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Cold War Geodesy
NATO Jupiter IRBM Locations

General Jupiter Notes

A Jupiter squadron consisted of 15 missiles and approximately 500 officers and men. The missiles were organized into five “flights” of three missiles each. To reduce their vulnerability, the flights were located several miles apart. Each flight contained three launch emplacements, each of which was separated by a distance of several hundred years. Each flight was composed of five officers and ten airmen.

The ground support equipment for each emplacement was housed in approximately 20 vehicles. They included two generator trucks, a power distribution truck, short- and long-range theodolites, a hydraulic and pneumatic truck, and a truck carrying liquid oxygen. Another trailer carried 6,000 gallons of fuel, and three liquid oxygen trailers each carried 4,000 gallons.

The missile arrived at the emplacement on a large trailer. While it was still on the trailer, the crew attached the hinged launch pedestal to the base of the missile. Using a powerful winch, which drew a cable through a succession of “A” and “H” frames, the crew pulled the missile into its upright firing position. Once the missile was vertical, the crew attached the fuel lines and encased the bottom third of the missile in a so-called “flower petal shelter”. The shelter consisted of a dozen wedge-shaped metal panels and allowed the crew to service the missile during inclement weather.

The missiles were stored in an upright position on the launch pad. The firing sequence, which consisted primarily of pumping 68,000 pounds of liquid oxygen and 30,000 pounds of RP-1 aboard, took about 15 minutes. The three missiles that comprised each flight were controlled by an officer and two crewmen seated in a mobile launch control trailer.

Each squadron was supported by a receipt, inspection, and maintenance (RIM) area well to the rear of the emplacements. RIM teams accepted and inspected new missiles, and also provided both scheduled maintenance and emergency repair to missiles in the field. Each RIM area also housed 25-ton liquid oxygen and nitrogen generating plants. Several times a week, tanker trucks carried the gases from the plant to the individual emplacements.

PARAMETER

Maximum Range

Minimum Range

Trajectory – Range (Nautical Miles)

1500

300

Trajectory – Altitude (Statute Miles)

390

85

CPE (Meters)

1500

1500

PAYLOAD

1600 lb

1600 lb

Dimension – Length

60 ft

60 ft

Dimension – Diameter

105 in

105 in

Thrust (Sea Level)

150,000 lb

150,000 lb

Dry Weight

10,715 lb

10,715 lb

Nose Cone (Body) Weight

3,000 lb

3,000 lb

LOX Weight

68,760 lb

68,760 lb

Fuel (RF-1) Weight

30,415 lb

30,415 lb

Liftoff Weight

108,804 lb

108,804 lb

Time (Sec) – Total

1016.9

486.9

Time (Sec) – Maximum Dynamic Pressure (Ascent)

70

70

Time (Sec) – Cut-off

157.8

123.7

Time (Sec) – Separation (Thrust Unit) – Vernier Start

±161.8

±127.7

Time (Sec) – Vernier Cut-off (Av.)

173.8

139.7

Time (Sec) – Separation (Nose Cone)

339.3

305.2

Time (Sec) – Zenith

552

262

Time (Sec) – Re-Entry (100 km assumed)

950

351

Time (Sec) – Maximum Dynamic Pressure (Descent)

980

428

Time (Sec) – Impact

1016.9

486.9

Speed (Mach) – Cut-Off

13.04

6.33

Speed (Mach) – Re-Entry

15.45

6.25

Speed (Mach) – Impact

0.49

0.49

Acceleration, Maximum

13.69g

5.29g

Deceleration, Maximum

44.0g

12.0g

Warheads

Nuclear

Nuclear

Fuzing

Proximity & Impact

Proximity & Impact

Guidance System

Inertial

Inertial

Engine – Rated Thrust [At sea level] [lbs]

150,000

150,000

Engine – Thrust Tolerance [± lbs]

4050

4050

Engine – ISP (min)

240

240

Engine – ISP (Nominal)

244

244

Engine – Burn Time – Nominal (Sec)

167

167

Italian Jupiters
(NATO I)

36ª Aerobrigata interdizione strategica
(36th Strategic Interdiction Air Brigade)

NATO I / 36 SIAB Centroid of all Launch Sites: 40.77315, 16.61476

Italy had two Jupiter IRBM squadrons, totaling 30 missiles deployed at 10 sites in Italy from 1961 to 1963. They were operated by Italian Air Force crews, but with USAF personnel controlling the warhead arming.

Italian Jupiter units were were organized as follows:

36ª Aerobrigata Interdizione Strategica – 36th Strategic Interdiction Air Brigade
       Reparto Missili (Missile Department) – Two of them, each in charge of five sites.
              Gruppo Interdizione Strategica (Strategic Interdiction Group) – In charge of individual sites.

