CRYOGENIC PROPELLANT LOADING TYURATAM SPACE LAUNCH SITE Y 1/2, USSR

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• Publication Date: November 30, 1983
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CRYOGENIC PROPELLANT LOADING
TYURATAM SPACE LAUNCH SITE Y 1/2, USSR
1. SIGNIFICANCE: THE SL-Y LAUNCH VEHICLE IS ERECT AT THIS SPACE
LAUNCH SITE AND IS PROBABLY UNDERGOING PROPELLANT LOAD
TESTING. (SWN)
2. REMARKS: CRYOGEN VAPORS ARE EMANATING FROM THE FIRST AND
SECOND STAGES OF THE LAUNCH VEHICLE. THESE AREAS ON THE
AIRFRAME ARE LIGHT-TONED, AND APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN FROSTED AS A
RESULT OF THE CRYOGEN LOADING OPERATION. FROST IS ALSO VISIBLE
ON THE GROUND ADJACENT TO THE LAUNCH PAD. CRYOGEN VAPORS ARE
ALSO EMANATING FROM A POSSIBLE CRYOGEN DRAINAGE AREA 143 METERS
FROM THE LAUNCH PAD (INSET). THIS IS THE SECOND TIME TEST
ACTIVITY INVOLVING THE CRYOGEN PROPELLANTS HAS BEEN OBSERVED.
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PTRST-STAGE CRYOGEN TESTING WAS OBSERVED IN PROGRESS
IN RELATED ACTIVITY, THE TT-EL-01 TELEMETRY
ANTENNA AT TYURATAM ICBM TEST SUPPORT FACILITY 3
IS ORIENTED IN THE DIRECTION OF THE LAUNCH
COORDINATES 45-56-53N 063-39-15E
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