GC5A9B8 "Vertical" (Unknown Cache) in Russia created by banderaz

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A cache by banderaz Message this owner

Hidden : 8/2/2014

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Size: Size: small (small)

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The cache is also listed at russian geocachers site, do not leave trackbles there.

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Coordinates from the title will lead you to the pier, which offers wonderful views of the Koporsky bay, Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant, Ustyinsky cape and a grand universal test stand "Vertical".

The construction of "Vertical" started in 1984 on the territory of Scientific research Institute of complex tests of optoelectronic devices. The stand consists of 2 concrete building, located at 90 degrees to each other, over which stands a tower. The height of the tower almost 80 meters (22 floor).
In the central part of the tower is a complex metal chamber, created from the plates of stainless steel, with the polished joints. The width of the camera about 10 meters. The height is the same as the height of the tower.
The stand was supposed to be upright vacuum-cryogenic optical stand for full-scale tests of large-size space optoelectronic monitoring systems separately and as a part of the spacecraft. Test products, simulators of space, Earth's and solar radiation had to be inside the chamber, as well as a collimator for the formation of the reference optical emission. Two side capsules were intended for cryovacuum equipment, as in the barrel had to be created the conditions as close as possible to the conditions of space.
This grandiose stand was not completed. The construction was halted in the 90s, apparently forever.

The final coordinates are in waypoints.

The package with souvenirs for FTF!

There are some photos of my trip to "Vertical"