ROCKET MOTOR TEST FACILITY BIYSK, USSR

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78T05929A002500050020-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 20, 2006
• Sequence Number: 20
• Publication Date: June 7, 1967
• Content Type: REPORT

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1. SIGNIFICANCE:
2. LOCATION:
3. REMARKS:
ROCKET MOTOR TEST FACILITY
BIYSK, USSR
THE BIYSK TESTING & PRODUCTION FACILITY IS
ONE OF SEVEN KNOWN INSTALLATIONS INVOLVED IN
THE SOVIET SOLID PROPELLANT EFFORT, THE BIYSK
FACILITIES INCLUDE A DOUBLE-BASE PROPELLANT
PRODUCTION PLANT, A MODIFIED SOLID PROPELLANT
PLANT, MAIN TEST FACILITY AND AN ISOLATED
TEST POSITION,
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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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SERVED THE MOSCOW MISSILE & SPACE DEVELOP-
MENT COMPLEX KALININGRAD 88.
THE FIRST KY-6 SOLID FIRING TOOK PLACE FROM
THE PLESETSK FACILITY.
5. FIRST IDENTIFICATION: ISOLATED TEST AREA:
6. NEGATION DATE: NONE
7. SUBSEQUENT COVERAGE: 15 KH-4, 7 KH-7,
8. DIMENSIONS/
SPECIFICATIONS:
9. MISSION READOUT:
ISOLATED TEST: ROCKET MOTOR,
IN DIAMETER.
MAIN TEST : ROCKET MOTOR,
IN DIAMETER.
A HIGH DEGREE OF ACTIVITY IS EVIDENT IN THE
TEST FACILITIES AND IN THE ASSOCIATED MOTOR AND PROPELLANT PRODUCTION
FACILITIES, A LARGE APPARENT SOLID ROCKET MOTOR, APPROXIMATELY
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POSITION. A WELL-DEFINED BLAST MARK APPROXIMATELY 15 FT WIDE AT THE MID-
POINT IS ALSO OBSERVED. THE BLAST MARK IS LIGHT-TONED AND HAS A TOTAL
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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LENGTH OF APPROXIMATELYI
kT IS SEPARATED FROM THE END OF THE MOTOR,
A SMALL POSSIBLE SOLID ROCKET MOTOR, APPROXIMATELY
IS ON A RAIL SPUR IN THE MAIN TEST FACILITY WHERE
THE PREVIOUSLY REPORTED CONSTRUCTION ADJACENT TO THE SMALLER OF THE 2
TEST POSITIONS CAN NOW BE IDENTIFIED AS 2 SMALL BUILDINGS OR LARGE
HORIZONTAL TANKS WHICH ARE PROBABLY SUPPORT FOR THE SMALL TEST CELL,
THE 2 ROCKET MOTORS HAVE DIMENSIONS THAT APPROXIMATE THE FIRST AND SECOND
STAGES OF THE SAVAGE MISSILE,
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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 informal
Division, NPIC.
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ROCKET MOTOR TEST FACILITY
BIYSK, USSR
52-29N 85-07E
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