TRANSSHIPMENT OF PROBABLE SPACE LAUNCH VEHICLE COMPONENTS KUYBYSHEV AEROSPACE PRODUCTION PLANT 1, USSR

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 17, 2011
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: August 16, 1983
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TRANSSHIPMENT OF PROBABLE SPACE LAUNCH VEHICLE COMPONENTS
KUYBYSHEV AEROSPACE PRODUCTION PLANT 1, USSR
1. SIGNIFICANCE: TRANSSHIPMENT OF PROBABLE SPACE LAUNCH VEHICLE
(SLV) COMPONENTS FOR THE NEW HEAVY-LIFT LAUNCH VEHICLE IS
UNDERWAY AT THE BARGE LANDING. (SWN)
2. REMARKS: THE COMPONENTS, WHICH ARE PROBABLY FOR THE NEW
HEAVY-LIFT LAUNCH VEHICLE TO BE LAUNCHED FROM TYURATAM SPACE
LAUNCH SITES W AND J1/2 , ARE 25X1
ON A BARGE AND CONSIST OF TWO CYLINDRICAL OBJECTS, ONE POSSIBLY
THE TOP EDGE OF THE OBJECT APPEARS TO OVERHANG THE REST OF THE
CYLINDER PRECLUDING MEASUREMENTS OF ITS DIAMETER. THE SMALLER
OBJECT THREE 25X1
RECTANGULAR OBJECTS ARE ALSO ON THE BARGE, TWO OF WHICH APPEAR
TO BE IDENTICAL AND 25X1
IT IS PROBABLE THAT THESE THREE OBJECTS ARE 25X1
OFFLOADING RAMPS. TWO PROBABLE VEHICLES ARE ALSO ON THE BARGE
AND ARE PROBABLY FOR TRANSPORTING THE COMPONENTS. THE BARGE
AND THE COMPONENTS WERE NOT PRESENT (SWN) 25X1
THE LAST PREVIOUS TRANSSHIPMENT OF SPACE-RELATED COMPONENTS
FROM KUYBYSHEV WAS OBSERVED KUYBYSHEV
AEROSPACE PRODUCTION PLANT 1 HAS BEEN PRIMARILY ASSOCIATED WITH
THE PRODUCTION OF SPACECRAFT AND SPACE BOOSTERS, ALTHOUGH SOME
SS-N-3/12 CRUISE MISSILES AND LARGE CRYOGENIC PROPELLANT
STORAGE TANKS ARE ALSO PRODUCED THERE. (SWN)
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