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Scientific Intelligence Report
NEW S;FACE FACILITIES AT THE TYURATAM MISSILE TEST CENTER
14 October 1964
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
OFFICE OF SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE
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iArm..m OCT 13 1964
DEC LASS REVIEW BY NIMA I DoD
New Space Facilities at tbe Tyuratam Missile Test Center
14 October 1 P64
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PRF#ACE
The Tyumt~am r•mgchcarl hi&S undergone continuous, latcnuive ex· 1,au~lon for thu past 4 yean ond hu prollfnated Jnto 30 ldmtiSed l:mnt>h po.•ltlons c:omprlslng 11 launch complcslls spread over an DJ'C!II approximately 45 by ~ mUes. AU Tyurabun space lawtc:hlap, how· c:\·cr, have bc:.:n confined to two of these l11unch positions (Complexes A and B). wbJch probably wc:rc originaUy deslgnc.'d about 1955. The c:onstructlon of new rangehcad foadJitiC"S Is an ImportAnt Indicator of forthcoming lm:l'c.oued Sovl,•t s ac;c c:np:~bllltk"S. This study, using all-source material available tn h:L• t-n undertaken as part of an effort' to anUC'Ipatc: the nest mAJOr c:velopmeot In the Soviet space program.
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CONTENTS
PREFACE
PROBLEM
CONCLUSIONS
DISCUSSION
lntroduc:tlon . . Photographic coverage
LAunch ComplelC J . Launch C<lmples B Launch Complex C .. Launch C<lmples A. .
Spacoo program status .... . Pouiblc booster options . . FadUttcs analysis
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Chc-dout con~pbl .. Comparison of Complexes A.?E, and C , Ovc:rprcssurr analysis
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Followlnt: Pagr 1. Tyw-abm Mwlle Test Ceoter . . . 2. Tyuratam Rangchc.ad ConstrucUon Schedule . 3. Complex A and Complex J .f. Complex J 5 . Ccmlplex B 6. Ccmplcz C 7. Complex A 8. 55-e Ffrin~ !late at Tyur11t11m 9. SS-8 Bnlldln(t Block Options .
10. Minimum Pc.-rformnm:c of Clu~tc:nod SS-S Sp:tL~ILft . . 11. Tim<'tablc of the Dc:c:blon lo Usc the SS-8 Handling Concept . 12. Ccmt>IU"lson of Site Signature OctAib of \':trfous Complcxc$ 13. Comples A . • 14. Complclll: E 15. Pads Cl/CZ 16. l'nds C3/C.I . 17. Sracn:rnft A:liSL'mbly Buildings at Complexes A nnd C 18. Gantry lit Pad~ . . ....... . . . 19. Approxlmah: Storn~c Tank Si<tc:s 20. Approxhnntc: Tank llt'lghts nt Various Locations 21. I'L·ak Sldt'·on Ovcrprt'uutc: ( l'SI)
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PROBLEM
Tu D~M·~Ji the llignili""""'" of ,.,_..,,. facility coo.stn~e:tlou at tho Tyuru• tam MidUt• Tt')t O:ntc.-r for indiutlons o£ nn rquandcd SnviC't spnet.• . t-fl'ort.
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DISCUSSION
AD imprD'-ed. a.nd In somr c:a~r~ n rrvi~C'd. ""' dcntanding of the ICBM facUlties at the Tyurutam l\flssUe Test Center has rt>sultcd from t'llCt'llt-nt qual: ohotographv during the ltrst three qUArters
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A comparable 11d'\·ance In ~n und<'~tanding of the space lauach fadlltH:s at Tyuratam hu not taken place, ~ut this deRclency In knowle!d~
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building~ .... nch npproxlmately 235 ft'Ct hy 45 ft't't, nrr nndc·r con~truction cast of the mnln rnll JlnC'.
