Scientific measuring stations (Russian : Научно-измерительный пункт (NIP)) are Soviet and Russian ground stations used to analyse, receive telemetry from and communicate with space craft . There are a number of these across the territory of the former Soviet Union.
RT-70 70m diameter antenna in Yevpatoria
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Number Location Coordinates Comments
NIP-1 site 18, Baikonur 45°54′31.47″N 63°19′52.79″E Example
NIP-2 Makat station, site 42, Baikonur 45°58′23″N 63°38′47″E Example
NIP-3 Sary Shagan 45°53′22.80″N 73°36′53.41″E Closed in 1993
NIP-4 Yeniseysk 58°26′55.63″N 92°15′58.61″E Operational
NIP-5 Turukhansky District , Krasnoyarsk Krai 63°2′10.83″N 88°7′25.70″E Closed in 1958
NIP-6 Yelizovo , Kamchatka Krai 53°6′5.29″N 158°21′33.26″E Operational
NIP-7 Kura 56°18′15.94″N 33°53′6.28″E Example
NIP-8 Bolshevo 54°58′16.44″N 36°15′33.44″E Operational
NIP-9 Krasnoye Selo 59°42′51.24″N 30°11′31.68″E Operational
NIP-10 Simferopol 45°3′18.54″N 33°53′6.28″E Closed in 1998,
NIP-11 near Tbilisi , Georgia 41°42′22.46″N 45°9′43.49″E Closed in 1988
NIP-12 Novosibirsk then Kolpashevo 58°20′12.4″N 82°53′11.4″E Closed in 2009
NIP-13 near Ulan-Ude 51°52′23.17″N 107°56′15.51″E Operational
NIP-14 Shchyolkovo 55°56′59.16″N 37°58′0.34″E Operational
NIP-15 Eastern Centre for Deep Space Communication , Primorsky Krai44°1′27.89″N 131°45′25.64″E Operational
NIP-16 Western Centre for Deep Space Communication , Yevpatoria 45°10′13.18″N 33°15′11.18″E Example
NIP-17 Yakutsk 61°58′32.91″N 129°39′14.16″E Operational
NIP-18 Vorkuta 67°33′30.39″N 64°9′43.11″E Operational
NIP-19 Dunaivtsi 48°51′25.04″N 26°42′25.41″E Example
NIP-20 Solnechny, Khabarovsk Krai 50°43′30.16″N 136°38′36.21″E Operational
NIP-21 Maydanak, Uzbekistan 38°41′06″N 66°57′08″E Operational, belongs to Uzbekistan
NIP-22 Yevpatoria 45°11′20.65″N 33°11′14.49″E Example
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Wikimapia has NIP-5 in site 23, Baikonur at 45°42′15″N 63°20′24″E