SPACECRAFT RECOVERY OPERATIONS TYURATAM SPACE LAUNCH SITE A1, USSR (SANITIZED)
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September 30, 1983
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SPACECRAFT RECOVERY OPERATIONS
TYURATAM SPACE LAUNCH SITE Al, USSR (SWN)
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SIGNIFICANCE: SPACECRAFT RECOVERY OPERATIONS WERE IDENTIFIED
NEAR TYURTTTM SPACE LAUNCH SITE Al FOLLOWING THE FAILURE OF AN
SL-04 LAUNCH VEHICLE WITH A PROBABLE MANNED SOYUZ-T
SPACECRAFT. (SWN)
2. REMARKS: A SPACECRAFT RECOVERY OPERATION WAS UNDERWAY 2 NM
EAS ORTHEAST OF LAUNCH SITE Al FOLLOWING THE FAILURE OF AN
SL-04 LAUNCH VEHICLE WITH A PROBABLE MANNED SOYUZ-T SPACE
AT LAUNCH STTF AL-F- (DEFSMAC S/DQ/850-83). 9 )(1X1
TWO SPECIAL RECOVERY VEHICLES WERE IN 25X1
THE RECOVERY AREA. ONE VEHICLE WAS ASSOCIATED WITH THE
RETRIEVAL OF THE SPACECRAFT AND THE OTHER WAS FOR PERSONNEL
TRANSPORT. THE PROBABLE COMMAND MODULE OF THE SPACECRAFT WAS
ON THE GROUND NEAR THE VEHICLES, AND THE POSSIBLE RECOVERY
PARACHUTE WAS ALSO NEARBY. IN ADDITION, ONE HOOK HELICOPTER,
THREE HIP HELICOPTERS, AND ONE BUS WERE IN THE AREA.
APPROXIMATELY FOUR HOURS LATER AT 09452 THE AREA HAD BEEN
VACATED OF ALL EQUIPMENT. (SWN) 25X1
25X1
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