8th Test Department

8-е Испытательное Управление

Military Unit: 00000

Activated 15.5.71 in Leninsk, Kzyl-Orda Oblast, under the Baikonur Test Center (5th NIIP).

Department for test and training of the UR-100 missile.

Organisation 1975:

• 6st independent Engineering & Test Unit

Organisation 1988:

• 6st independent Engineering & Test Unit

12.89 renamed 8th Center for Tests and Application of Space Means.

Organisation 2005:

• 6st independent Engineering & Test Unit

Disbanded 12.08.

HQ at Site 95 (46 03 18N, 62 56 35E).