Mishelevka Radar Station
Mishelevka Radar Station Dnepr radars are upper right and the Daryal radar lower left. | |
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Coordinates | 52°51′20″N 103°13′54″E / 52.8555°N 103.2317°E |
Type | Radar Station |
Code | OS-1 |
Site information | |
Owner | Russian Aerospace Forces |
Controlled by | Russian Space Forces |
Open to the public | no |
Condition | operational |
Site history | |
Built | 1964[1] | –2014
Built by | Soviet Union/Russia |
Garrison information | |
Garrison | 46th Independent Radio-Technical Unit [1] |
Mishelevka Radar Station is the site of three generations of
Mishelyovka is a village in southern Siberia and the station is 4 kilometres (2 mi) east of the village and 28 kilometres (17 mi) northwest of the town of Usolye-Sibirskoye. The military town for the station is called Usolye-Sibirskoye-7 (Russian: Усо́лье-Сиби́рское-7).
Space surveillance
Mishelevka was founded as OS-1, a space surveillance site with four Dnestr radar, which were started in 1964 [1] and tested in 1968. It could detect satellites at an altitude of up to 3,000 kilometres (1,864 mi).[2][3]
In 1967-8 a
Radar | Coordinates | Azimuth [4] | Type | Built [1] | Details [1] |
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Radar 1 | 52°52′39″N 103°16′24″E / 52.877574°N 103.273323°E | 135 | Dnestr | 1964–1976 | Modernised to Dnestr-M and then Dnepr late 70s. Operational [5] |
Radar 2 | 52°52′53″N 103°15′58″E / 52.881511°N 103.266027°E | 135 | Dnestr | 1964–1970 | Modernised to Dnestr-M. Decommissioned 1990s. Now derelict. |
Radar 3 | 52°52′59″N 103°15′29″E / 52.883013°N 103.258045°E | 265 | Dnestr | 1964–1968 | Modernised to Dnestr-M. Used for research since 1993 – now an incoherent scatter radar [6][7] |
Radar 4 | 52°52′33″N 103°15′23″E / 52.875787°N 103.256414°E | 265 | Dnestr | 1964–1968 | Modernised to Dnestr-M. Decommissioned 1990s. Now derelict. |
Radar 5 | 52°52′29″N 103°15′39″E / 52.874829°N 103.260791°E | 70, 200 | Dnepr | 1967–1972 | Modernised to Dnepr 1976. Operational [5] |
One of the Dnestr space surveillance radars is now used as an incoherent scatter radar by the Institute of Solar-Terrestrial Physics, part of the Russian Academy of Sciences.[6][8]
Second generation Daryal radar
Mishelevka had a
Two Daryal-U type radars were to be built at sites in
The Mishelevka Daryal was started in 1979 and construction ended in 1984. The transmitter building was at 52°51′20.11″N 103°13′53.94″E / 52.8555861°N 103.2316500°E and the receiver at 52°51′42.02″N 103°14′20.49″E / 52.8616722°N 103.2390250°E. It was never operational and was demolished in 2011.
Third generation Voronezh radar
The Daryal radar was demolished on 23 June 2011
Voronezh radar are highly prefabricated radars needing fewer personnel and using less energy than previous generations. The ones being built in Mishelevka are Voronezh-M, also described as Voronezh-VP,
The first face of the new radar was announced as undergoing testing in March 2012.[11] In May 2012 it was announced that it had entered "experimental combat duty".[12][16] Fully operational in 2014.[17]
External links
- Photo of the Mishelevka Daryal
- Photo of the Mishelevka Voronezh under construction
- Video of the opening of the Voronezh, May 2012 (in Russian)
- Photo set of a Dnepr from Novosti Kosmonavtiki, May 2012 Archived 2013-01-15 at the Wayback Machine
- Photo set of the Voronezh from Novosti Kosmonavtiki, May 2012
References
- ^ a b c d e Holm, Michael (2011). "46th independent Radio-Technical Unit". Soviet Armed Forces 1945–1991. Archived from the original on 2015-10-07. Retrieved 2012-01-30.
- ^ Karpenko, A (1999). "ABM AND SPACE DEFENSE". Nevsky Bastion. 4: 2–47. Archived from the original on 2013-01-28. Retrieved 2012-04-07.
- ^ "Hen House". Federation of American Scientists. n.d. Archived from the original on 2012-12-24. Retrieved 2012-01-27.
- ^ S2CID 122901563. Archived from the original(PDF) on 2012-03-15.
- ^ a b c Podvig, Pavel (2011-06-21). "Daryal-U radar in Mishelevka demolished". Russian Strategic Nuclear Forces. Archived from the original on 2013-04-20. Retrieved 2012-01-09.
- ^ a b "Incoherent Scatter Radar". East Siberian Center for the Earth's Ionosphere Research. 2002-06-25. Archived from the original on 2019-11-25. Retrieved 2012-02-02.
- ^ a b Potekhin, Anna (2011-01-16). Зелёных вам фонарей! [Green light for you!] (in Russian). Красная звезда [Krasnaya Zvezda]. Archived from the original on 2013-08-22. Retrieved 2012-04-10.
- ^ V Khakhinov; V Lebedev; A Medvedev (2009-03-30). "CAPABILITIES OF THE IRKUTSK INCOHERENT SCATTERING RADAR FOR SPACE DEBRIS STUDIES" (PDF). Institute of Solar-Terrestrial Physics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2016-07-30. Retrieved 2012-04-07.
- ^ Радиолокационная станция "Дарьял" [Radar Daryal] (in Russian). Russian Ministry of Defence. n.d. Archived from the original on 2013-01-24. Retrieved 2012-02-08.
- ^ "Mishelevka". GlobalSecurity.org. n.d. Archived from the original on 2012-07-06. Retrieved 2011-12-22.
- ^ a b Podvig, Pavel (2012-03-22). "New Voronezh-M radar in Mishelevka entered trials". Russian Strategic Nuclear Forces. Archived from the original on 2013-04-20. Retrieved 2012-04-06.
- ^ a b c Podvig, Pavel (2012-05-23). "Voronezh-M radar in Mishelevka begins combat duty". Russian Strategic Nuclear Forces. Archived from the original on 2012-07-16. Retrieved 2012-05-24.
- ^ Модернизация радаров СПРН в Северо-Западном округе начнется в 2015 году [Upgrading early warning radars in the Northwest District will begin in 2015] (in Russian). Lenta.ru. 2011-12-12. Archived from the original on 2012-07-13. Retrieved 2012-01-09.
- ^ Радиолокационная станция высокой заводской готовности "Воронеж-М" [Radar of high prefabrication Voronezh-M] (in Russian). Russian Ministry of Defence. n.d. Archived from the original on 2013-01-24. Retrieved 2012-02-08.
- ^ Глубина в небе [Depth in the Sky] (in Russian). Livejournal. 2012-02-15. Archived from the original on 2012-11-30. Retrieved 2012-04-07.
- ^ Ilyin, A (June 2012). "Воронеж" в сердце Азии [Voronezh at the heart of Asia] (in Russian). Novosti Kosmonavtiki. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2012-10-13.
- ^ "На сайте Минобороны России размещен видеоотчет об итогах деятельности ведомства в 2014 г., представленный сегодня Министром обороны на расширенном заседании Коллегии Минобороны : Министерство обороны Российской Федерации". Archived from the original on 2014-12-27. Retrieved 2014-12-27.