SPACE EVENT SUPPORT ROLE FOR 189B LENINGRAD, USSR (SANITIZED)

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 9, 2012
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• Publication Date: August 22, 1983
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SPACE EVENT SUPPORT ROLE FOR 189B,
LENINGRAD, USSR (SWN)
1. SIGNIFICANCE: THE SIGHTING OF A QUAD LEAF TELEMETRY ANTENNA AT
LENINGRAD SHIPYARD BALTIC ORDZHONIKID 189 COULD BE THE FIRST
SOLID EVIDENCE OF A SPACE SUPPORT ROLE FOR THE 189B. (SWN)
2. REMARKS: A QUAD LEAF TELEMETRY ANTENNA HAS BEEWON THE QUAY AT
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HE MARSHAL NEDELIN SPACE EVENTS SUPPORT SHIP (SESS) AND THE
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MODIFIED VYTEGRALES-CLASS SESS. ITS PRESENCE AT'THIS SHIPYARD
SUGGESTS THAT THE ANTENNA WILL PROBABLY BE INSTALLED ON THE
189B. THE 189B, LAUNCHED FROM THE BUILDING WAY AT RP-21,
CONTINUES TO FIT OUT AT RP-15. OTHER SHIPS AT THIS SHIPYARD
ARE NOT LIKELY CANDIDATES FOR A QUAD LEAF INSTALLATION. THEY
INCLUDE KIROV NUCLEAR POWERED GUIDED MISSILE CRUISER (CGN) UNIT
2--BEING FITTED-OUT (NOT ON GRAPHIC), KIROV CGN UNIT 3--IN THE
EARLY STAGES OF CONSTRUCTION AT RP-21, AND THE "ROSSIYA", AN
ARKTIKA-CLASS NUCLEAR POWERED ICEBREAKER--IN THE; LATE STAGES OF
CONSTRUCTION AT RP-16. (SWN)
CONSTRUCTION WAS STARTED ON THE 189B INIJUNE 1981 AND THE
WAS LAUNCHED[ ~ THE 189B
WITH A BEAM OF 30 METERS. 1HE SHIP IS UNIQUELY'CONFIGURED,
HAVING A LARGE AMOUNT OF SUPERSTRUCTURE THAT COULD HOUSE
TECHNICANS AND EQUIPMENT. TO DATE, HOWEVER, NO IDENTIFIABLE
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ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT HAS BEEN INSTALLED. (SWN)
3. COORDINATES 59-55-18N 030-15-39E (S)
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