Olenegorsk Radar Station
| Olenegorsk Radar Station | |
|---|---|
Оленегорск РЛС | |
| Murmansk, NW Russia | |
An image of the site from landsat. The Dnepr is the wide V-shaped building, and the Daugava is the block to the north east. | |
| Site information | |
| Type | Radar Station |
| Code | RO-1 |
| Owner | Russian Aerospace Forces |
| Controlled by | Russian Space Forces |
| Condition | operational |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 68°06′51″N 33°54′37″E / 68.1141°N 33.9102°E |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1963– |
| Built by | Soviet Union |
| Garrison information | |
| Garrison | 57th Independent Radio-Technical Unit |
Olenegorsk Radar Station (also described as Olenegorsk-1 (Russian: Оленегорск-1) or Murmansk) is the site of a Soviet and Russian early warning radar. It is located near Olenegorsk on the Kola Peninsula, north of the Arctic Circle in north west Russia. It is considered to be a key part of the Russian early warning system against ballistic missile attack, and provides coverage of ballistic missile launches in the Norwegian Sea and North Sea. The station is operated by the Russian Space Forces.
The military townlet for the station is called Olenegorsk-1 and is at the village of Protoki (Russian: Протоки). The station is 19 kilometres (12 mi) east of Olenya airbase and 27 kilometres (17 mi) east of Olenegorsk. 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) to the south east there was a military tropospheric scatter radio relay station.