ESV TRACKING FACILITY KHUTOR, USSR
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November 27, 2006
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Publication Date:
January 31, 1966
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ESV TRACKING FACILITY
KHUTOR, USSR '
1. SIGNIFICANCE: IDENTIFICATION OF 3 NEW PARABOLIC DISHES AND MORE
ACCURATE MENSURATION OF SEVERAL OTHERS.
2. REMARKS:
THE KHUTOR ESV TRACKING FACILITY CONSISTS OF
STATIONS ttAtt AND "B", A MAIN HOUSING/SUPPORT AREA,
2 HF COMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES, AN ASSOCIATED KRUG
ANTENNA FACILITY, AND AN ASSOCIATED INTERFEROMETER
SITE.
3. LOCATION: ON KAMCHATKA PENINSULA, 4.5 NM SW OF KHUTOR.
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work.
Their use should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid
only for the reporting period as indicated by the date of issue.
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FIRST IDENTIFICATION:
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NEGATION DATE:
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SUBSEQUENT COVERAGE: 7 KH-4- AND 3
KH-7 MISSIONS.
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DIMENSIONS
SPECIFICATIONS: STATION A:
ENVIRONMENTA
L DOME COVERING: 50 FT
PROBABLE ENVIRONMENTAL DOME BASE RING: 50 FT
STATION B:
2 LARGER PARABOLIC DISHES: 50 FT DIAMETER, MOUNTED
ON 100 FT X 100 FT BUILDINGS.
2 SMALLER PARABOLIC DISHES: APPROX 20 FT DIAMETER
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9. MISSION READOUT: AREA "A", THE SOUTHERNMOST OPERATIONS AREA, IS A TYPE
"A" ESV TRACKING STATION AND CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING ANTENNAS OR ANTENNA
POSITIONS: 1 BUILDING-MOUNTED ANTENNA WITH AN ENVIRONMENTAL DOME COVER-
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work.
Their use should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid
only for the reporting period as indicated by the date of issue
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ING; 1 BUILDING-MOUNTED UNIDENTIFIED ANTENNA.WITH A PROBABLE ENVIRONMENTAL
DOME BASE RING; 1 ROOF-MOUNTED POSSIBLE VHF ANTENNA; A PROBABLE TELEMETRY
ARRAY; AND ONE 3-SECTION PROBABLE TROPOSCATTER/TELEMETRY ARRAY. THE SUP-
PORT BUILDINGS, TOWERS, INTERFEROMETER AND KRUG FACILITY REMAIN AS REPORTED
AREA "B", THE NORTHERNMOST OPERATIONS AREA, IS A TYPE "B" ESV
TRACKING FACILITY CONTAINING THE FOLLOWING ANTENNAS: 2 BUILDING-MOUNTED
PARABOLIC DISHES WITH A PROBABLE ENVIRONMENTAL DOME RING BASE; 2 SMALLER
PARABOLIC DISHES TO THE NORTH OF EACH OF THE LARGER DISHES; AND 2 PROBABLE
TELEMETRY ARRAYS IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE AREA. THERE'IS NO SIGNIFI-
CANT CHANGE SINCE IN THE SUPPORT BUILDINGS AT STATION 25,
"B" OR AT THE MAIN HOUSING/SUPPORT AREA AND HF COMMUNICATIONS FACILITY
BETWEEN STATIONS "A" AND "B".
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work.
Their use should be restricted to the particular briefing boor they were prepared for and must be considered valid
only for the reporting period as indicated by the date of issue.
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