5th NIIP Sites

Site 3 (45 43 32N, 63 19 23E)

• Oxygen-Nitrogen plant (KAZ) - NIIkhimmash (All-Union Scientific Research and Design Institute of Chemical Machinery)

• production: 300 tons of cryogenic products in a 24 hour period

• constructed 1956-1957, but modernised several times - last in 1987 for the Energiya-Buran programme

Site 3a (45 42 46N, 63 18 43E)

• Base depot for rocket fuel (KRT) - NIIkhimmash (All-Union Scientific Research and Design Institute of Chemical Machinery)

Site 3b (45 43 43N, 63 18 21E)

• Logistic Support Base (MTO)

Site 3k (45 43 25N, 63 16 42E)

• Storage for special fuels

Site 3g (45 45 27N, 63 20 30E)

• Storage of liquid hydrogen

Site 3zh (45 43 15N, 63 19 23E)

• housing area for the Oxygen-Nitrogen plant (KAZ) and storage depots - built 1956

• Military Unit: 21057

Site 4 (45 36 48N, 63 16 04E)

• Receiving Radio Center - Communications Center "Agat" - built 1956

• OPRU "Priemnik" (Military Unit: 14315)

• dismantled

Site 5 (45 50 04N, 63 20 11E)

• Transmitting Radio Center - Communications Center "Agat" - built 1956

• OPRU "Priemnik" (Military Unit: 14315)

Site 6 (45 37 04N, 63 16 23E)

• Meteorological Station - built 1956

Site 9 (43 37 58N, 63 17 01E)

• Habitable town for construction workers, built 1955 for workers at the cosmodrome

• Industrial zone - only partially used

• mid-1990's mostly dismantled (large area)

• motor transport department (ATU) - military unit: 18503

• railway unit - military unit: 55696

• postal center - military unit: 25513

Site 10 (45 37 48N, 63 18 50E)

• Entire city

• 5.5.55 named Zarya, from 28.1.58 Leninskiy, from 21.6.66 Leninsk, and from 20.12.95 Baikonur

Site 10T (45 38 27N, 63 19 11E)

• MIK EP - Electrotech Industry

• construction begun 1987 - not completed

• to OKB Vympel

Site 11 (45 37 40N, 63 18 24E)

• TETS - Powerplant

• Operational 1.10.58

Site 12 (45 38 06N, 63 18 23E)

• Experimental front-end repair facility

Site 13 (45 38 31N, 63 16 36E)

• cemetary

• in use from 1955

Site 15 (45 37 47N, 63 16 36E)

• Airfield "Lastochka" - built 1957-1958

• from 1976 motor park - automobile regiment - military unit: 25667

• replaced by "Krayny" airfield in 1964 - since then habital

• HQ independent Aerodrome-Technical Battalion (military unit: 25813)

• HQ independent Communications Battalion (OBSRN) (military unit: 02360)

Site 15A (45 37 13N, 63 12 44E)

• Airfield "Krayny" - complete 1964

Site 17 (45 37 57N, 63 19 51E)

• water intake "Rechnoy"

• water is pumped from the Syr-Dar'ya river to meet the need of the cosmodrome

Site 17A ()

• water intake at Diyrmen-Tyube

Site 17D (45 37 52N, 63 19 51E)

• water intake "Dalniyy"

Site 17K (45 38 09N, 63 19 40E)

• TV station and hotels

Site 17P ()

• water intake "Levoberezhnyy"

Site 17N

• Pumping Plant

Site 17mzhg ()

• Railroad Depot

Site 20 (45 37 31N, 63 16 03E)

• housing area and autopark for the Mixed Aviation Regiment

• built 1963/64

Site 20K (45 37 45N, 63 17 01E)

• new barracks for the automobile regiment