KAPUSTIN YAR MISSILE TEST CENTER USSR

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• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 23, 2007
• Sequence Number: 60
• Publication Date: October 3, 1964
• Content Type: REPORT

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1. TALENT PHOTOGRAPHY OF SEP 57, FIRST REVEALED THIS INSTALLATION
AS A MAJOR SOVIET GUIDED MISSILE TEST RANGE. THE 57 COVERAGE
AND ADDITIONAL COVERAGE IN DEC 59, REVEALED FOUR SURFACE-TO-
SURFACE BALLISTIC MISSILE TEST LAUNCH COMPLEXES IN VARIOUS
STAGES OF CONSTRUCTION, ONE FOR AERODYNAMIC VEHICLES AND TWO
FOR TRAINING; A LARGE SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILE DEVELOPMENT COM-
FLEX, AND A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF SUPPORTING FACILITIES FOR
THE OPERATION OF THIS HIGHLY ACTIVE AND DIVERSIFIED PAD FACI-
LITY.
2. SIXTEEN SUBSEQUENT KH MISSIONS FROM AUG 60 THROUGH SEP 63 RE-
VEALED THE COMPLETION OF EXISTING FACILITIES, AND THE CONSTRUCTION
OF ADDITIONAL FACILITIES: SUCH AS, NEW LAUNCH SITES AT THE SAM
R & D COMPLEX, MRBM AND IRBM SILO TEST FACILITIES AND SOFT SITE
TRAINING FACILITIES, AND MISCELLANEOUS ELECTRONICS AND SUPPORT
.FACILITIES.
PROVIDED THE. FIRST KH-7 COVERAGE OF KYMTC, BUT
CLOUDS, OBLIQUITY AND HEAVY SNOW HAMPERED INTERPRETATION.
PROVIDED THE BEST COVERAGE TO DATE. LAUNCH COM-
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FLEXES "A", "B", AND "C" WERE OBSERVED IN GREAT DETAIL. HIGH-
LIGHTS REPORTED WERE A SS-I+ TRAINING EXERCISE UNDER WAY AT CCM-
FLEX "A"; A NEWLY IDENTIFIED LAUNCH FACILITY AT COMPLEX "B"; A
TRAINING EXERCISE AT "3-C" WITH MISSILE., ERECTOR., AND OTHER SUP-
PORT VEHICLES VISIBLE; SILOS AT 1+C-1 AND 4C-2, AND TWO MISSILES
ON TRANSPORTERS AT 5C-1. A RAIL-SERVED UNIDENTIFIED FACILITY WAS
LOCATED BEHIND LAUNCH COMPLEX "B".
LAUNCH COMPLEX "C". A NEW RAIL SPUR WAS UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND
BRANCHED FROM THE RAIL SERVING LAUNCH AREA 1C JUST WEST OF COMPLEX
"C" OPERATIONS CONTROL CENTER AND EXTENDED TO THE FORMER l+C SUPPORT
AREA. ROAD BED CONSTRUCTION TERMINATED AT THE ROAD SERVING LAUNCH
AREAS 4 AND 5C. CONSTRUCTION CONTINUED AT LAUNCH AREA 1C. VEHICLE
TRACKS APPEARED TO ENCIRCLE THE ENTIRE LAUNCH AREA. A PROBABLE
MISSILE EXERCISE WAS UNDER WAY AT 2C. A POSSIBLE MISSILE EXERCISE
WAS UNDERWAY AT LAUNCH AREA 3C.
SAM FACILITIES.- THE ROAD SERVING THE NEW ACTIVITY HAD JOINED THE
MAIN ROAD INTO THE SAM COMPLEX IMMEDIATE,Y TO THE REAR OF THE SAM
R&D LAUNCH AREA. THE CENTER OF THE NEW ACTIVITY AT THE END OF THE
NEW ROAD WAS BEING FENCED.
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PROBABLE MISSILE ASSEMBLY AND CHECKOUT AREA. THE AREA WAS RAIL-
SERVED AND SHOWED NEW CONSTRUCTION SCARRING SINCE
WEST AND NORTH OF THE EXISTING FACILITY.
