290th independent Engineering & Test Unit

290-я отдельная инженерно-испытательная часть

Military Unit: 08325

Activated 1.8.83 in Leninsk, Kzyl-Orda Oblast, under the 6th Test Department, Baikonur Test Center (5th NIIP).

The units main task were operating the main technical Energiya/Buran complex.

Disbanded 1995.

HQ at Site 113 (45 54 59N, 63 16 55E).

Baikonur Test Center - Site 112 (45 55 36N, 63 18 08E)

• Support/technical area for Site 110
• launcher/erector integration and test building (MIK-112) built 1963-1966 for the N-1, and later the Energiya-Buran complex (45 55 40N, 63 17 54E)

Baikonur Test Center - Site 112A (45 59 20N, 63 19 00E)

• Support/technical Area for Site 100
• launcher/spacecraft assembly & integration (MIK-112A) for the N-1 launcher and later Energiya-Buran - built 1966-1967 (45 56 26N, 63 19 06E)
• service station 11G131 for the N-1 launcher