KARTALY ICBM COMPLEX USSR LAUNCH SITE 26

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78T04759A004800010023-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 27, 2001
• Sequence Number: 23
• Publication Date: September 1, 1966
• Content Type: REPORT

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PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION REPORT
KARTALY
ICBM COMPLEX
USSR
LAUNCH SITE 26
Declass Review by N I MA
/ DoD
TCS-80852/66
SEPTEMBER 1966
COPY 1 11- I
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AUTOMATIC DOWNGRADING
AND DECLASSIFICATION
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Kartaly ICBM Complex, Launch Site 26
USSR 52-36N 6o-46E
0164 - 5-B4
Location: Approximately 26 nm SSE of the complex support facility
Type: IIIC
Stage of Construction: Early
The launch site is situated in open terrain adjacent to a cultivated
field. Access is by unimproved roads from the NW5 NE, and south. The site
consists of a U-shaped excavation with a rectangular earth mound on the NW
side and a square earth mound on the SE side. Several associated buildings
are under construction NE of the site. A single security fence surrounds
the area.
U-SHAPED
EXCAVATION
S~ ECU RITY F
RECTANGULAR
EARTH MOUND
SQUARE
EARTH MOUND
ASSOCIATED a
BUILDINGS UNDER
CONSTRUCTION
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