A new roall spur with n total lftlgth of npprox.tmatt:h• one mil~ l.s under construction on the cnst side of the: m:lln rail spur And now tcnnln:lltes nnrdwast of n l11rge building or building~ undn ~"'ndn•ctlon. Initially, only ditt'ht's and holcs for ConndRtlon.~ WCTC' 11ppar=t. There wn-c :~Ill llnenr p:-.rnllel ditches 780 fe-et In length &Uld J(J:Ic:-c:d approxlm:ately 1!!5 fe-et llllart. No conc:rdc work could be se-en in the ditche-s and, considering their width, the possible range of scpllnlt!Of'l was. ~rom liS-to 160 feet. Ovc:ra.U dlmeaslons of this · con· stn•cllon nrc i80 by 815 feet. I I rt-'\"C'alcd that the steelwork Is being erect@ lor only onl' of thu two expe-cted buildings In this area. Fnnnd:~tions for the: second building nrc no longtT npp;ul•nt. • -
No dir\"l.-t connections to Complell A other than thC' constnaction tnlls C':ln be Identified. The dl:~i• tane-c kom this .support area to Complell A by milin road is 10.3 nautical mUcs. The distnn«- tn Compi«..X A by unlmpro\·ed road l.s 2.1 nAutical mil~. The: distance from the large building unclu L'Onslruction to pad AI l.s ~.9 nautical miles.
Unlil evidcnc:c o£ " launch pad(s) is obtained. It conmot he dctc:nnlncd condwively whether or not the new facility will be a sc:p:ual(\ launch complt"~t. An ullem:ttc:, nhhough sUght, ~blllty 1.s thnt the 11\'W '-'OOStnlctfon will be associated with pad AI. In the past, the nppc:anmce of new support facil· itlt•~ has forC'Shndowcd lhC lnftiatlon of oC'W humch l'Omplcx constnu:tlon and gcnrrally the lnltfallon ur nt!w programs of which no prior knowlc.'cltte or l•,ddcnce hn!'l usunlly existed.
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1. n~ Sectlrt'CI ~lr("ll nt CnmJlh·~: n hnd ht·c·n ~'lllargc.-d hy mo\·ln~ the north•·n~t ft·n~· 1.200 fcc:t
"farthcr to the northcast. Tlu• cllmt'nllinn~ of the st.'Cl.LrL-d IU'L'a :u-e now nppm~:hnatdy 5.100 hy 2.rro fret. This enliU' c-mcnt took 1lat't.' ht•lwt•t•u
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lnLillty. L~ locatt"d IIJipro"lmntl'ly 5.500 rt•t:t nnrthc-;ut of tht• launc-h pnd. It nr[lt'nr~ to he.· RPJlrOlti· mllldy 1,400 feet SIJIInre hut fc•ncing hn~ nut hc.'t.'ll ldrnti6~ on Its snutht"nl houndan·. It contnlnll a building undn C"Onst':ue11on with 'nn~u·hrd ~tntt'• lures on c.>ac:h end and thrt"C ~mall wingll on one side. A !4mnll building with "' Jl05slhlc- dom~· nl· tached is fust northl";ut. Tlll'TC is nl~n n ~l"coml buildln~ot undn C"Onstnn:tion mul h\'O unidcnllnl'd objt~'b within the.- nrt'n. 1 ~c·vt•nlC'tl n nt:wly I mti6t'd St"aJrL'd arra lncntnl npprnxhnutcly 2,200
• fe-e-t w~t of the l:umch pntl: F't•ndug can bc ltlmtifit"d around n ~mnU hlllnc-lc. \\'ithln thl" fm~ art'a is a prohahh· 'c·mllmrll-cl huildln~
npproldrmllel)' 180 hy 110 r,•,·t. ltnprn\'t'<l road C'OnnC'C'tlons wilh this fudlity h~'l,.."~ the Cum• plC'll B support arC'a. Trnc'L: adl\"ih· lt•d to the IU'ca as t'arly a~ I I The fune1ion of this Sl'paralc nn•a i,; umh•lt·r· mlnc.-d. Suggntt"d u~•·s rerc a hl~h rrrclsinn in· strumt'ntation silt', nr an hult•pt'lltlt·nt ICR!I.I silu );nmt'h fac-ilit~··
