Mishelevka Radar Station | |
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Мишелёвка РЛС | |
Mishelyovka Usolye-Sibirskoye, Irkutsk, Siberia | |
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 Soviet and Russian early warning radars. It is located in Irkutsk in Siberia and provides coverage of China and missile launches from submarines in the Pacific Ocean. There have been seven radars at this site and it is run by the Russian Space Forces. In 2012 a new Voronezh-M radar is being built at the site.
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).