TYURATAM MISSILE TEST CENTER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78T05439A000400020029-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 28, 2000
• Sequence Number: 29
• Publication Date: July 2, 1964
• Content Type: REPORT

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25 1D TYURATAM MISSILE TEST CENTER
1. TALENT, , PROVIDED THE FIRST COVERAGE OF THE TEST CENTER.
2. THE CENTER SUBSEQJF TLY BEEN COVERED B
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COMPLEX "Ctt lIDENTIFIED.
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POSSIBLE COMPLE= "E" AND "F" IDENTIFIED.
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PROBABLE COMPLEX "H" IDENTIFIED.
PROVIDED THE FIRS COVERAGE OF THE TEST CENTER
AND PROVIDED; SIGNIFICANT DETAILS OF LAUNCH PADS A-2 AND E-l, 2, AND 3.
REVEALED TWO NEW LAUNCH COMPLEXES "I" AND "K", AND
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LAUNCH COMPLEX "ill CONSISTED OF "SECURED AREA CONTAINING A SINGLE LAUNCH
SILO APPROXIMATELY 35 FT IN DIAMETER WITHIN A SHALLOW EXCAVATION.
LAUNCH COMPLEX "K" CONSISTED OF A LAUNCH AREA CONTAINING TWO SINGLE
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LAUNCH SILOS UNDER CONSTRUCTION, AND SPACED APPROXIMATELY 1100 FT
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APART. COMP1,}C "J". THE AREA OF ACTIVITY PREVIOUSLY REPORTED AS
A NEW SUPPORT FACILITY WAS DESIGNATED "COMPLEX J". CONSTRUCTION
WAS CONTINUING ON TWO MASSIVE BUILDINGS FIRST IDEIT 4 ZED ON_
THIS MISSION REVEALS MINOR CHANGES IN THE TEST CENTER SINCE
LAUNCH COMPLEX "A". THE GRADING OF THE ACCESS AND LOOP ROADS IS
MORE APPARENT AT THE POSSIBLE LAUNCH AREA "A3". THIS AREA IS STILL
IN A MID-STAGE OF CONSTRUCTION.
LAUNCH COMPLEX "B". THE POSSIBLE SINGLE SILO DESIGNATED "B2" SHOWS
LITTLE CHANGE SINCE A SMALL CIRCULAR EARTH
MOUNDED OBJECT OR EARTH MOUND IS LOCATED WITHIN THE LOOP ROAD. THE -
SITE IS STILL IN A MID-STAGE OF CONSTRUCTION. THE TWO MASSIVE
BRACES REPORTED AT PAD B1 ARE NOT PRESENT.
'CONSTRUCTION HAS PROGRESSED ON THE TWO BUILDINGS IN.THE SECURED AREA-,
5,500 FT NE OF PAD B1.
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LAUNCH COMPLEX "C". A PROBABLE, MISSILE IS ERECTED ON PAD C3 AND A
PROBABLE TRANSPORTER IS IN LINE WITH.THE ERECTOR/LAUNCHER. NO OTHER
VEHICLES OR EQUIPMENT ARE ON THE PAD. THEE ARE SEVEN LONG AND
SEVERAL OTHER VEHICLES PARKED ON THE SW CORNER CF-THE LAUNCH AREA.
LAUNCH COMPLEX "I". A NEW BUILDING HAS BEEN BUILT OUTSIDE THE
FENCED AREA OF THE WEST SIDE. THERE IS AN UNIDENTIFIED ACTIVITY 3N
THE CENTER OF THE LOOP ROAD. MINOR CHANGES HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN THE
EXCAVATION ACTIVITY ABOUT 200 FT SOUTH OF THE SILO. THERE ARE THREE
PIECES OF EWIPMENT PARKED ADJACENT. TO THE SILO THE SITE IS STILL
IN A MID-STAGE OF, CONSTRUCTION.
LAUNCH COMPLEX "K". THE CCMPL X MAIN ROAD HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO THE
L- 3NCH AREA AND THE LOOP ROADS HAVE BEEN IMPROVED.' A PROBABLE
BUILDING IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION BESIDE AND PARALLEL TO THE COMPLEX
MAIN ROAD WHERE'IT DIVIDES TO SERVE TWO SILOS. THE NORTHERN MOST
SILO SHOWS THE MOST ADVANCEMENT SINCE
ARE IN A MID-STAGE OF CONSTRUCTION.
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