LAUNCH COMPLEX J TYURATAM MISSILE TEST CENTER, USSR

• Document Type: CREST
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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78T05929A002200090011-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
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• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: January 4, 2017
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: December 18, 1966
• Content Type: REPORT

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REFERENCE: LAUNCH COMPLEX "J"
TYURATAM MISSILE TEST CENTER, USSR
1� SIGNIFICANCE: AN AREA OF N~nT CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY IS NE OF
OF THE MISSILE ASSEMBLY AND CHECKOUT FACILITY.
2. LOCATION: APPROXIMATELY 18 NM NORTH OF TYURATAM.
3� REMARKS: LAUNCH COMPLEX "J", THE LARGEST SINGLE PROJECT
YET UNDERTAKEN BY THE SOVIETS AT THE TYURATAM
RANCxEHEAD, HAS BEEN IN SOME PHASE OF CONSTRUC-
TION FOR OVER 3 YEARS. STARTED IN THE SPRING OF
1963, THE COP~IPLEX IS STILL INCOMPLETE. CONSTRUC-
TION HAS PROGRESSED AT A RELATIVELY STEADY RATE,
PARTICULARLY AT THE LAUNCH AREA, THE MISSILE AS-
SEMBLY AND CHECKOUT FACILITY, A.IVD THE PROBABLE
ADMINISTRATIOPd~HOUSING AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT AREA.
EXPANSION OF THE CONSTRUCTION SUPPORT AND BARRACKS
AREA APPEARS TO HAVE SLOWED SOME4THAT.
~+. COLLATERAL: NONE
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5. FIRST IDENTIFICATION:
6. NEGATION DATE:
7. SUBSEQUENT COVERAGE:
3. DIMENSIONS
SPECIFICATIONS:
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DISTANCE FROM MAI3 TO LAUNCH AREA:
MP.B
OVERALL SIZE:
HIGH BAY:
LOW BAY:
FLOOR SPACE:
PAD SEPARATION:
2.5 IVM
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'-~~)7,000 SQ FT
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x,635 FT
GANTRY TRACK FOUNDATION WIDTH:
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OUTER:
INNER:
g. MISSION READOUT:
AN AREA OF NEW CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY IS NE OF THE
T~SSILE ASSEMBLY Ai~TD CIIECKGUT FACILITY, JUST EAST OF ADTD NEAR T~~ FIRST MAJOR
CURVE TN THE GANTRY TRACK FOUNDATION. TILE ACTIVITY CONSISTS OF ODTE RECTAl`~GU-
LAR AREA OF EARTH GRADING AT~D ANOTI~R LARGER, IRREGULARLY SHAPED AREA OF
GRADITTG~STiALLOW EXCAVA'.I'IOTd TJEA1~ A PREViGUSLY IDETI`.PIFIED CROSS-OVER IN THE
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Division. NPIC
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GAI~ITRY TRACK FOUNDATIONS. RECENTLY OPETTED DITCHING NEAR THIS CROSS-OVER ,
WHICH EXTETSDS TOWARD THE NEW AREA OF GRADING~SHAI,LOW EXCAVATION, ITIDICALES
THE GANTRY TRACK FOUNDATIONS ~vdILL BE EXTENDED INTO THIS AREA..
A NARROW SWATH OF EARTH GRADING, COMPRISED OF AREAS OF CUT AND AREAS
OF FILL, HAS BEEN PREPARID EXTENDING FROM A FOTNT EAST OF TIC GP~PITRY TRACK
FOUNDATION WESTERLY ACROSS THE FOL'IIDATIOPI TO A. POINT' NEAR TITS ABOVE-GROUND
CONDUIT ti~TiICH CONNECTS THE LAUNCH AREA WITH THE PROBABLE CONTROL BUILDING
NEAR THE MISSILE ASSEMBLY BUILDING.
A NEW RATL SPUR HAS BEEN CONSTRUCTED WITIN.N TIC PItSSILE ASSEMBLY AND
CHECKOUT FACILITY JUST NE OF THE SEPARATELY SECURED RECEIVING AREA AT~]D
F~RALLEL TO THE ONE SERVING THE MATERIEL STORAGE YAPLLD.