The original putl (AI) :11 Cumplt•JC A, tlw tuwt'f'• O\'L"1'•plt bdJity, 1m~ SII(I(Hirh•tl tlw SS-6 tlt•\'t·lup· mcnt program. tht· Sovit'l mnn·in-spncl" d£nrt, tht• intcrplam:t;uy pruhc prugr.un. ,md tht• ht":ny
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l 1 It wail ubsl"n·cd in thc mid-!lit••!tt' of L'Onslructlun in lllld ''':lS t•sst"ntlnll I I y t-Dmplc-tt-d the following ycnr. It mny lul"'l' 1~"'" mt'i.l for what ha\·~· bt•c•n h•mwd "troop tminin~Jirlngs uf the SS-8 in r-1 Additions to Com· plt.'lt n l'lna:c=::JtuiVC~l-d. c:hicDy of hufld· ing ~-onstruc:tmn. Si."C buildlnp wcrc addc.-d In th~· hou,;ln "<"t:tion nf till' su rt area hchvecnrl
1\11 nclditlnim't '=rn~=:T."'=:;::--r.=:::--r.:=:--==~~~~~ tlu: huu:dng Sl't:llun ~IIIL'l' Conslnu:tiun or :111utlll'r r•cil-~cn· c ~~~rm J 1m cling w;'" lltiU'tc.-d during thc sumnwr of and L'OI~plt•tt•d by th" :oummtT of !!That building. mc:m;ul'ing nlxmt 2.15 fl'(ll by~·t. b loc.-atcd nt the h•rminus or the wcstc:m brnnc:h of the l'nilroad "wishbone." .-\nothL'I' large ruil-~cn·•·LI checkout building, mra.~· uring 330 ft•c-l by 85 l~:et, wllS rL't:cntly C"Omplctcd to the.> <'liSt of thl" mil lmc:k5. Th~ l:mnch nrc•:• .1t Cnm11lc" 8 rcst•mbk'S the SS-6 dl.'ployt.-d sltc.>s mun• closely th•m dOt':~ 11ud AI. Doth of thc-!lc Tyuratam C'Omplt"Xl'S ha\'C the :sam~ type or guidolnl'\' r.u.-llity. ;\lthough tht·rc Is no dlr~ct C\'idenc.-.: ror the ~.,,= utlll:~ntlon of ComplC'X H. tho SCI'Ies u£ sc\·c-n !ipat:e launchings with £our dilkrrul tynr3 or pn)·lm\tls In the !lhort [lt't'lod o( I I I {shown below) ~ugg••"b thnt twu pads (Complt•" n and pad .-\ 1) Wl'rt' mt-d for the scrl•·s.
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plrtc. A 123-foot-taU mobllt- mluflc S~n! tower Is pnsltionrd hetwft'n cach lnunch pad IUld its rl•lldy building.
Construc.:tion '-' c:ontlnulnJ: on Pads C-3/C.a. TI1c: l'sc:a\·ations arc still open but details within them arc not disec!miblc. The raJI line into tho area dhides fnto Bvo spun th.t nrc still undn construction. At least cJgbt bulJdings •p(M'ar to bo com· plctc and cuth mounded. A gantry ap(H'osJmatcly 200 feet tall and 20 fi!'Ct wide is loc:Ah-d on the: pair of rails to the rcu of C4. The: n;auJUple nail spurs, although now \ISM for conslru~tlon, cpuld bo 11scd afttt ~mpl~tfon to pro\idc rail car nCC"e.u to thtCompl~x·s propellant tanb, ns may also bo tiM- CASC
at pad A2. The lack of any rt'ady lmild,lng.• at pads C3JCt. simibr to the 30-foot-hJgh buildings at pads Cl/C2. suggests that the boostC!'I' to be launchc:d from pads C3/G4 will be larger than that to be launc:hccl &om pads Cl/C2, IUld tical It w:ill ha"-a a diameter in c:xccss of 2.5 feet.
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feet west of paw Cl/C2. The new pod.• arc about 600 (~ apart. Ia the •unldentifted• art·a west of the maJn support fllcillty, tho two buildings in the westcmmost Secw'cd art-~ appear to be com· plettt. There are no app.nn1t changn In the: rc• \-ettcd' area south of the a~s~ road.
