32nd independent Engineering & Test Unit
32-я отдельная инженерно-испытательная часть
Military Unit: 25741
Activated 1.7.57 in Zarya (Leninsk), Kzyl-Orda Oblast, under the Baikonur Test Center (5th NIIP).
The units main tasks were to introduce the R-7 and R-9A ICBM's into service and conduct orbital launches.
The unit went on alert duty 1.2.61 with 1 R-7A (SS-6) missile.
From 31.5.62 attached to the 1st Test Department.
The unit went off alert duty 12.66, and would now concentrate solely on orbital launches.
US designation: Baikonur Test Center - Launch Complex A (Type I and Type IIC pads)
Baikonur Test Center - Site 1 (45 55 13N, 63 20 32E) - US designation: pad A-1
1994 transferred to the Design Bureau of General Machine-building (KBOM)
Baikonur Test Center - Site 2 (45 54 44N, 63 18 54E)
Baikonur Test Center - Site 51 (45 55 26N, 63 20 27E) - single pad - US designation: pad A-2
Baikonur Test Center - Site 52 (45 56 13N, 63 19 32E)
Baikonur Test Center - Site 53 (45 55 45N, 63 19 33E)