ICBM COMPLEX, YURYA, USSR LAUNCH AREAS 1 AND J

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
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• Sequence Number: 76
• Publication Date: May 1, 1964
• Content Type: REPORT

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 PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION REPORT
NP IC/R-261/64
May 1964
.ICBM COMPLEX, YURYA, -USSR
LAUNCH AREAS I AND
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ICBM COMPLEX, YURYA, USSR
LAUNCH AREAS I AND J
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This report, based on KEYHOLE hotog- ICBM Complex, contained in NPIC/R-204/64,
raphv of , up- dated March 1964. 1/'
dates material on Launch Areas I and J, Yurva
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? Building under
construction
.~r Earth-mounded building
C Earth-banked building
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Power trace
Scar
Fence
Road
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Launch Area I (59-20N 4)-26E) consists complex support facility (Figure 1). The area
of a completed Tvpe IID launch site and a site can be negated on
support facility. It is located in a wooded area
18 nautical miles (nm) north-northwest of the
Pad orientation
340=
SITE SUPPORT FACILITY
12 B
Pad separation
980'
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arracks-type buildings
140' x 45'
1 Missile-ready building
170'
x
125'
4 Canted buildings
90'
x
30'
2 Center buildings
110'
x
40'
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The launch site is secured by a double
fence enclosing an area approximately 2,000 by
1,800 feet. One large earth-banked missile-
ready building, canted outward about 30 degrees,
is to the rear of the left pad. Two earth-
mounded, canted buildings are located inboard
and adjacent to each long, paddle-shaped pad,
and two earth-mounded buildings, one the control
building, and two smaller earth-mounded build-
ings, are centered between the pads. A cable-
way extends toward each pad from the control
building and an erector /shelter is positioned on
each pad. A pattern of ground scars extends
forward of the launch site to points approxi-
mately 1,400 feet north-northwest of the left
pad and approximately 2,000 feet north of the
The site support facility is about 2,800
feet southwest 'of the 'launch site.
-photography revealed 24 buildings, 12 of
which are barracks-type, and at least 3 addi-
tional buildings under construction. An area of
scarring and tracking within the site support fa-
cility indicates additional construction activity.
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UNCH
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SITE
SITE UV
SUPPORT
FACILITY
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Building under
construction
PROBABLE
TOWER
Earth-mounded building
Earth-banked building
...... Cableway
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Scar
Fence
Probable fence
Road
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FEET (APPROXIMATE)
LAUNCH SITE
SITE SUPPORT FACILITY
Pad orientation
340?=
6 Barracks-type buildings
140' x 45'
Pad separation
980'
1 Building approximately
65' x 55'
2 Missile-ready buildings
170' x 60'
1 Building approximately
80' x 40'
4 Canted buildings
90' x 30'
2 Center buildings
110' x 40'
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FIGURE 2. YURYA LAUNCH AREA J.
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NPIC/R-261/64
Launch Area J (59-06N 49-45E) consists of
a completed Type III launch site and a site
support facility. It is located 13.5 nm east of
the complex support facility in a wooded area
that has been partially cut over (Figure 2).
The area can be negated on
The launch site, approximately 2,000 by
1,700 feet, is probably secured by a double
fence although it cannot be seen in its en-
tirety. Two narrow earth-banked missile-
ready buildings are behind the right pad, one
canted outward about 25 degrees. Two earth-
mounded, canted buildings are inboard and ad-
jacent to each long, paddle-shaped pad, and two
earth-mounded buildings, one the control build-
ing, and three smaller earth-mounded buildings
are centered between the pads. A cableway ex-
tends from the control building toward each pad,
and an erector/shelter is positioned on each
pad. Ground scars forward of the launch site
extend to a point approximately 2,000 feet
The site support facility, about 2,500 feet
southeast of the launch site, contains at least
16 buildings, including at least 6 barracks-
type, and one additional building under con-
struction. Clearings may indicate further
construction.
SAC. L'S Air Target Chart, Series 200, Sheet 0155-6HL, 3HL, 4th ed, Sep 63, scale 1:200,000 (SECRET)
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