MISSILE ACTIVITY, LAUNCH COMPLEX "C" KAPUSTIN YAR/VLADIMIROVKA MISSILE TEST CENTER, USSR

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• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: May 26, 1966
• Content Type: REPORT

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MISSILE ACTIVITY, LAUNCH COMPLEX "C"
KAPUSTIN YAR/VLADIMIROVKA MISSILE TEST CENTER, USSR
MISSILE AND CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY AT LAUNCH COMPLEX
"C", KAPUSTIN YAR/VLADIMIROVKA MISSILE TEST CENTER,
2. REMARKS: LAUNCH AREA 1C IS THOUGHT TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE
KY COSMOS LAUNCHES. LAUNCH AREA 4C CONTAINS THE
PROTOTYPES OF THE HARDENED MRBM/IRBM DEPLOYED SITES.
LAUNCH AREA 5C IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SS-5 IRBM.
3. LOCATION: LAUNCH COMPLEX "C" IS LOCATED 21 NM EAST OF KAPUSTIN
4. COLLATERAL/COMINT: NONE
5. FIRST IDENTIFICATION: LAUNCH AREA 1C:
LAUNCH AREA 4C:
LAUNCH AREA 5C:
6. NEGATION DATE:
LAUNCH AREA 4C:
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7. SUBSEQUENT COVERAGE: LAUNCH AREA 1C: 1 TALENT, 25 KH-4 AND 4 KH-7 MISSIONS
LAUNCH AREA 4C: 21 KH-4 AND 4 KH-7 MISSIONS
LAUNCH AREA 5C: 20 KH-4 AND 4 KH-7 MISSIONS
UNIDENTIFIED FACILITY: 19 KH-4 AND 4 KH-7 MISSIONS
8. DIMENSIONS/
SPECIFICATIONS: SS-4 MISSILE:
SS-5 MISSILE:
LENGTH .......................
9. MISSION READOUT: LAUNCH AREA 1C: AN EXERCISE IS UNDERWAY ON LAUNCH
PAD 1C-1. AN SS-4-TYPE ERECTOR AND LAUNCH STAND ARE AT THE CENTER OF THE
PAD AND MISSILE IS ON A TRANSPORTER NEARBY.
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TO AN SS-4 MISSILE WITHOUT NOSECONE). A PROBABLE CHERRY PICKER AND 5 VANS
ARE ALSO PARKED ON THE PAD. HEADING TOWARD THE PAD ON THE ROAD FROM PAD
1C-3 ARE AN SS-4 FUEL TRANSPORT TRAILER, 2 SS-4 OXIDIZER TRANSPORT TRAILERS,
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2 PRIME MOVERS, AND A POSSIBLE OXIDIZER TRANSFER VAN. THE RAIL-SERVED,
MEASUREMENTS (FROM THE PAD
~ONG, POSSIBLE ERECTOR STRUCTURES AT LAUNCH PADS 1C-2 AND 1C-3 APPE.R5X1
CYLINDRICAL FROM A TOP VIEW AND ARE SEGMENTED.
CENTER) OF THESE SEGMENTS ARE
A POSSIBLE PIVOT IS VISIBLE NEAR
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THE END OF THESE CYLINDERS.
A CRANE IS LOCATED NEAR THE EDGE OF EACH PAD. A PROBABLE
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CAR EITHER ABUTS OR EXTENDS UNDER THE POSSIBLE ERECTOR STRUCTURE AT PAD 1C-3.
A SMALL PROBABLE ENGINE IS ON THE RAIL LEADING TO THIS PAD. TWO UNIDENTIFIED
PIECES OF EQUIPMENT APPROXIMATELY LONG WITH AN APPROXIMATELY 26X1
WIDTH OR DIAMETER WHICH FLARES TOIT THE REAR ARE MOUNTED ON VEHICLES25X1
LOCATED NEAR THE SUPPORT BUILDINGS AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE SITE.
LAUNCH AREA 4C: AT LAUNCH SITE 4C-1 THE THIRD SILO (NW) IS APPARENTLY
BEING MODIFIED IN THE SAME MANNER AS THE NE SILO. A FENCE HAS BEEN CON-
STRUCTED ACROSS THE ACCESS ROAD IN FRONT OF THE SILO AND A ROAD BED IS BEING
CONSTRUCTED FOR RAIL SIMILAR TO THOSE AT THE NE SILO. ROUGH GRADING HAS
ALSO BEEN ACCOMPLISHED ON THE AREA FOR THE CROSS RAILS. AN 80 X 25 FT BUILD-
ING HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THIS AREA SINCE
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ACTIVITY IS STILL CONTINUING AT THE SW SILO. IT CAN DEFINITELY BE SEEN THAT
THE RAIL LINE GOES DIRECTLY TO, THE SILO. THERE IS AN APPROXIMATELY 25 FT
GAP IN THE WESTERN SIDE WALL THAT THE SILO COVER SLIDES BETWEEN, AND AN
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APPARENT MODIFICATION WITHIN THE TOP OF THE SILO STRUCTURE RESULTS IN A
PROJECTION TOWARD THE RAIL LINE, THE SILO COVER IS STILL IN THE OPEN POSI-
TION AND THE CENTER SILO OPENING MEASURES APPROXIMATELY
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HAS BEEN CONSTRUCTED AND SERVES THE BUNKER WHICH NOW COVERS THE EXCAVATION
WHERE CYLINDRICAL OBJECTS WERE SEEN ON
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THE ROAD SERVES PROBABLE CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY. A BUILDING APPROXIMATELY
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IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION NEAR THE CENTER OF THE LAUNCH AREA. THIS
AT LAUNCH SITE 4C-2, A PROBABLE
SS-5 MISSILE (WITHOUT NOSECONE) IS ON A TRANSPORTER AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE
SITE. PARKED ALONGSIDE THIS TRANSPORTER AND WITHIN THE SITE ROAD PATTERN
ARE 2 POSSIBLE ERECTORS. TWO POSSIBLE FUEL TRANSPORTER TRAILERS AND 5
TRUCKS ARE ALSO WITHIN THE SITE.
LAUNCH AREA 5C: A PROBABLE SS-5 EXERCISE IS UNDERWAY AT LAUNCH SITE
5C-1. THE MISSILE WITH A TOTAL HEIGHT OF APPROXIMATELY 95 FT IS ERECTED.
THE ERECTOR IS STILL UP AND THE SS-5 TRANSPORTER IS BEING LOWERED. TWO
SS-5 FUEL TRANSPORTERS AND A SMALL VEHICLE ARE ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE ROAD
PATTERN. TWO POSSIBLE OXIDIZER TRANSPORTERS AND AN UNIDENTIFIED VEHICLE
ARE ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE ROAD PATTERN. A PROBABLE CHERRY PICKER IS
PARKED NEARBY. ALSO PARKED WITHIN THE SITE ARE 2 PROBABLE SS-5 FUEL TRAILERS,
2 POSSIBLE OXIDIZER TRANSPORTERS, 2 SMALL VEHICLES AND 4 UNIDENTIFIED TRUCKS.
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A CYLINDRICAL OBJECT APPROXIMATELY
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HIGH IS ON A RAIL CAR BEHIND THE LARGE BUILD-
ING. TWO EMPTY RAIL CAR4 EACH APPROXIMATELY D 10 FT~ARE PARKED BEHIND
THE LOCATED CAR. AN ADDITIONAL RAIL CAR WITH CYLINDRICAL OBJECT MEASURING
APPROXIMATELY [a 10 FT IS PARKED ON ANOTHER SIDING WITHIN THE AREA WITH
AT LEAST 5 OTHER RAIL CARS.
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