19th independent Engineering & Test Unit
19-я отдельная инженерно-испытательная часть
Military Unit: 93764
Activated 1.5.64 in Leninsk, Kzyl-Orda Oblast, under the
4th Test
Department, Baikonur Test Center (5th NIIP).
The units main tasks was missile/complex tests and orbital
launches with the UR-500 (Proton) launcher.
Disbanded 2006.
US designation: Baikonur Test Center - Launch Complex G (two
Type II pads) [Launch pads G3 and G4]
Baikonur Test Center - Site 81 (46 04 17N, 62 58 50E)
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two 8K82/8K82K pads - built 1963-1965
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PU23 (left) - first launch period 16.7.65-9.9.78,
maintenance 1979-1987, 2nd launch period 15.12.89-27.3.04 - total 104
launches
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PU24 (right) - first launch period 22.11.67-23.5.79,
maintenance 1979-1987, 2nd launch period began 5.7.99 - still in use, 50+
launches
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PU23 reconstructed 1987-11.89, and PU24 reconstructed
2.97-4.99
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drawing (1966)
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artist's impression
(1966)
Baikonur Test Center - Site 82 (46 03 30N, 62 58 04E)
- launch control center for Site 81 - built 1963-1965
- modernized 2.97-4.99
- still in use
Baikonur Test Center - Site 83 ()
- Radio control point (RUP)
Baikonur Test Center - Site 92 (46 03 29N, 62 56 04E)
- Support/technical area for Sites 81, 90, 200 and the various UR-100
sites
- old integration and test building (MIK-92) built 1964 for the 8K82
launcher - Site 92-1 (46 03 25N, 62 56 00E)
- new integration and test building (MIK-92A-50) built 1987? for the 8K82K
launcher - Site 92A-50 (46 03 40N, 62 55 27E)
- integration and test building (MIK-92-2) built ? for the 11K69 launcher - Site 92-2 (46 03 31N, 62 55 54E)
- missile ready building for the UR-100 missile - 46 03 36N, 62 55 52E
HQ at Site 95 (46 03 18N, 62 56 35E).