SL-Y COMPATIBILITY TESTING/CREW TRAINING TYURATAM SPACE LAUNCH SITE Y 1/2, USSR

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 14, 2011
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: October 10, 1983
• Content Type: REPORT

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1. SIGNIFICANCE: A PROBABLE COMPATIBILITY TESTING/CREW TRAINING
EXERCISE IS IN PROGRESS. (SWN)
2. REMARKS: THE SL-Y IS ON THE TRANSPORTER-ERECTOR AND IS ALIGNED
WITH THE LAUNCH PAD, BUT HAS NOT YET BEEN ERECTED. THIS IS THE
FIFTH ON-PAD-EXERCISE INVOLVING THE MEDIUM-LIFT SL-Y LAUNCH
VEHICLE. THE SL-Y WAS NOT IN THE LAUNCH AREA
(c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER
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SL-Y COMPATIBILITY TESTING/CREW TRAINING
TYURATAM SPACE LAUNCH SITE Y 1/2, USSR
(SWN)
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THE SL-Y IS ONE OF TWO NEW SPACE LAUNCH VEHICLES BEING TESTED
AT TYURATAM AND WILL PROBABLY BE THE FIRST TO USE HIGH ENERCY
PROPELLANTS. DURING THE LAST EXERCISE ON 10 SEPTEMBER, CRYOGEN
VENTING WAS OBSERVED FROM THE ERECTED VEHICLE. THIS COULD HAVE
BEEN PART OF A NEW AND MORE EXTENSIVE TESTING/TRAINING
PROCEDURE PRIOR TO THE INITIAL LAUNCH. (SWN)
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed ana-
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