53rd Scientific Research Proving Ground
53-й Научно-исследовательский испытательный
полигон
Military Unit: 13991
Commanders:
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Colonel-General Mikhail Grigorevich Grigorev, 15.7.57 -
8.5.62
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Lieutenant-General Stepan Fedotovich Shtanko, 8.5.62 -
17.12.63
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Lieutenant-General Galaktion Eliseevich Alpaidze, 17.12.1963
- 24.8.75
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General of the Army Yury Alekseevich Yashin, 24.8.75 -
5.6.79
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Colonel-General Vladimir Leontevich Ivanov, 5.6.79 - 21.6.84
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Colonel-General Gennady Alekseevich Kolesnikov, 21.6.84 -
15.11.85
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Lieutenant-General Ivan Ivanovich Oleynik, 4.12.85 - 24.6.91
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Colonel-General Anatoly Nikolaevich Perminov, 24.6.91 -
2.8.93
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Lieutenant-General Yury Mikhaylovich Zhuravlev, 2.8.93 -
12.6.99
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Lieutenant-General Gennady Nikolaevich Kovalenko, 12.6.99 -
22.3.03
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Lieutenant-General Anatoly Aleksandrovich Bashlakov, 22.3.03
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Activated 15.7.57 in Plesetsk, Arkhangelsk Oblast, as Object
"Angara", for deployment of the R-7A missile.
7.2.59 renamed the 3rd Artilley Range Administration (3rd UAP),
and finally 9.63 the 53rd Scientific Research Proving Ground (53rd NIIP).
Organisation 1962:
In 3.64 all R-16 and R-9A battalions were upgraded to regiments.
Organisation 1967:
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1st Test Department (combat
elements):
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2nd Test Department (preparation and launches of space
vehicles)
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3rd Test Department (instrumentation and computer
technology)
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independent Instrumentation Point (IP-1) (Plesetsk)
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independent Instrumentation Point (IP-2) (Zheleznodorozhnyy,
Komi SSSR)
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independent Instrumentation Point (IP-3) (Naryan-Mar)
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independent Instrumentation Point (IP-4) (Severodvinsk)
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independent Instrumentation Point (IP-?)
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independent Instrumentation Point (IP-?)
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independent Instrumentation Point (IP-8) (Novaya Zemlya)
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independent Instrumentation Station (Nizhnyaya Pesha)
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independent Instrumentation Station (Shoyna)
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independent Instrumentation Station (Plesetsk)
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4th Test Department (solid propellant launchers)
- 17th independent Mixed
Aviation Regiment (Plesetsk, Arkhangelsk Oblast)
Organisation 1977:
Organisation 1985:
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1st Test Department (test/launch of light class launch
vehicles)
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2nd Test Department (test/launch of medium class launch
vehicles)
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3rd Test Department (instrumentation and processing)
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independent Instrumentation Point
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independent Instrumentation Point
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independent Instrumentation Point
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independent Instrumentation Point
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independent Instrumentation Point
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independent Instrumentation Point
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independent Instrumentation Point
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independent Instrumentation Point (IP-8)
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independent Instrumentation Point (IP-9)
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independent Instrumentation Point (IP-10)
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independent Instrumentation Station
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independent Instrumentation Station
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4th Test Department (test & development solid propellant
missiles)
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5th Test Department
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6th Test Department (test & development of mobile missiles)
- 17th independent Mixed
Aviation Regiment (Plesetsk, Arkhangelsk Oblast)
The 5th Test Department was disbanded in
1985 with all its attached units.
On 1.12.89 the space parts of the Plesetsk Test Center were
detached from the RVSN, and a new 1278th Center for Test and Application of
Space Means (TSIP KS) was formed, which took control of the 1st and
2nd Test
Departments.
11.12.89 the 53rd Scientific Research Proving Ground (53rd NIIP)
was renamed the 53rd State Proving Ground (53rd GIP).
Organisation 1989:
In 1993 the 1278th Center for Test and Application of Space
Means (TSIP KS) was renamed 1278th Main Center for Test and Application of Space
Means, and on 11.11.94 renamed 1st State Test Spaceport (1st GIK).
The Plesetsk Test Center had now effectively been split into two
parts, the 53rd State Proving Ground and the 1st State Test Spaceport.
Commanders of the 1st State Test Spaceport while separated was
Major-General Anatoly Fedorovich Ovchinnikov (15.4.95-11.9.96) and Colonel
Vladimir Pavlovich Pronikov (1.3.97-15.12.97).
On 15.12.97 the 53rd State Proving Ground and the 1st State Test
Spaceport were united as the 1st State Test Spaceport, now again under the RVSN.
Organisation 2005:
Under construction.
Plesetsk ICBM Complex coordinates:
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Plesetsk ICBM Complex -
map (1964);
map (1968)
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Complex Support Facility (62 54 07N, 40 38 10E) -
drawing (1964)
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Administration and Housing Facility (62 45 44N, 40 20 06E) -
drawing (1964)
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Rail-to-Road Transfer Point (62 55 28N, 40 44 58E) -
drawing (1964)
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Plesetsk ICBM Complex/Test Center Command Bunker (62 45 30N, 40 31 22E)
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Plesetsk ICBM Complex/Test Center Communications Center (62 52 29N, 40 41
35E)
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Plesetsk ICBM Complex/Test Center Radio Transmitter Site Hardened (62 45
25N, 40 26 43E)
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Plesetsk ICBM Complex/Test Center Radio Transmitter Site 2 (62 38 50N, 40 09
00E) - antenna field (62 39 10N, 40 08 04E)
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Plesetsk ICBM Complex/Test Center Radio Transmitter Site 1 (62 45 37N, 40 21
55E)
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Plestesk Missile Test Center Telemetry and Tracking Facility (62 56 41N, 41
26 16E) [military unit: 01349]
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Plestesk Missile Test Center Earth Satellite Vehicle Tracking Facility (62
53 59N, 40 33 30E) [military unit: 14276]
