Prognoz Missile Warning Satellite Ground Station

Russia / Kaluga / Kremenki /
 military, draw only border

916th Independent Radio-Technical Unit, Russian Space Force.

This facility provided command and downlink for the US-KMO 2nd-generation missile warning satellite system (called "Prognoz" in unclassified documents). This site was intended to cover four GEO slots: 24W, 12E, 35E, 80E, and reserve satellites. Construction stopped at the end of the Cold War and two of six tracking dishes were left uncompleted.
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Coordinates:   55°4'6"N   37°2'39"E
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