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1. Continue-d activity lndiC'llted by the: '-'fill•
stnJc:tion of a nil srur to n point llpproximatdy 5.700 feet southc;ut of pod A 1. The rnil docs not appear to be in rl:ac;o as Y'-' t, hut cut nnd fill h.wc bcorn aa:omplisht"d. The c.·un·c-s in the ~pur np· pear to lx- the rt'slllt of following thr c.-.mtuur of the: terrain. ·' small vnslll' ~lnll'turr b lll~ar tlw tc:nnlnus of tltc r.1ll. In nllditio11. n )lUS:-iltl" ~iln launch L-mpl:lc:onu•nt (slh· :\.1), ,;imilar to tlw c.·un· struction nor1)1\\t'~t of Complrx n. i.~ '"'I'll (Ill I •
Inc new mn~tmction. (See figure 7.)
2. -' new building 100 by 30 fret has been l'Un5truct~ between p11d!l Aland A2. und a 5e<:Ond huildlng 90 by 30 f~ has bc.-cm constructed just southe"st of pad A.2.
3. Tr11n-s fn the snow near the cast end of the lnstrumcnllation Control Center fndfcatc thC' possfbiUty of a new lntc:rfaomctcr. Ac:Uvfty In this area is lndfc:atcd by rows of probablc c.-1~~~ tronle ,·chlc:l~ or "'ans.
4. i11e original s~ and s~ boostc:d sp:ac..-c:· craft launcher at pad AI appears .to be unc:hangc:d.
SPACE PROGRAM STATUS
I a ua ciCimmuuon uoos not nc.ccc~-sarily have to be extended to the question of a m:mncd lunar mission If the time scale is projcc:tc:d forward far enough to Include only present c:opa· hilitlc:s. In general the: following statement:. on the space program CIUl be made:
I. The Soviets ha"'e conducted an c:lfcctfvc manned space exploration program based primarily on 1nililluy ban!w~e. They have a vny cfrcctlvc launch support systcm 11.11d are able to launch at prcc:lsc times. Further, they have 11 safe and rr· liable flight program. nus is evidenced not only by the man·in·space flights, but also by the n\1· mcrous rcc:ovt-rcd Cosmos vehicles. Although they took big 1tcps c:arly, the pac:o of their program hns slowl-d 11.11d thc:y arc not c:splolttng the Vostok C'apsule's full orbitAl life time, as dcmon~trated hv the Co~mos flights. Within tho c:apnbiUty of thc:lr S5-6 booster th'-')' ho\."C nppnrcntly lx-cn marldng linw In manned flight rrogram Ear almost two yc:1rs,:: s SinCT c.-ontinunl apparent lunctlvlty Is 11111 in nmsun:ml't' with the importance- that the Sm·i..ts ha\'t' pl01cC'd upon tht-lr ~pnl-c prow11m ~~~ a lll~·dumbm for rrojc:oting n strong technological :mt1 milltnry image of the USSR, the m.'lnmod pru· gram i• l'xptoctc.-d to rntc.•r a new 11hnn•, Jlossihl~· h~· I hl' hliiC'r lc:~lf of 1964.
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3. In the put :a fiacd nnmbc:r of :ahout 16 55-8 boosters serm to hAve hf-cn awnilnhlc In nnv one year. The r-1 usngc Is proh:~hly lndlcatfvto of io\·entory d;preiion. (St•t• figure 8.) Thc.•sc have been apportioned he~·c:cn the 55-6, c:on· &gwed u a missile And , .. , thl' first ~tagl' of ull Soviet spacc:cralt. Tha competition must be In· tense for these obsolesClC.'nt but highly rrliAblc boosters. Also. the probAbility of 11n lncrc:uv In mls$1on types Is evidCflced by such ch:mges as the• currft'lt drploymmt of n new group of rnngc In· :otnJmc:ntatfon ships w ith l.'xh•nch·d t';lp:~hllillt~. If tho logical foti~M·-on problems of m11nncd spnct• fiJght-m.:lnned nmden·ous and docking. orbital tnuufer, a reliable rc:startAblc stage, and a higher sped8e impulse- st11go---w-r to \xo sol\·tocl S()t)n, 1m
aUocaUon of boostcn for these dt•vl'lopmmt Olghts has to be made. It would seem n•;L\On:tblc•, tlwn·· fore, to expect a new "''ork-hone booster samc..•what larger than the SS-e to Dngmcut the mannt•tl pur· tioa of the overall spacer effort. Thu new booster would not be 11 muhfmllllun·pmmd-thrust \'ehiclc comparable to tho Satun1 C-S. E\·cn U the hfgh a.-osts of suc:h :a , . ...J,it:lc wc•n• nut :a ~·on .. ldcrution, the immedLatc 8.1ght harclw11rc nn d h .odmlcJues ·which rt'f}ulrc dc:,·t'lDpmc·nt wuulcl he• lcchuicilll~· halnlJc;appc:d by r:-·lng thcom In u ~"l,.-r·largt• boostef", Till' boo~tcr Wt' ;arc• wddng Jit•s hitltll"ll wlthin the d)-nnmic: pmgr.tm In bt'lng.
