Terra-3

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Terra-3 is a laser test center located on the Kazakh missile test site in Saryschagan .

development

The development of laser weapons began in 1964 in the Soviet Union . The experimental design office Vympel was the first to work on these weapons. Construction of the Terra 3 research complex began in the 1970s. It should missile defense - or anti-satellite weapons (ABM and ASAT) are being developed, but even the high-energy ruby laser and carbon dioxide laser of Astrofisika that were installed, were not enough to counter ballistic missiles are used to. The first applications were therefore anti-satellite weapons and primarily served to dazzle the optical sensors of spy satellites.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A. Karpenko: ABM And Space Defense . In: Nevsky Bastion . Federation of American Scientists. S. pp. 2-47. 1999. Accessed February 23, 2011.
  2. ↑ Terra-3 in the Encyclopedia Astronautica , accessed on February 23, 2011 (English).

Coordinates: 45 ° 50 ′ 54.2 ″  N , 73 ° 31 ′ 5.2 ″  E