCH
AREA G5-G6. IF THE LARGER CYLINDER AND ONE OF THE SMALLER CYLINDERS WERE
MATED, THEY WOULD CONFORM CLOSELY IN SIZE AND APPEARANCE TO THE MISSILE
COMPONENT LOCATED NEAR THE Gl GANTRY.
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 re-
porting period as indicated by the date of issue. For information concerning these notes contact Chief, Collateral Support
Division, NPIC.
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