PORTIONS OF THE TEST CENTER WERE SUBSEQUENTLY COVERED BY TWO KH
MISSIONS WHICH REPORT NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES.
REVEALED ACTIVITY WAS EVIDENT IN THE R&D, SA-2
AND SA-3 LAUNCH AREAS.
THE UNIDENTIFIED FACILITY NW OF THE SAM R&D LAUNCH AREA APPEARED
TO STILL BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION. NO FUNCTION COULD THEN BE AS-
CRIBED TO THIS FACILITY. THE UNIDENTIFIED STRUCTURE AT THE END
OF.ACCESS ROAD APPEARED TO HAVE GREATER HEIGHT THAN WHEN PREVIOUSLY
OBSERVED.
SCARRING INDICATIVE OF A FIREBREAK CLEARING WAS EVIDENTI
THE ELEVATED STRUCTURE IN THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE ELECTRONICS AREA
WAS IDENTIFIED AS A LARGE DISH ANTENNA ON A TOWER WHICH IN TURN WAS
MOUNTED ON A BUILDING.
8. THIS MISSION REVEALS:
LAUNCH COMPLEX "A". A PROBABLE MISSILE EXERCISE IS UNDERWAY AT THE
SOUTHERN LAUNCH PAD AT COMPLEX "A". THE MISSILE APPEARS TO BE ERECTED.
TWO, POSSIBLY THREE, VEHICLES ARE PRESENT ON THE WESTERN EDGE OF THE
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PAD AND APPROXIMATELY SIX VEHICLES ARE PARKED A SHORT DISTANCE OFF
THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE PAD. A POSSIBLE MISSILE TRANSPORTER IS
ON THE NORTHERN LAUNCH PAD. THE NORTHERN EARTH-RAMP STRUCTURE DOES
NOT APPEAR ACTIVE, ALTHOUGH THERE ARE THREE UNIDENTIFIED OBJECTS
AT THE TOP OF THE STRUCTURE. THE SOUTHERN EARTH-RAMPED STRUCTURE
IS INACTIVE.
NEW BIVOUAC/TRAINING AREA IS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 2.3 NM WEST OF
LAUNCH COMPLEX "B". IT CONSISTS OF FOUR SECTIONS, EACH ENCLOSED
BY A FIREBREAK. THE LARGEST SECTION CONTAINS TWO PROBABLE BUILD-
INGS, 5 SQUAD-TYPE TENTS, APPROXIMATELY 50 PERSONNEL TENTS, AND
APPROXIMATELY 6 SMALL VEHICLES. ADJACENT TO THIS AREA ARE 12 PER-
SONNEL TENTS, 1 PROBABLE BUILDING, 1 PROBABLE MISSILE TRANSPORTER,
AND 7 SMALLER VEHICLES. THE MOTOR POOL (SECOND LARGEST SECTION)
CONTAINS 5 MISSILE TRANSPORTERS, 4 LONG VEHICLES, AND APPROXIMATELY
40 SMALLER VEHICLES. ONE PROBABLE BUILDING IS ADJACENT TO THE TWO
REMAINING SECTIONS. ONE SECTION CONTAINS 1'TENT AND 8 VEHICLES
AND THE OTHER CONTAINS 5 VEHICLES.
LAUNCH COMPLEX "C"
LAUNCH AREA 1C. THE TWO PADS ARE STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
THE PADS ARE APPROXIMATELY 90 FT SQUARE AND A RAIL SPUR APPEARS
TO TERMINATE AT THE CENTER OF EACH PAD. A NEW FENCE LINE HAS BEEN
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CONSTRUCTED TO INCLUDE THE ENTIRE 1C LAUNCH AREA INCLUDING THE
TWO PADS UNDER CONSTRUCTION. THE RAIL SERVED LAUNCHER HAS BEEN
REMOVED FROM THE OLD LAUNCH PAD. THERE ARE FIVE PIECES OF UNIDEN-
TIFIED EQUIPMENT ON THIS PAD AND TWO NEW BUILDINGS HAVE BEEN COM-
PLETED WEST OF IT. THERE ARE TWO VEHICLES ON THE ACCESS ROAD TO
THE SITE AND AN UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT IS ON THE RAIL LINE OUTSIDE
THE LAUNCH AREA FENCE LINE.
