ICBM COMPLEX, VERKHNYAYA SALDA, USSR LAUNCH AREAS H AND I

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 28, 2000
• Sequence Number: 77
• Publication Date: May 1, 1964
• Content Type: REPORT

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NPIC/R-256/64
May 1964
PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION REPORT
ICBM COMPLEX,
VERKHNYAYA SALDA, '"USSR'
LAUNCH AREAS H.AND. I
Handle
the reveiption of its contents in any manner to an unauthorized person. as well as its use in any manner
judicial to the safety or interest of the United States or for the benefit of any foreign government to the
WARNING,
NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION' CENTER
Declassification Review.by NIMA/DOD
via TALENT - KEYHOLE
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was not present i
and was in an early stage of construction when
first observed,
A double security fence is visible around
three sides of the launch site and encloses an
area of approximately 2,300 by 2,000 feet. Two
earth-banked missile-ready buildings, one in
line and one canted' outward about 3.5 degrees,
are behind the left pad. One earth-banked
missile-ready building, canted outward about
60 degrees, is behind the right pad. Two earth-
mounded canted buildings are inboard of each
pad.. In the center of the site there are two large
earth-mounded buildings, one of which is the con-
trol building, and three small earth-mounded
Launch Area 11, located in a wooded area
6.0 nm northwest of the complex support fa-
cility, consists of a completed Type IID launch
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structures. A cablewav extends from the south
end of the control building toward the center of
each pad, where an erector 'shelter is located.
Ground scars extend from forward of the pads
to points outside the security fence.
A relatively small site support facility im-
mediately east of the launch site contains approx-
imately 29 buildings, most of which are small
miscellaneous structures. There are five
barracks and four probable barracks present.
A power trace extends from the trace along the
complex main road, terminating' at the site
support facility, and a ground scar paralleling
the access road also terminates there.
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Launch Area 1, located in a wooded area 7.2
nm northeast of the complex support facility,
consists of a completed Type Ill) launch site and
a site support facility. The launch area was not
ICBM COMPLEX, VERKHNYAYA SALDA, USSR,
LAUNCH AREAS H AND I
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This report, based on KEYHOLE photography through
updates NPIC 'R-240 '64, dated April 1964.
nd was first
observed i
The launch site, approximately 2,400 by
1,750 feet, is probably enclosed by a double
security fence although it cannot be seen in its
entirety. One large missile-ready building,
canted outward approximately 5 degrees, is
behind the left pad and earth is apparently
banked against its sides. Two earth-mounded
canted buildings are inboard of each pad. At
the center of the site there are two earth-
mounded buildings, one 'of which is the control
building, and two small structures (one earth
mounded). A cableway extends from the south
end of the control building toward the center
of each pad, where an erector 'shelter is lo-
cated. A small earth-mounded structure is
located to the rear of each launch pad. A
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Pad orientation
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5 Barracks 110' x 30'
Pad separation
980'
3 Buildings 90' x 30'
3 Missile-ready buildings 170' x 60'
2 Buildings 70' x 30'
4 Canted building
s 90' x 30'
1 Building 45' x 45'
1 Center building
140' x 40'
1 Center building
110' x 40'
FIGURE 1. VERKHNYAYA SALDA LAUNCH AREA H.
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