CO~dSTRUCTION COTTINUES IN ~Ti-E PROBABLE AI'iiQINISTRATION~HOUSIIdG AND TECH-
NI CAL SUPPOP,T AREA. TWO OF THE 3 LARGE MULTISTORY MASONRY BUILDINGS WHICH
HAVE BEEN UDTDER CONSTRUCTION APPEAR COT~IPLETE AND CONSTRUCTION COT~'I'iTu'UES ON
THE OTHEF . NEW DITCHING HAS BEEN OPEN`ID AT SE'J"ERAL POINTS [~II`.'tIZN THE AREA .
CONSTRUCTION CONTINUES AT THE FACILITY LOC~~TED 3.2 Nf-1 SW OF THE I LCSSILE
ASSEMBLY BUILDING, ALTHOUGH NO SICTNIFICAIVT CHANGES ARE OBSERVNDo
AT LAUNCH AREA JI-J2, T~ E CR.4T1~L PREVZGUSLY OBSERVED UNDER CONSTRUCTION
FORWARD OF PAD JI NOW APPEARS COTH'LETE AT A HEIGHT OF APPROXTT~TATE~,Y 320 FT.
A BOOM ATTACI-~D AT TTY 245 FT LEVEL EXTENDS HI,TT~'R THAN THE VERTICAI, SUPER-
STRUCTURE OF THE CRANE. THE FOtJTTI)A.TICTI FOR A SIMILAR CRANE IS T~IOU? VISIBLE IN
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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AN A~I~'~I~OGOLfS POSZ TIOT~d i~ ORti~1ARD OF PAD J2 . A LOW CIRCUZAR STRUCTURE TTAS
BEEN COTSTRUCTED ON TOP OF THE NEARLY S~dU,~~RE BUILDING hORTr1ARD Or PAD J1
ATiD A CYLINDRICAL STRUCTURE HAS BEEN CONSTRUCTED JUST TO THE T~iORTH. A
CONDUIT HAS BEEN BUILT EXTENDING SOUTH A SHORT DISTANCE FROP~I THE SOUTH
WALL OF THE T~IEARLY SQUARE 8[JILDING, THEN EAST, THEN NORTH, AND THEN EAST
AGAIN TOWARIi THE ARCUATE - SHAPID CONDUIT. THF' TdEARI,Y S~,UARE BUILDING
FGRWARD Or PAD J2 APPEARS CObIPLETE, BUT IT DOES TdOT, AS YET, SUPPORT A
CIR~JLAR STRUCTURE ON ITS TOP. AT PAD JI, A RECTATJGrJZAR STRUCTURE I~AS BEETi
CONSTRUCTED OI`d TOP OF EACH WALL OF THE TIORTh~'~'STERLY FLUT~fE OF THE BLAST
DEFLECTOR AND A SIP~LILAR STRUCTURE IS ON TOP OF TTY SOUTTTERII ~r7AI,L OF TIC
NORTI?E/ STERLY FLUPu'. SIMILAR STRUCTURES APPEAR TO BE UNDER COTTSTRUCTION
AT T ~ Sr1I~F RELATIVE POSITIOTIS AT PT'~D J~_. A LARGE DI'I ;iT Ij%\S B JLTIS OPENED
Pi~LLEL TO TIC PREV7 OUSLY CLOSED DITCH CON'T'AINING THE LARGE S~;,UARE CON-
DUIT T~Tr~.;iL JOINS TIC SOUTH CEPI~IRAL PART OF TILF LAUNCH AREA l~1ITH THE SOUTH-
ERLY FLU ~_ OF T'rIE BLAST DEFLECTCt~ ~.T PAD J1 AVID A LARGE EXCAVATION HAS BEETI
hUu"~ ADJACETT TO IT OT~d T'rIE T10RTII. A SIMILAR EXCAVATIOI~t tIAS BEETI DUG ADJACENT
TO TTIJ~ !,A~~GE COT~iUlT TSLAR PAD J~. A BUILDING IS UNDER C'JNSTRUCT_'ION IN THE
RECETTTLY REPORTED EXCAVATIONd ON 'I~;E SE SIDI~~ OF' THE CENTER OF TTY L.4UT~TCH AREA.
A LARGE DITCH IS BEli~T~a OPENED NORTHEASTWARD FROP~I TFLE FORtidARD FENCE LINE OF
TILE LAUTdL;H AREA TOWARD A DRY LAKE LOCATID DOr~ t~4TIGE OF TTY AREA.
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