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RSL 3
Gallery A

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  01733 : USGS high altitude aerial photo of RSL 3 (1997).
  • (390 x 293 = 21k) (800 x 600 = 92k)
  
  
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  03905 : Aerial photo of RSL 3 from the southeast (1996).
  • (438 x 295 = 28k) (882 x 595 = 89k) (1750 x 1180 = 208k)
  • Photo by Doug Smith.
  
  
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  00709 : RSL #3 from the southeast, photo taken from N.D. Highway 5 (1977).
  • The Sprint launch area is on the right.
  • (470 x 294 = 24k) (918 x 575 = 80k)
  
  
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  00309 : Closer view of RSL #3 buildings from the southeast (1999).
  • Left to right:
    • Limited area sentry station (LASS).
    • Entrance to underground remote launch operations building (RLOB).
    • Exclusion area sentry station (EASS) (enforced two man rule for the launch area).
  • (465 x 294 = 24k) (907 x 573 = 79k)
  
  
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  00707 : Left: entrance to the underground remote launch operations building (RLOB) (1977).
  Right: Exclusion area sentry station (EASS) and south end of the Sprint launch area.
  • The white cap-like structures seen on the ground are Sprint launch cells.
  • 00708 continues this photo to the north (right).
  • (470 x 295 = 21k) (909 x 571 = 64k)
  
  
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  00708 : North end of the Sprint launch area (1977).
  • Continuation of 00707 to the north (right).
  • (460 X 294 = 22k) (918 x 586 = 64k)
  
  
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  00706 : View from the southeast (1977):
  • Foreground: limited area sentry station (LASS).
  • Background: remote launch operations building (RLOB).
  • (450 x 294 = 22k) (900 x 588 = 64k)
  
  
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  00310 : 1999 version of photo 00706 (1999).
  • (455 x 295 = 24k) (916 x 593 = 76k)
  
  
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  00806 : Wide view of RSL #3 from the south at the turnoff from N.D. Highway 5 (1982).
  • (465 x 294 = 24k) (919 x 582 = 75k)
  
  
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  00702 : Original RSL #3 sign (1977).
  • Apparently the RSL's were originally called RLS's.
  • (470 x 293 = 24k) (918 x 572 = 63k)
  
  
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  00314 : Gate and current RSL #3 sign (1999).
  • (470 x 293 = 26k) (919 x 573 = 80k)
  
  
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  02613 : RSL #3 from the south fence (winter) (2000).
  • (576 x 436 = 49k)
  
  
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  00313 : RSL #3 from the south fence (summer) (1999).
  • (460 x 294 = 19k) (926 x 591 = 62k)
  
  
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  00703 : Main gate and remote launch operations building (RLOB) (1977).
  • The cooling units in the center of the photo have since been removed.
  • (450 x 294 = 29k) (904 x 590 = 98k)
  
  
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  00705 : Double gated sally port at the limited area sentry station (LASS) (1977).
  • (455 x 293 = 24k) (911 x 587 = 77k)
  
  
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  02866 : Closer view of the sally port at the limited area sentry station (2001).
  • (442 x 295 = 23k) (768 x 512 = 63k)
  • Photo by Ron Plante.
  
  
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  02846 : Limited area sentry station and sally port seen from the top of the remote launch operations building (RLOB) (2001).
  • (442 x 295 = 21k) (768 x 512 = 57k)
  • Photo by Ron Plante.
  
  
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  00701 : Limited area sentry station (LASS) and sally port from the south (1977).
  • (515 x 293 = 24k) (907 x 516 = 56k)
  
  
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  02853 : Closer view of the limited area sentry station (LASS) (2001).
  • (442 x 295 = 26k) (768 x 512 = 72k)
  • Photo by Ron Plante.
  
  
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  02865 : Entrance tunnel to the remote launch operations building (RLOB) from the northeast (2001).
  • The generator exhaust ports are above left, air intake ports above right.
  • (442 x 295 = 19k) (768 x 512 = 50k)
  • Photo by Ron Plante.
  
  
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  02868 : Entrance tunnel to the remote launch operations building (RLOB) from the southeast (2001).
  • The security light, transformer, and electrical service box and meter were not part of the original installation.
  • (436 x 295 = 22k) (757 x 512 = 53k)
  • Photo by Ron Plante.
  