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One of th~ padng itt'll'' in an aclvaun·tl ~P·•~-. · · Sight p rogr:un Is the• JlrUJ"'' ' inn .•ph •m clc.•\"t•lnpm~nt. If thn-c b 11 currt·nt twcod fnr . 111 iml'run·tl space booster, then a , .... '). ~trong c.·amlillalc h a
drrh·ath·c of the S~ ICR~I. Thl" ~t:ahomc-nt i~ basal on:
1. A .. -ontirmant-c of the philumJthy of dh·crl• ing milit:ary ptO\'en boost.-r hnrt1wnru und IO\und• 'Ptt·ms lnste:~d of iniU:1tlng n ~eparnta c..lc:"lo"dnrml!'nt J&rogram. Till' SS-8 Is pro\·lng tu be n rdi:ahll• launch system.
:Z • .-\n appro~mate two-to-lmt• :.Ingle• t•ngim· thru~t inc.-rc.•asc on·r the 55-6 engine.•. ' ,o\ du~trrcd hoo~tlT, :again :~imii;U" to the SS-6, would yll'ld adt'· •tualc.· nptlons for :tdvnnc:cd mission~. Also, th~ SS-8 hns a m:annc.otl sp:ac...: c;apnhUit:-.· IU"blng from n low :"lc:"C"t'lcrntlon nt engine C:"lltolr.
.l. A C."t.IJTdaliun bctWC."c.'n the design tt'dmlcJUC.'S of the: 55-6 nnd tlu: Ss-8 wbich su~~t·~b thnt n ~oinglt• dt.,dopm<.•nt group wus rc•:~pun~ihlc• fnr both tlt-siltns/• Thi~ ~p:tt-c·ussoci:Ut'tl I:OmlK'It•ncc Is ~trt•n);th<.•nt·t1 by tlu: fac.1 th:~t the: second·st11g~ .. ·np:inc of thc ss-s Is rrob:abl:-.· ldc•ntlconl to tlu• \'c:nik engine.•
Although the Su,·ict~ ma~· uot ·h.: t"tlmpcllt!c..l to u~>c the- SS-8 :u; n building biOt·k, thc.•y certAinly han• the o(llion to. It I~ good program sense tu l'aplt.•lb:c on llrll\'c.•n lu•rdw;lfr, :15 the Soviet pro· gram h:u demon~tmtc.otl muny litncli. For l'll:"lmJ,lt•. the t'" plolt:atlon or the LunlL: stage: for the Vostuk prop-:tm. .o\ clu.~ter of ftve or clght stnacharnlly modific.od SS...S's could be usc.-d l\5 a boolitcr, :and dth<.or lictuid o~yJ,tt-n/hydr:t:dnc mix or llc ju ld mcygc·n/liiJnld hfdrogC'n use-d ns upper singe pro· prllunb. Ten polisiblc comblniltlonll nn• listrd In fis-ere 9, nnd npprulllm:Uc pcrformsanc:Cs depicted in figure 10. lt should be uotc.otl that In c.oonsldt•rluJ: \"arious c.'Ombinations of boost~rs nnd npJu•r st:\gc•:~ the prublcm luu hc-.:n b'olatc.od us An cxcrc:lsc to C'Sinhlish thn1st JlOtcntful. OC!$Ign llmltntlon~ ~tnd/ nr ~hiJ!Ing lnrompatlhlllty mny prt'cludc thl' rrnll· l'.ntlon of 110mc of thc:o comblnntfons. T lw duster• in~ tlu..,is, huwn·er, rcm:dns vnlld.
