Serpukhov-15
Military town in Kaluga Oblast, Russia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Serpukhov-15 (Russian: Серпухов-15) is a military townlet near Kurilovo in Kaluga Oblast which is the location of the western control centre for Russia's Oko satellites.[2] These give early warning of ballistic missile launches, mainly from the continental United States. The site is part of the Main Centre for Missile Attack Warning and information from here is processed at the Russian Aerospace Defence Forces centre in Solnechnogorsk[2][3] and could be used, together with early warning radar such as the Voronezh, for launch on warning[4] of the A-135 anti-ballistic missile system. A similar facility is located at Pivan-1 in the Russian Far East.
Serpukhov-15 | |
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Серпухов-15 | |
Part of Main Centre for Missile Attack Warning | |
Kurilovo, Kaluga Oblast, Russia | |
Coordinates | 55.068333°N 37.041389°E / 55.068333; 37.041389 |
Type | Satellite ground station |
Site information | |
Condition | operational |
Site history | |
Built | 1982 (1982) |
Garrison information | |
Garrison | 916th Independent Radio Technical Unit[1] |
The name Serpukhov-15 is a code name following the practice established to name closed cities and military facilities. It is named after the nearest city, Serpukhov in Moscow Oblast which is about 35 kilometres (22 mi) away.[5]