LAUNCH AREA 2C. ACTIVITY IS OBSERVED ON BOTH PADS AND A
VEHICLE CONVOY IS ON THE ACCESS ROAD IMMEDIATELY OUTSIDE THE LAUNCH
AREA. THE CONVOY INCLUDES 10 VEHICLES OF VARIOUS SIZES, THE TWO
LONGEST MEASURING APPROXIMATELY 55 FT. THE SOUTHERN LAUNCH PAD
CONTAINS A PROBABLE TRANSPORTER BACKED UP TO A PROBABLE ERECTOR,
THE TOTAL LENGTH OF BOTH VEHICLES MEASURING 130 FT. ANOTHER SMALL
VEHICLE IS IN MOTION ON THE PAD. THE NORTHERN PAD CONTAINS THREE
VEHICLES APPROXIMATELY 65 FT LONG AND AN UNIDENTIFIED PIECE OF EQUIP-
MENT. THERE IS A VEHICLE APPROXIMATELY 65 FT LONG IN FRONT OF THE
NORTHERN VEHICLE STALL AND APPROXIMATELY SEVEN ADDITIONAL VEHICLES
IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA.
LAUNCH AREA 3C. NO ACTIVITY IS OBSERVED AT THE LAUNCH PADS,
HOWEVER APPROXIMATELY 20 VEHICLES ARE GROUPED AROUND ONE OF THE
THREE MOCK-UP MISSILES LOCATED WEST OF THE LAUNCH PAD. IN THE NW
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SECTION OF THE FINAL CHECKOUT AREA IS ONE NEW BUILDING MEASURING
APPROXIMATELY 90 BY 30 FT. A PROBABLE PRIME MOVER WITH TRAILER
APPROXIMATELY 55 FT LONG PARKED ON A HARDSTAND IN FRONT OF ONE OF
THE SUPPORT BUILDINGS, IS ALSO OBSERVED.
LAUNCH AREA 4C. ACTIVITY AND NEW CONSTRUCTION ARE NOTED AT
'4C1. THE NEW RAIL LINE BRANCHING OFF THE LINE SERVING LAUNCH AREA
1C IS BEING CONTINUED TO THE LAUNCH SITE. THE RAIL BED TERMINATES
IN A FORK JUST EAST OF THE WESTERN REAR SILO. A NEW SQUARE EX-
CAVATION LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 200 FT SOUTH OF THE WESTERN REAR
SILO CONTAINS A ROW OF 4 LINEAR OBJECTS AND A CIRCULAR HOLE OR
REVETMENT. A LARGE STRUCTURE IS OBSERVED BETWEEN THE EXCAVATION
AND THE SITE ACCESS ROAD. THE TALL STRUCTURE FORMERLY POSITIONED
OVER THE EASTERN FORWARD SILO HAS BEEN MOVED NORTH TO THE SILO COVER.
A CRANE IS DISCERNIBLE NEAR THE EASTERN REAR SILO AND AN UNIDENTI-
FIED VEHICLE IS AT THE EASTERN FORWARD SILO. APPROXIMATELY 10
VEHICLES ARE PARKED IN TWO ROWS TO THE EAST OF THE LAUNCH SILOS.
AT 4C2, SIX UNIDENTIFIED VEHICLES ARE PARKED ON THE SITE LOOP ROAD
AND ONE NEXT TO THE CLOSED FORWARD SILO.
LAUNCH AREA 5C. ACTIVITY IS EVIDENT ON BOTH OF THE ELONGATED
PADS AT 5C1. THREE UNIDENTIFIED VEHICLES ARE ON THE NORTHERN PAD
AND ONE IS PARKED IN THE CENTER OF THE SOUTHERN PAD. TWO POSSIBLE.
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TRANSPORTERS AND 3 UNIDENTIFIED VEHICLES ARE OBSERVED ON THE LOOP
ROAD. FIVE UNIDENTIFIED VEHICLES ARE ON A PARKING APRON, AND
ONE IS PARKED ON A ROAD EXTENDING WEST FROM THE NORTHERN PAD. NONE
OF THE BUILDINGS ARE COMPLETE AND THE PADS REQUIRE ADDITIONAL WORK
AT 5C2. NO VEHICLES ARE OBSERVED WITHIN THE LAUNCH SITE.