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Tocby, as new constnu:tlon ut Corna,lt•ll U, C(IJn· plc:z J and Compl~ll C is tllldng pla«-nll of wldch may be space associated-n hcttt'l' undrr· standing of how existing l:nanc:h fllcllitlcs arc ac:tu· ally usccl would help ln c:stlm:atlng £or wh:at purparse, aocl with what '\'chicles, the new sit" will be wed.
There c:un-ently appears to be thrc:e b:uh: philosophJcs for vehicle [lrcp:arotlon nt unhnrdt•ned sites at Tyuratam.
1. Tbe method mssociated with the SS-6 nt CompJea- A ~Uad B. Tills method b c:Jusc:d a.~ •uncletermi.Ded- because: C\'Cn ahc:r tho brndit of ; years of overhead photograpl.y and se\·cral Soviet motioo plctwes of various cosmonauts' Ol~hts. the conBguratlon of the lnunc:h struc:turc nnd itll method of operation IUC not unclrr~tood.' • The booste-r could be a.sscmblro nt the raii·~C'f'\·c:'d c:hrc:k· out bullcling or, quUo poulhl)'• on the p3d. • If the Soviet:l luwe a 24-hour single pnd turn-:around capability for the SS-6, llS they m:.y hne Juul for Vostok 3 and -1 ln 1962. thn1 a minimum or on·p:ld time would be rcqwro. lfowcvc:r, the lnh'l'c:oc.'ph-d propulslon·IUSOdated lc:lemc:t:ry frotn n 11p:u.-c configured SS-8 boaster at TyurAtam on 4 June 1963, which was se'lo'en days bc:fore the mth .. 'l'nptC'd launch of, a Vostok vehJcle on 11 June (Vostok 5 wns launched on 14 June), wonld sl'Cm tn lndic:ntC" lh:lt upwards of one wK"k on-pnd Is nct'Cled for Sovid spaa:-cntlt .....
b J~~w · .... ertAAn·ll" .. -' C:lttridiHA diN ihC !lid lit n thr r.klr• nf tlw (~ttn• plea B btond•n.• Fwdw:or analpla lntlluh•• tlo~l the- "unt· rtsvn- ...., loooon ltn>c'tufto• .. -hlc-h ........ """" not., .............. . ... -an~ and outwatcl Iron• " J•h·nt J"'lnt o..-~r dor J.niiO<·hrr ~,.. and not from a highe-r pi•·nt. ·'• oudo thr~· oln nul lumtion .. C>Uiri.u:~n ... rrmdol.- ot:~hill7.allun for tiH' ''" ...... of a tv-trr bls;rr than an Ss-(1. 11u• '""'"' •lnutnro·• :ur • i.liblr :ono.l In 2n Ut•rl~ht !'O'IIImo In lh ... oo.- ~. ,,..,, '" ln.ol fw11:tiun It unkouown but thrr L<>nlll l•· •••h'mlo·ol '"'' In I"''· .... , the- l'ITl-tion nf • baaootrr "' urro·• ····o:··· It ..... lotio ..... that e-n- 33 .,.. ..... ~und .... l from ·r'"'~'""' -&0 '"""' :.lh r
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that tlw nhidr i~ ful'IC'd fTom lillt•d ralhrr than from mohilc:o tanb. Tht' dl'Clsion not In •·xtt·mh·rh· clcfllny th~ ss-e ml.ssU,. ( othC'r than at Plcsra-'-:') "'"~ rroh;abl~· inUurnC'Cd h~· the.• c:cunl>•·r~nmt• nncl fiu'tl gruund support l'flUipmcnt dic:l:liN hy n •· hic:lc design. nml th,• u~r nf cryogC'nl~.
