LAUNCH AREA J1 AND J2 TYURATAM MISSILE TEST CENTER, USSR

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• Document Creation Date: January 4, 2017
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: December 18, 1966
• Content Type: REPORT

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REFERENCE: LAUNCH AREA Jl AND J2
TYURATAM MISSILE TEST CENTER, USSR
1. SIGNIFICANCE: THE CRANE PREVIOUSLY OBSERVED UNDER CONSTRUCTION
FORWARD OF PAD J1 NOW APPEARS COMPLETE AT A
HEIGHT OF APPROXIMATELY 320 FT.
2. LOCATION: APPROXIMATELY 20 NM NORTH OF TYURATAM.
3. REMARKS: LAUNCH COMPLEX "J", THE LA~tGEST SINGLE PROJECT
YET UNDERTAKEN BY THE SOVIETS AT THE TYURATAM
RANGEHEAD, HAS BEEN UNDER CONSTRUCTION FOR OVER
3 YEARS. STARTED IN THE SPRING OF 1963, THE COM-
PLEX IS STILL INCOMPLETE, BUT CONSTRUCTION HAS
PROGRESSED AT A RELATIVELY STEADY RATE. THE
LAUNCH AREA ITSELF HAS BEEN UNDER CONSTRUCTION
FOR APPROXIMATELY 27 MONTHS, CONSTRUCTION HAVING
BEGUN AT PAD Jl. PAD J2 HAS BEEN UNDER CONSTRUC-
TION FOR APPROXIMATELY 19 MONTHS.
LAUNCH AREA Jl - J2 IS DO'iTBLE-FENCED AND RAIL AND
ROAD SERVED. TWO LARGE LAUNCH PADS, 1,635 FT APART
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CENTER-TO-CENTER, ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION. EACH
OF THE PADS APPARENTLY WILL BE GENERALLY TRIANGULAR
IN SHAPE, WITH A LARGE-DIAMETER APERTURE AT ITS
CENTER AND A 3-FLUME, "Y"-SHAPID BLAST DEFLECTOR
TO CHANNEL EXHAUST AWAY FROM THE CENTER OF THE
PAD. THE CENTER LINES OF THE FLUMES ARE 120
DEGREES APART. THERE ARE 10 BUILDINGS UNDER CON-
STRUCTION IN THE AREA BETWEEN THE PADS. ALL OF
THESE BUILDINGS PROBABLY WILL BE OF ARCH-ROOFID
CONSTRUCTION AND, WHEN COMPLETED, EARTH-MOUNDED
OR BURIED.
SERVICING OF BOTH PADS PROBABLY WILL BE AC-
4. COLLATERAL:
5. FIRST IDENTIFICATION:
6. NEGATION DATE:
COMPLISHED BY GANTRY.
NONE
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7. SUBSEQUENT COVERAGE: 17 KH-)+, 7 KH-7,
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8. DIMENSIONS/
SPECIFICATIONS: PAD SEPARATION 1,635 FT
BLAST DEFLECTOR:
FLUME (2~ 170 X
(NOTE: THIRD FLUME IS 10 FT LONGER THAN
THE OTHER 2~.
WALL OF FLUME :
THICK
FROM END OF FLUME TO CENTER OF
APERTURE:
APERTURE AT CENTER: 40 FT
(DIAM)
CRANE:
HEIGHT OF VERTICAL SUPERSTRUCTURE 320 FT
(APPROX)
HEIGHT OF POINT AT WHICH BOOM IS
ATTACHED: 245 FT
(APPROX)
9� MISSION READOUT: AT LAUNCH AREA Jl - J2, THE CRANE PREVIOUSLY OB-
SERVED UNDER CONSTRUCTION FORWARD OF PAD Jl NOW APPEARS COMPLETE AT A HEIGHT
OF 320 FT. A BOOM ATTACHED AT THE 245 FT LEVEL EXTENDS HIGHER THAN THE VER-
TICAL SUPERSTRUCTURE OF THE CRANE. THE FOUNDATION FOR A SIMILAR CRANE IS
NOW VISIBLE IN AN ANALOGOJS POSITION FORWARD OF PAD J2.
A LOW CIRCUT~AR STRUCTURE HAS BEEN CONSTRUCTED ON TOP OF THE NEARLY
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SQUARE BUILDING FORWARD OF PAD Jl AND A CYLINDRICAL OBJECT HAS BEEN CON-
STRUCTED JUST TO THE NORTH. A CONDUIT HAS BEEN BUILT EXTENDING SOUTH A
SHORT DISTANCE-FROM THE SOUTH WALL OF THE NEARLY SQUARE BUILDING, THEN
EAST, THEN NORTH, AND THEN EAST AGAIN TOWARD THE ARCUATE-SHAPED CONDUIT.
THE NEARLY SQUARE BUILDING FORWARD OF PAD J2 APPEARS COMPLETE, BUT IT
DOES NOT, AS YET, SUPPORT A CIRCULAR STRUCTURE ON ITS TOP.
AT PAD Jl, A RECTANGULAR STRUCTURE HAS BEEN CONSTRUCTED ON TOP OF
EACH WALL OF THE NORTHWESTERLY FLUME OF THE BLAST DEFLECTOR, AND A SIMILAR
STRUCTURE IS ON TOP OF THE SOUTHERN WALL OF THE NORTHEASTERLY FLUME. SIMILAR
STRUCTURES APPEAR T4 BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT THE SAME RELATIVE POSITIONS AT
PAD J2.
A LARGE DITCH HAS BEEN OPENED PARALLEL TO THE PREVIOUSLY CLOSED DITCH
CONTAINING THE LARGE SQUARE CONDUIT WHICH JOINS THE SOUTH CENTRAL PART OF
THE LAUNCH AREA WITH THE SOUTHERLY FLUME OF THE BLAST DEFLECTOR AT PAD Jl,
AND A LARGE EXCAVATION HAS BEEN DUG ADJACENT TO IT ON THE NORTH. A SIMILAR
EXCAVATION HAS BEEN DUG ADJACENT TO THE LARGE CONDUIT NEAR PAD J2.
A BUILDING IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN THE RECENTLY REPORTED EXCAVATION
ON THE SE SIDE OF THE CENTER OF THE LAUNCH AREA. A LARGE DITCH IS BETNG
OPENED NORTHEASTWARD FROM THE FORWARD FENCE LINE OF THE LAUNCH AREA TOWARD
A DRY LAKE LOCATED DOWNRANGE OF THE AREA.
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