Olenegorsk Radar Station
Olenegorsk Radar Station landsat. The Dnepr is the wide V-shaped building, and the Daugava is the block to the north east. | |
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Coordinates | 68°06′51″N 33°54′37″E / 68.1141°N 33.9102°E |
Type | Radar Station |
Code | RO-1 |
Site information | |
Owner | Russian Aerospace Forces |
Controlled by | Russian Space Forces |
Condition | operational |
Site history | |
Built | 1963[1] | –
Built by | Soviet Union |
Garrison information | |
Garrison | 57th Independent Radio-Technical Unit [1] |
Olenegorsk Radar Station (also described as Olenegorsk-1 (Russian: Оленегорск-1) or Murmansk) is the site of a
The military town for the station is called Olenegorsk-1 and is at the village of Protoki (Russian: Протоки).[2] The station is 19 kilometres (12 mi) east of Olenya airbase and 27 kilometres (17 mi) east of Olenegorsk. 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) to the south east there was a military tropospheric scatter radio relay station.[2]
Radar
Olenegorsk was the site of one of the first two early warning radars in the Soviet Union, the other being at
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Voronezh
It is planned to replace the Dnestr-M/Daugava radars at Olenegorsk with the new generation of Russian early warning radar systems, the Voronezh radar. According to news reports a new Voronezh radar will start construction in 2017, replacing both existing radars.[7]
References
- ^ a b Holm, Michael (2011). "57th independent Radio-Technical Unit". Soviet Armed Forces 1945–1991. Archived from the original on 2015-10-07. Retrieved 2012-04-08.
- ^ a b ТРОПОСФЕРНАЯ РАДИОРЕЛЕЙНАЯ СТАНЦИЯ 3/3500 [Tropospheric Radio Relay Stations 3/3500] (in Russian). 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-10-20. Retrieved 2012-04-09.
- S2CID 122901563. Archived from the original(PDF) on 2012-03-15.
- ^ a b Karpenko, A (1999). "ABM AND SPACE DEFENSE". Nevsky Bastion. 4: 2–47. Archived from the original on 2013-01-28. Retrieved 2012-04-09.
- ^ Shko (2008). СПРН [SPRN (early warning)] (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2013-10-06. Retrieved 2012-01-08.
- ^ SityShooter (2011). "РЛС "Днестр" – "Днепр-М" (actually is Daugava left)" [Radar Dnestr-Dnepr-M] (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2012-01-29.
- ^ 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.