2. Tlw SC'COnd method b that a"l'Ot.:f:lt,"t) "itl1 the SS-i at Complc" C. The missile nt lint c-UI· Jlloyed mobilr tnac:ks for fueling. nncl ;t ml!ldl•· c.•rr:dor, Thl~ concept. whlc:h Is used for more.• tha SO =nt of the dC' lo ·eel SO'\·Ict ICnM·~. h
3. The third lnt•th is t at ill>SCK'illh-C c. lrt•c.•t \' with the SS-S nt Complcxc.•s A2 uanl E. Thras~· c.ompll'll~ AppMcntly utlll:te lis«l ftcc:llng £o.u:iUUcs, end rail llnc.•s (In tl•e Coi'nplc:x) h-om the re.:.d~· lmilding to the lannc:h pad. •• Finnl n~c·mhly nncl chrckout is (ln-snmabl~· at,:omplishcd In th'·~c n•nd~· buildings.
t:c.•ncrally U'l>crlocl.:c:d in tlac team L'Untpcliliun whlc:h tnok place during I lhc· twr-o.-n the ss-; ;and SS-8 mlsaUo.s was tho f~ac:t th:al not only two ml.ssilcs but two WC:&[IOII S)'SIC'ri"IS con· t'C'('U wc.•ro \xoing c\·a)uatt.cJ. Tiw dt•pJoymt•nt pri7&: luu ~tone to the SS-7 but the h:mdling 1.'0nC\.1ll fur future syst~m!l b.\·or• the SS-8. The '"""lK'titlon between d"·'c systems teams must ha\·c hcC'n vi~orous. Tiae nt-cd lor 4 Jess complic::atcd wcatlllll ~y,t~·m to rcduL-c rcac.·llon tim"• crew liiZC', nnd the ra~c.· of h:arcl~·ning thC' ~itrs would ha,·c I:H....-n n,·crwhc:olming cnnliideratlons in the dmit"C of whh:h .nlwoilc would be de(,loycd in numlK·n. l'c~c. while.• Complc.•J~••s A!! and C were both sll&rtC'd shortly hdort' thc- S~ hcc:ame operatlonnl ~at I'IL"'ctsk In c•;erly c:=Junly gntd);ing admission st•rms to hil\'t' Jll'l'll gin•n Ut that time lO the SS...S hilnt)llng 1.'<111•
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The.• ad,·:antas~ of tlw ~S-8 c.-.mc.,-rt apJMu·utl~· ~·,.,-e then quickly nntc-d. fnr p:td" El nncl EZ \H'rt.•
:otarlrd In mld-1961. .-\t that limo the SS-8 Olf;hl test program was not nt nil protnl~lnJt anti th•• t'~l ~mplc: W•L• "till sm:tll. Evt•n hdnn• p:acl• E1 .m•l £2 "'''"' c.-omlllc.•tcd. tl••• dc.•c.·i~inn 'wus m:1dc! tn gn om· ste-p fllrthc-r •nd :ot;trt em pacl F.3, whlc:h '" th•· final prototype: of the dc:pla)'tncmt "itt'.c. The: nc:w handling c.'OnC't'pt Win fnr :\hc-ncl uf thC' ro•,t nf ttw SS-3 mL'Iilc system as t'\'idC"Ucro from IU C'nnUnn"'l u~~ :at Complt".,c.•s C, 11. and 'th~ clt•pln)'l'Cl t~1u• 11-0 sites. The rt"Sulbl of thr. SS-8 Right tt-st rrogu.ms wuc: ckplor•blc: d\lrln~t tht• yc:trl> that tho·~·· f:ac:tllty d~on" we-re hc•lntt mi'ldc-. Thl" '" rc·· llcc:tcd In thr- fnct th:u nn I'll'\\' ss-o; ~or. llitc•s were startc:d after I lnud .sc\'t•rul ~ih•s (or till' SS...S which were untlc:rw:l\· ut C:luclk:l\ a wt•rc• switch...d to accommod"tC! sS-;·s... . .
If :a basic change in so,·lc.•t "''""ilc phil.,soph~· h.~ taken pl:aL"C' :and 11 pnrtlc:nlnr mi"dlc• hn~ hc'l'n l~o· l~tcd frum Its h:mdllng con~'t'pt. tht•n It will h<' rnorc diJii~lt to estimate (or wlmt llurpos~·. ;mel with --.·hat '\'chicles, nc:w site.·~ will ht' USC'd. Compie:~ G , for c-.x11mplr. ronhl the-n J,.. u~C'CI c•ilhrr primarily (or mll'~ih• firing~ <Jr l'l'"'-"' l:tunchlng•.
