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The radar in Vorkuta geolocated

VorkutaRadarJun2016.pngThe construction of the early-warning radar in Vorkuta that began in September 2015 has made enough progress to be visible from space. Sean O'Connor located the radar site on a June 2016 Google Earth image. Click on the image above to see the radar on Google Maps.

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It is interesting that the new radar is pretty far from the old Daryal site. The distance is about 400 km. it shouldn't matter much for the primary mission, though.

UPDATE 08/15/17: As Alexander pointed out in the comments back in December, the radar in Vorkuta will be a new Voronezh-SM, where SM stands for "centimeter-range." But it appears that the SM radar won't be alone - the site will probably host a Voronezh-VP as well.

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The Yeniseysk early-warning radar is successfully tested:
https://www.gazeta.ru/army/news/9186677.shtml

[Alexander Stukalin ] [October 6, 2016] [#]

Voronezh-SM in Vorkuta!
http://e-ecolog.ru/reestr/doc/1006722

[Alexander Stukalin ] [December 20, 2016] [#]

I always thought that SM and VP are different kinds of Voronezh. Are they building two there?

[Pavel Podvig ] [December 20, 2016] [#]

I have so understood from this official document that two... And this is first site for the Voronezh-SM which is called in documents.

[Alexander Stukalin ] [December 21, 2016] [#]

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