PROBABLE LAUNCH ACTIVITY LAUNCH COMPLEX B SARY-SHAGAN ANTIMISSILE TEST CENTER, USSR

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• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: December 18, 1966
• Content Type: REPORT

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REFERENCE: PROBABLE LAUNCH ACTIVITY
LAUNCH COMPLEX "B"
SARY-SHAGAN ANTIMISSILE TEST CENTERS USSR
1. SIGNIFICANCE: ON ~ COVERAGES A GALOSH CANISTER WITH TRANS-
PORTER IS IDENTIFIED ON THE ROAD ADJACENT TO THE
ERECTOR AT LAUNCH POSITION C-l~ AND D COV-
- ERAGE A GALOSH CANISTER IS ELEVATED ON THE EREC-
TOR AT LAUNCH POSITION C-2.
2. LOCATION: 45.5 NM WSW OF SARY-SHAGAN.
3. REMARKS: THE "GALOSH" MISSILE WAS FIRST OBSERVED IN THE
7 NOV 64 MOSCOW PARADE AND DESCRIBID BY THE SOVIETS
AS AN ANTIMISSILE DEFENSE WEAPON.
LAUNCH POSITION C-2: ACTIVITY AT LAUNCH POSITION
C-2 (AND C-3) WAS FIRST OBSERVED
ONLY A ROAD PATTERN AND RANDOM EARTH SCAR-
RING WERE EVIDENT UNTIL AT
THAT TIlKE RENEWED VEHICLE~EQUIPMENT ACTIVITY WAS
OBSERVED AND BY GALOSH EREC-
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 re�
porting period as indicated by the date of issue. For information concerning these notes contact Chief, Collateral Support
Division, NPIC.

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TOR ARMS HAD BEEN INSTALLED, ALTHOUGH THE LAUNCH
POSITION WAS NOT ONE-HUNDRED PERCENT COMPLETE.
5� FIRST IDENTIFICATION: LAUNCH COMPLEX "B":
6. NEGATION DATE: NONE
7. SUBSEQUENT COVERAGE: 31 KH-4 AND 7 KH-7 MISSIONS.
8. DIMENSIONS/
SPECIFICATIONS: "GALOSH" CANISTER: 70 FT LONG
TRANSPORTER AND PRIME MOVER:~ (TOTAL LENGTH)
9� MISSION READOUT� LAUNCH FACILITY "C": ~__ A GALOSH CANISTER
WITH A TRANSPORTER AND A PRIME MOVER (TOTAL LENGTH ~ IS ON THE ROAD AD-
JACENT TO AND NW OF THE ERECTOR AT LAUNCH POSITION C-l. LAUNCH POSITION C-2
APPEARS COMPLETE WITH NO VEHICLES~PIECES OF EQUIPMENT OBSERVED IN THE IM-
MIDIATE VICINITY. SNOW HAS BEEN PARTIALLY CLEARED FROM THE IMMEDIATE AREA
AROUND LAUNCH POSITION C-3. CONSTRUCTION OF THE ERECTOR MECHANISM IS PRO-
sho Id be restri ted toetheppatic larobrbefeng boars) theylwere prepared forbandsmust beecons deredyval d only fohthe re-
porting period as indicated by the date of issue. For information concerning these notes contact Chief, Collateral Support
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GRESSING BUT NO ERECTOR ARMS ARE OBSERVED. APPROXIMATELY 15 SMALL
VEHICLES~PIECES OF EQUIPMENT ARE IN THE AREA. THE EXCAVATION IN THE ROAD
APPROXIMATELY 300 FT SE OF LAUNCH POSITION C-3 HAS BEEN GRADED SINCE O
Q THIS EXCAVATION WAS APPROXIMATELY 20 FT IN DIAMETER AND WAS SU-
SPECTED TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH POSSIBLE LAUNCH POSITION C-4, WHICH IS APPROXI-
MATELY 250 FT SE OF LAUNCH POSITION C-3. IN ADDITION, THE ROAD BETWEEN LAUNCH
POSITION C-3 AND POSSIBLE LAUNCH POSITION C-4 HAS BEEN WIDENED AT SEVERAL
POINTS. THIS ACTIVITY COULD INDICATE INITIAL PREPARATIONS FOR CONSTRUCTION
OF AN ERECTOR AT POSSIBLE LAUNCH POSITION C-4 OR MAY BE TO PROVIDE IMPROVED
ACCESS TO LAUNCH C-3. SNOW HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE MAIN ROAD INTO LAUNCH
FACILITY "C", BUT NO OTHER SNOW REMOVAL OR TRACK ACTIVITY IS OBSERVID. NO
CHANGE IS OBSERVED AT THE TRIAD OF THE BUILDINGS OR THE OTHER SUPPORT
ELEMENTS WITHIN THE LAUNCH FACILITY. SNOW HAS BEEN CLEARID FROM THE MAIN
ROAD CONNECTING THE COMPLEX SUPPORT AREA AND LAUNCH FACILITY "C". ELEVEN
UNIDENTIFIED VEHICLES ARE ON THE ROAD.
~- (A LIGHT SNOWFALL OCCURRED BETWEEN
THE GALOSH CANISTER WITH TRANSPORTER SEEN ON LAUNCH POSITION C-1
IS NOT PRESENT. AT LAUNCH POSITION C-2, A GALOSH CANISTER, 70 FT LONG X
IS ENGAGED IN THE ERECTOR AND ELEVATED IN A HORIZONTAL POSITION
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should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid only for the re-
porting period as indicated by the date of issue. for information concerning these notes contact Chief, Collateral Support
Division, NPIC.
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10 FT ABOVE APRON LEVEL. THE FRONT END OF THE CANISTER IS POINTING NW.
THE GALOSH TRANSPORTER AND PRIME MOVER HAVE BEEN REMOVID FROM THE LAUNCH
AREA. CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY CONTINUES AT LAUNCH POSITION C-3. ADDITIONAL
TRACK ACTIVITY IS EVIDENT AND THE 15 SMALL VEHICLES~PIECES OF EQ;rJIPMENT ARE
OBSERVED IN THE LAUNCH AREA. CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY CONTINUES AT LAUNCH
POSITION C-3. ADDITIONAL TRACK ACTIVITY IS EVIDENT AND THE 15 SMALL
VEHICLES~PIECES OF EQUIPMENT ARE OBSERVID IN LOCATIONS DIFFERENT FROM
THOSE OBSERVID ON ~ NO ERECTOR ARMS ARE OBSERVID ON THE ERECTOR
MECHANISM UNDER CONSTRUCTION. 0 THE PROBABLE TOWER BASE
EXCAVATIONS ADJACENT TO THE TERMINUS OF THE CABLE SCARS LEADING SW FROM
LAUNCH POSITION C-1 AND NW FROM LAUNCH POSITION C-2 APPEARID TO BE GRADID
OVER. HOWEVER PHOTOGRAPHY OF THIS MISSION SHOWS THESE SHALLOW EXCAVATIONS
.ARE STILL PRESENT. SEVENTEEN VEHICLES ARE ON THE ROAD CONNECTING THE COi~I-
PLEX SUPPORT AREA AND LAUNCH FACILITY "C".
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 re-
porting period as indicated by the date of issue. for information concerning these notes contact Chief, Collateral Support
Division, NPIC.
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