PROBABLE SPACE SHUTTLE SUPPORT FACILITIES TYURATAM MISSILE AND SPACE TEST CENTER SSM USSR

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• Publication Date: November 16, 1984
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PROBABLE SPACE SHUTTLE SUPPORT FACILITIES
TYURATAM MISSILF AND SPACE TEST CENTER SSM SWN)
USSR
1. SIGNIFICANCE: FIGHT PROBABLE INSTRUMENTATION/TRACKING SITES ARE
UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT TYURATAM MISSILE AND SPACE TEST CENTER,
AND ARE PROBABLY ASSOCIATED WITH THE SOVIET SPACE SHUTTLE
PROGRAM. (SWN)
2. REMARKS: THE SITES ARE ARRANGED IN A BUTTERFLY-SHAPED PATTERN
CENTERED ON THE RIJNWAY OF TYURATAM AIRFIELD 3 , 25X1
AND VARY IN DISTANCE FROM 9 TO 32 NM FROM THE AIRFIELD REFERENCE
POINT (RP), AT THE CENTER OF THE RUNWAY (GRAPHIC 1). ONE SITE
IS IN LINE WITH EACH END OF THE RUNWAY, AND THE OTHER SIX SITES
ARE DIVIDED EQUALLY INTO TWO GROUPS THAT BRACKET THE RUNWAY.
ATRwIFLD 3 IS THOUGHT TO BE THE PRIME LANDING RUNWAY FOR THE
SOVIET SPACE SHUTTLE. (SWN)
THE SITES "AVE BEEN UNDER CONSTRUCTION SINCE AUGUST 1983 AND
CURRENTLY ARE IN THE MID-TO-LATE STAGES OF CONSTRUCTION. THERE
ARE TWO DISTINCT TYPES OF SITES BEING CONSTRUCTED. SIX OF THE
SITES CONSIST OF A CONTROL AREA AND AN OPERATIONS AREA THAT ARE
CONNECTED BY BURIED CABLE LINES. THE CONTROL AREA INCLUDES A
RECTANGULAR CONTROL BUILDING, A PROBABLE INSTRUMENTATION TOWER,
A CONCRETE HELIPAD, AND ONE OR TWO LARGE SQUARE CONCRETE
APRONS. THE OPERATIONS AREA, GENERALLY ABOUT S00 METERS AWAY
FROM THE CONTROL AREA, CONSISTS OF TWO RECTANGULAR CONCRETE
APRONS WITH CONDUIT EXTENSIONS. GRAPHIC T ATAM PROBABLE
INSTRUMENTATION TRACKING SITE 1 , SHOWS THE 25X1
LAYOUT OF THIS TYPE OF SITE. THE OTHER TWO SITES EACH HAVE A
CONTROL AREA, THAT INCLUDES A RECTANGULAR CONTROL BUILDING, TWO
SQUARE CONCRETE APRONS, AND A COLLOCATED CONCRETE HELIPAD. THEY
DO NOT HAVE A SEPARATE OPERATIONS AREA. THESE TWO SITES, 5 AND
7, ARE PERPENDICULAR TO THE RP OF THE RUNWAY. IN ADDITION, ALL
FIGHT SITES ARE CONNECTED BY BURIED CABLE TO THE RANGFLIEAD CABLE
NETWORK. 'SWN)
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THE SPECIFIC LOCATION AND ORIENTATION FROM AIRFIELD 3 FOR EACH
SITE IS LISTED BELOW:
SITE # BE Number LAT LON Distance
1 455840N 0630203E 9.78 NM
2 463251N 063315SE 32.31 NM
3 460728N 0633044E 12.05 NM
4 4SS136N 0635355E 29.55 NM
5 462357N 0625627E 24.65 NM
6 461348N 0623602E 29.07 NM
7 454251N 0632940E 22.57 NM
8 412350N 0630421E 22.90 NM
ANALYST'S COMMENTS -- THE TIMING OF CONSTRUCTION COUPLED WITH
THE LOCATION AND AZIMUTH OF THESE SITES FROM AIRFIELD 3,
SUGGESTS THAT THESE SITES WILL SUPPORT LANDINGS OF THE SOVIET
SPACE SHUTTLE AT TYURATAM. HOWEVER, THE EXACT FUNCTION OF THESE
SITES CANNOT BE DETERMINED AT THIS STAGE OF CONSTRUCTION.
MOREOVER, THE NEW SITES DO NOT RESEMBLE ANY KNOWN SOVIET
AIRCRAFT OR MISSILE TEST RANGE ELECTRONICS FACILITIES, NOR DO
THEY RESEMBLE FACILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE U.S. SPACE SHUTTLE
PROGRAM. (SWN)
3. COORDINATES 45-56-37N 063-27-55E (S)
4. COLLATERAL REFERENCES: FTD IAB 84-002, TYURATAM AIRFIELD 3 -
RELATED CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY, (SW), 2 MARCH 1984 (SWN)
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