SPACE LAUNCH SITE COMPLETION TYURATAM SPACE LAUNCH SITE W, USSR (SANITIZED)

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• Publication Date: November 21, 1984
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SPACE LAUNCH SITE CONIPLETI0N
TYURA TE W USSR
NPIC/PEG (11/84)
1. SIGNIFICANC': LAUNCH SITE W AT TYURATA.NI MISSILE/SPACE TEST
CENTER SSN; IS EXTERNALLY COMPLETE. (SWN)
2. REMARKS: THE LAUNCH PAL, FUEL STORAGE FACILITIES, ON-PAD
SER ICE STRUCTURES, AND THE REMAINING SUPPORT COMPONENTS
REQUIRED TO SUPPORT OPERATIONS AT TEE LAUNCH SITE ARE
COMPLETE. THE LAUNCH CONTROL CENTER 3,400 METERS WEST OF THE
LAUNCH PAD IS ALSO COMPLETE. MOST OF THE CONSTRUCTION SUPPORT
ARLA HAS BEEN RAZED, FURTHER INDICATING THAT MAJOR CONSTRUCTION
IS COMPLETE. THIS SITE WAS CONSTRUCTED AND DESIGNED TO
ACCOMMODATE THE NEW HEAVY-LIFT LAUNCH VEHICLE CURRENTLY UNDER
DEVELOPMENT. SEVERAL COMPATIBILITY TESTS INVOLVING PRCPELLANT
STORAGE AND HANDLING, AND ONE TEST INVOLVING THE ON-PAD
ERECTION OF THE NEW HEAVY-LIFT LAUNCH VEHICLE HAVE BEEN
OBSERVED AT THE LAUNCH SITE. LAUNCH SITE W, ONE OF SEVERAL
MAJOR FACILITIES UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT TYURATAM IN SUPPORT OF
THE NEW PROGRAM, HAS BEEN UNDER CONSTRUCTION SINCE MAY 1978.
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