  
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  02862 : Entrance to tunnel leading down to the remote launch operations building (RLOB) (2001).
  • Blast doors were present below at the boundary between the entrance tunnel and the RLOB structure.
  • The security light was not part of the original installation.
  • (442 x 295 = 24k) (768 x 512 = 71k)
  • Photo by Ron Plante.
  
  
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  02861 : Looking down the entrance tunnel to the main corridor in the remote launch operations building (RLOB) (2001).
  • Ceiling lights in the RLOB corridor are reflected in water on the floor.
  • (442 x 295 = 19k) (768 x 512 = 42k)
  • Photo by Ron Plante.
  
  
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  04203 : <$ Video: Walking down the entrance tunnel to the main corridor in the remote launch operations building (RLOB) (2001).
  • mpg, 00:16 (170 x 120 = 1.1m) (352 x 240 = 2.9m)
  • Video by Ron Plante.
  
  
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  02860 : Art work on the SOCC counter (2001).
  • (442 x 295 = 22k) (768 x 512 = 49k)
  • Photo by Ron Plante.
  
  
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  02864 : Sally port and exclusion area sentry station (EASS) that enforced the two man rule for the launch area (2001).
  • Only the brackets remain from the barbed wire barrier around the roof of the EASS.
  • (442 x 295 = 27k) (768 x 512 = 81k)
  • Photo by Ron Plante.
  
  
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  02852 : Closer view of the exclusion area sentry station (EASS) (2001).
  • (200 x 300 = 15k) (512 x 768 = 74k)
  • Photo by Ron Plante.
  
  
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  02854 : Entrance to the Sprint launch area (2001).
  • Just inside the entrance gate are Mark Berhow (left), co-author of Rings of Supersonic Steel, and Jerry Greenwood (right), SMDC resident engineer at the Mickelsen Complex.
  • (442 x 295 = 29k) (768 x 512 = 83k)
  • Photo by Ron Plante.
  
  
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  02845 : Sprint launch area (2001).
  • (442 x 295 = 26k) (768 x 512 = 75k)
  • Photo by Ron Plante.
  
  
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  02850 : Closeup of a Sprint launch station (2001).
  • The foundation of each of the 16 steel cylindrical Sprint launch stations was buried vertically underground to a depth of some 32 ft and had an inner diameter of approximately 9.5 ft. Each was closed with a hatch and had a launch preparation equipment chamber on a concrete base.
  • When operational, each cell contained a Sprint missile that would be launched by a gas-propelled piston through its cell cover, which would be explosively fragmented to allow the missile's exit.
  • Launch area antennas (LAA's -- the vertical pipes next to each launch station at the MSR site) were not used at the RSL's. Instead, pre-launch communication with RSL missiles was accomplished via a data link system between the MSR and the RSL missile control center (in the RLOB).
  • (442 x 295 = 24k) (768 x 512 = 68k)
  • Photo by Ron Plante.
  
  
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  03012 : View into Sprint silo.
  • (374 x 295 = 39k) (752 x 593 = 156k)
  • (HAER ND-9-F-7)
  
  
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  02867 : Another view of the Sprint launch area at RSL 3 (2001).
  • (442 x 295 = 29k) (768 x 512 = 85k)
  • Photo by Ron Plante.
  
  
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  02855 : Remote launch operations building (RLOB) from the launch area (2001).
  • (442 x 295 = 23k) (768 x 512 = 63k)
  • Photo by Ron Plante.
  
  
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  00316 : RSL #3 from the south, photo taken from N.D. Highway 5 (1999).
  • (465 x 294 = 24k) (928 x 586 = 70k)
  
  
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  00318 : RSL #3 from the southwest (1999).
  • Left: the white cap-like structures on the ground are Sprint launch cells.
  • Right: remote launch operations building (RLOB).
  • (465 x 295 = 28k) (931 x 590 = 86k)
  
  
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  00634 : RSL #3 from the southwest (1977).
  • Left: the white cap-like structures on the ground are Sprint launch cells.
  • Right: remote launch operations building (RLOB).
  • 00635 continues this photo to the north (left).
  • (465 x 293 = 18k) (915 x 577 = 64k)
  
  
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  00635 : RSL #3 from the southwest (1977).
  • The white cap-like structures on the ground are Sprint launch cells.
  • Continuation of 00634 to the north (left).
  • (485 x 295 = 18k) (899 x 546 = 57k)