CGmparlson of Comple.ses A, E, and G
The m:sjnr cdl'mnl simllarltlc•s ur tlot• l:nmd1 , :li'C:a.ll for Complex .~. E. nnd C: nrc lbiC'CI In fiF:•nc• .12 n1csc t.-omplc..·u·s ( lit'l' fi~urt•s 13. H. nn~l 1.5) N\'t' bent cstcnsh·l'ly dc...,.crihtod from photo.:· r:aphy.' U-•• Tht' t':OCtC'rn:&Jliimilnrltirli nf tlu• Jaunc·h patb, ut C..omplc·!l C: .uul the• olhc·r J.ucm·h pmls. whc.on con,.idcred nlon••. lmlit·alt• that Cnmpln ('; i• intc..·ndtod to support a mi~~ilc- .oy~tt ·m. Cutnpotri• son of the entire C".ompi••.'C <: with C:cu"pl••x ''· howC'·c-r, tc·ndl< to ~hnw au h•h·ml.·•l ~p>~c:•· .. ~~u· elation. Tht' latt•·r 1'imil.,rili••• arc· :
J. Thc huildiu~ :tn:m~c·nu•ut~ of tlcc· 11'-'i" ,;,1'. port :Ut•3 with n r.aii·M·rn·tl ""''rnhl~· l111ilcliu~ tap· proximatdy 400 h~· 100 fn·t In c·.u·h t'.IW) in -,·Jn"·1i
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~c:mbl~· building is within tlw c..-omplo"'C prnJ't'l', ""'I i~ nut wt nlf to one !ide of tht' l:mnd1 p:uh a• It I" In the- prototype: ml~~ilc- dcploym~·nt c..-nmall•·:u.•:oc.
2. Hnth l'Oinplt'llt'~ c.-c•ntain nn l'l••c:truuic..-:oc fn· ditty with nu~orous support hulldins"· .-\~ain. tht• p>~llt•rn ;1t Ccmlfllt'x C: b more ~itnilnr In n rc..•,.t•otrc:h nnd dl.·\·..lot,mc.,.•t arrungc.·m~·nt nml tlw rl:•rTangt·nwnh of Con'l'lcx 1\ thnn the pnttc.•rn ~ :at thc.• purd~· miuilc c..-om1llc.u~ ~ud1 n~ JJ or E.
3. The prwcnL'l' of n prob.'\hlc: uppc..•r stn~c..· n~~•-mhly huilding in t'ac:h compiC":o.: C.-\ nnd G). At, Complc.•!l A this b :O.Iissllc. AnC'mhl~· 1\ulhllng No. 2, whkh pr~hnbl~· St'r'-t'l> both ~Oin(l:l'S :\ illltl U. Plmtugr:~pfl~· of Complt•x :\ in c:h:-.trly "howll lotnall :oullcl l"olwllunt stomgc nn·n~. nnd n ~rn:..~ll licptid lllllng ••n·.o, adj:~.c....-nt to the road- nnd r~til•
M'f\~-tl :O.Iill~ill' .\s.wmbly Hullding Nn. 2.''" =• U~· l'C)tnl"ulson. the "nnidcntilicd- bnildipg wc~t of the mnin ~Ullport art•a ~u Complex C is ~imll:ar in ~i;ro.: tn :-.tlssilc: • .Us'-'11\bl)· Building l'\;o. 2 ( 210 by 70 fc.•ct at Complu C. :and I jfL"Ct at ComaJlc!l A ) , nnd i" abo ~cn·cd by smllli ~olltl tnopcllanl storngc huildlngll nnd 1111 cxedlomt lmnl•llurfn'-"' ro:ld,• (Sec figure: 17.)
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I. Th•• SS-11, " ' ..... .,.,,.,,..l of tht• SS-11'•· bo•ln,: laundot•ol '""" C •mpl•·a t: •1"alol b.- f'rl'l'""''l In n a•nrllnn ,, Mh•ll•• .'\aK·mlclr Uull.lins .So • .a. lh.: urrr•·•ta ,:•· . ...... kutit lmllol· In\!. Sul'l"''' fur II•"' JK>Uibilil}' ma~· •·&i•l In th,;. fa•l "'"' ""' SS-11 t•rnb:abl)' llk't the- \ 't•nik . •·n~lnc . r,,. II• ,..,:unci ,.La,:t•.
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