Locations, Squadron Names, etc come from this Italian Site (LINK) and this English Wiki (LINK)

Squadron

Base

Location (Decimal)

Location (DMS)

36^th Brigade HQ

Italian Jupiter Training Pad

Gioia del Colle AB

40.78523, 16.92591

40°47′07″N 16°55′33″E

1 May 1960

April 1963

1º Reparto Missili

56º Gruppo Interdizione Strategica

Base #1 Gioia del Colle (Ba)

40.74047, 16.93307

40°44′26″N 16°55′59″E

8 May 1960

April 1963

1º Reparto Missili

57º Gruppo Interdizione Strategica

Base #2 Mottola (Taranto)

40.67855, 17.10312

40°40′43″N 17°06′11″E

1 July 1960

April 1963

1º Reparto Missili

58º Gruppo Interdizione Strategica

Base #3 Laterza (TA)

40.59521, 16.85899

40°35′43″N 16°51′32″E

1 Oct 1960

April 1963

1º Reparto Missili

59º Gruppo Interdizione Strategica

Base #4 Altamura (Ba)

40.81311, 16.63537

40°48′47″N 16°38′07″E

Sep 1960

April 1963

1º Reparto Missili

60º Gruppo Interdizione Strategica

Base #5 Gravina in Puglia (Ba)

40.75918, 16.38151

40°45′33″N 16°22′53″E

1 Aug 1960

April 1963

2º Reparto Missili

108º Gruppo Interdizione Strategica

Base #6 Altamura (Ba)

40.96830, 16.50662

40°58′06″N 16°30′24″E

Sep 1960

April 1963

2º Reparto Missili

109º Gruppo Interdizione Strategica

Base #7 Spinazzola (Ba)

40.96225, 16.18201

40°57′44″N 16°10′55″E

1 Nov 1960

April 1963

2º Reparto Missili

110º Gruppo Interdizione Strategica

Base #8, Irsina (Mt)

40.70444, 16.14128

40°42′16″N 16°08′29″E

1 Dec 1960

April 1963

2º Reparto Missili

111º Gruppo Interdizione Strategica

Base #9 Acquaviva delle Fonti (Ba)

40.92253, 16.80833

40°55′21″N 16°48′30″E

1 Jan 1961

April 1963

2º Reparto Missili

112º Gruppo Interdizione Strategica

Base #10 (Matera)

40.58346, 16.59525

40°35′00″N 16°35′43″E

1 Mar 1961

April 1963

Turkish Jupiters
(NATO II)

NATO II Centroid of all Launch Sites: 38.75803, 27.39072

One squadron totaling 15 missiles was deployed at five sites near İzmir, Turkey from 1961 to 1963.

In order to meet the accelerated schedule demands regarding NATO II operational status, initial manning by USAF personnel was required. This arrangement was agreed to by the Turkish government in the technical agreement, which was signed on 1 June 1960. The United States would, however, train Turkish crews to operate the missiles and would eventually relinquish control of the site(s) to the host nation

The first flight of three Jupiter missiles was eventually turned over to the Türk Hava Kuvvetleri (Turkish Air Force) on 19 October 1962, but with USAF personnel retaining control of warhead arming.

The codename for the Turkish Jupiter site construction was İbrahim II.

During the period that the Jupiters were deployed in Turkey, they maintained a 91% in-commission rate (well above the 70% standard demanded by SHAPE for Jupiter).

Site Locations come from this site (LINK) on Turkish Jupiter deployments.

Squadron

Base

Location (Decimal)

Location (DMS)

Unknown

Turkish Jupiter Training Pad

Training Site (Çigli AFB)

38.52149, 27.01766

38°31′17″N 27°01′04″E

April 1963

Unknown

Unknown

LP-1 (Foça, Turkey)

38.70744, 26.88393

38°42′27″N 26°53′02″E

Nov 1961

April 1963

Unknown

Unknown

LP-2 (Gölmarmara, Turkey)

38.70669, 27.89908

38°42′24″N 27°53′57″E

Dec 1961

April 1963

Unknown

Unknown

LP-3 (Aliağa, Turkey) (Site remnants destroyed around 2017-2018. Use historical imagery)

38.84375, 27.04874

38°50′37″N 27°02′55″E

April 1963

Unknown

Unknown

LP-4 (Manisa, Turkey) (Site Remnants destroyed starting in 2013. Use historical imagery)

38.73732, 27.41390

38°44′14″N 27°24′50″E

April 1963

Unknown

Unknown

LP-5 (Akhisar, Turkey)

38.79181, 27.70766

38°47′31″N 27°42′28″E

Mar 1962

April 1963