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Add NIP 16 - Evpatoria (Pluton) ground station to Crimea, with upgrades for the original Luna phased array, ADU-1000, P-2500, and the nearby TNA-400 radios.
Improve NIP-16 configs with better sources, and add Far Eastern NIP-15 ground station.
Capkirk123
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Add the Vostok "Zarya" VHF stations and Soyuz/Buran RTS-9/MA-9 VHF stations so there's something at the tracking stations before the construction of the Saturn Complexes in 1971
Adjust Saturn complex noise figures to the correct value, fix some typos, and add S/X-band downlinks to Shchelkovo so there's at least something there.
Various changes made to support Σκοπός over the past few years
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Add NIP 14 - Shchelkovo, NIP 15 - Ussuriysk, and NIP 16 - Evpatoria ground stations.
The primary Soviet deep space tracking station, NIP 16 - Evpatoria hosted the Pluton radio telescope. Initially constructed in 1958 as a temporary VHF phased array to communicate with early Luna probes, it received three powerful ADU-1000 radio telescopes in 1960, which were the largest and most powerful radio telescopes in the world until the DSN upgrades in 1966. Later received a Saturn-MS complex with 32-meter P-400 radio telescopes in 1971, and the P-2500 70-meter radio telescope in 1980, bringing X-band capabilities. Also included is the nearby TNA-400 32-meter VHF radio telescope located in Simferopol, constructed 1962.
Created in 1963 to increase the coverage of ground stations, NIP 15 - Ussuriysk had a "Zarya" VHF complex installed to relay voice and TV signals from Vostok-6, which was upgraded to a RTS-9/MA-9 VHF complex around 1967 for Soyuz. It had a Saturn-MS complex with P-200 and P-400 radio telescopes installed in 1971, and later received a P-2500 70-meter radio telescope in 1985.
Created in 1963 to consolidate ground control operations, NIP 14 - Shchelkovo was located just outside Moscow with a "Zarya" VHF complex installed to relay voice and TV signals from Vostok-6, which was upgraded to a RTS-9/MA-9 VHF complex around 1967 for Soyuz. A Saturn-MK complex equipped with P-200 radio telescopes was installed in 1971. A Taman-Baza-M complex was added 1982(?) to provide S-band command and data channels for GLONASS and other Soviet military satellites.
These three stations were linked with the Kvant-D complex in the 1980s, and formed the primary command and control network for Soviet deep space probes and manned spaceflight, with the NIP-14 station still used to this day for control of the Russian portion of the ISS.