PROBABLE MISSILE ASSEMBLY AND CHECKOUT AREA. THIS AREA IS APPROX-
IMATELY 5.5 NM NW OF LAUNCH COMPLEX "C" FINAL ASSEMBLY AND CHECKOUT
AREA AND IS RAIL-SERVED AND SHOWS NEW ACTIVITY. THE WESTERN SECURITY
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NOW INCLUDES AN APPROXIMATELY FORTY PERCENT INCREASE IN AREA. IN
THE SOUTHWESTERN SECTION OF THIS AREA, THERE ARE THREE POSSIBLE
DRIVE-THROUGH BUILDINGS UNDER CONSTRUCTION WITH DIMENSIONS OF APPROX-
IMATELY 175 BY 55 FT APPROXIMATELY 1500 FT TO THE NORTH IS ANOTHER
NEW BUILDING MEASURING APPROXIMATELY 110 BY 50 FT WHICH WILL PROBABLY
BE RAIL ENTERED. IN THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE ORIGINAL AREA, A
RAIL SERVED PROBABLE DRIVE-IN BUILDING MEASURING APPROXIMATELY 90 BY
LAUNCH COMPLEX "E". NEW SCARRING NORTH OF THE PAD IS PARALLEL TO
THE SOUTHERN LOOP ACCESS ROAD. NEW FIREBREAKS HAVE BEEN EXTENDED
THROUGH THE OLD FENCE LINE TO INCLUDE TWO TRENCHES EXTENDING IN A
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GENERALLY SOUTHERN DIRECTION. UNIDENTIFIED PIECES OF EQUIPMENT
ARE LOCATED ON THE NORTHERN CORNER OF THE PAD.
NEW AREA UNDER CONSTRUCTION. THIS AREA IS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY
2.5 NM NNE OF LAUNCH COMPLEX "E". THE AREA IS ROAD-SERVED BY A
CONTINUATION OF THE ROAD SERVING LAUNCH COMPLEX "E". THERE WAS
NO EVIDENCE OF THIS NEW AREA OR SERVICE ROAD ONI
THE AREA IS RECTANGULAR AND MEASURES 735 BY 620 FT.. IT IS SECURED
BY A SINGLE FENCE AND HAS TWO SECURITY BUILDINGS AT THE ENTRANCE.
THE FENCE IS BROKEN NEAR THE NORTHERN CORNER FOR ACCESS TO A BOR-
ROW PIT. A RAISED STRUCTURE APPROXIMATELY 35 FT SQUARE NEAR THE
CENTER OF, THE AREA IS SURROUNDED BY A LOOP ROAD. A CIRCULAR REVET-
MENT IS ADJACENT TO THE WESTERN SIDE AND A LINEAR REVETMENT IS
ADJACENT TO THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE LOOP ROAD.
A BIVOUAC/TRAINING AREA, NEW SINCE IS OBSERVED
APPROXIMATELY 2 NM WEST OF LAUNCH COMPLEX "E". THE AREA CONSISTS
OF TWO RECTANGULAR SECTIONS, BOTH SURROUNDED BY FIREBREAKS. ONE
SECTION CONTAINS 68 SMALL TENTS, 5 LARGE TENTS, AND APPROXIMATELY
10 VEHICLES. THE OTHER SECTION IS A MOTOR POOL AREA CONTAINING
19 LARGE VEHICLES, 27 SMALL VEHICLES, AND 4 POSSIBLE SMALL TENTS.
A DRIVE-THROUGH REVETMENT IS LOCATED ADJACENT TO THIS SECTION.
THREE UNIDENTIFIED OBJECTS, POSSIBLY VEHICLES, ARE PARKED IN A SMALL
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CLEARED STRIP A SHORT DISTANCE FROM THE AREA. A SMALL TENT.AND
3 POSSIBLE VEHICLES ARE LOCATED IN A LOOP ROAD PATTERN A SHORT
DISTANCE FROM THE TENT AREA. EXTENSIVE VEHICULAR TRACKING IS
EVIDENT IN THE SURROUNDING AREA.
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