Ploshchadka-1 Площадка 1 Alternate names Ak-Tasty Location 230 km SW Balkhash Country KZ Coordinates 45° 37.0' N 72° 34.9' E (45.6167,72.5817) Elevation 469 m (1539 ft) Runway 1375x30 m (4511x98 ft) 080-260°T (DIRT) Usage Military Military units Military Comments and history During the Cold War this site was operated by the 234th Training Center for anti-aircraft missile air defense. Occasionally there were large-scale air defense exercises named Soyuz 20.     Mapping links Google Earth - http://maps.google.com/maps?&q=45.6167,72.5817&spn=0.1,0.1&output=kml Google Maps (map) - http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=45.6167,72.5817&spn=0.1,0.1&t=m&q=45.6167,72.5817 Google Maps (sat) - http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=45.6167,72.5817&spn=0.1,0.1&t=h&q=45.6167,72.5817 Wikimapia - http://wikimapia.org/#lat=45.6167&lon=72.5817&z=14&l=1&m=b (Russian viewing recommended) Geohack - http://stable.toolserver.org/geohack/geohack.php?params=45.6167_N_72.5817_E_type:city Sources Computations and data compilation: Tim Vasquez Coordinate data: Google Earth Elevation data: Runway data: Google Earth ICAO identifier assignment: Return to index Dataset introduction and description Please direct comments and corrections here ©2005,2009 Tim Vasquez All rights reserved