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  2. PAVE PAWS - Wikipedia

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    1986 Cape Cod PAVE PAWS computer room with 4 hard disk units (foreground). The SLBM Phased Array Radar System (SPARS) was the USAF program initiated in November 1972 by the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) while the Army's PAR was under construction.

  3. Solid State Phased Array Radar System - Wikipedia

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    The Solid State Phased Array Radar System is a phased array radar with 2500 "solid state transmitter" modules. [6] It began replacing PAVE PAWS when the first AN/FPS-115 face was taken off-line for the radar upgrade. New AN/FPS-123 Early Warning Radars became operational in (Beale) and (Cape Cod) in each base's existing PAVE PAWS "Scanner ...

  4. Space-based radar - Wikipedia

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    Space-based radar ( SBR) is a proposed constellation of active radar satellites for the United States Department of Defense. The SBR system would allow detection and tracking of aircraft, ocean-going vessels (similar to the Soviet US-A program), and potentially land vehicles from space. This information would then be relayed to regional and ...

  5. 6th Space Warning Squadron - Wikipedia

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    The 6th Space Warning Squadron is located at Cape Cod Space Force Station, in Sagamore, Massachusetts, United States. It operates the PAVE PAWS radar to watch for missiles launched toward North America. The squadron is assigned to Space Delta 4. The squadron was first organized in October 1979 as the 6th Missile Warning Squadron.

  6. Air Route Surveillance Radar - Wikipedia

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    Frequency. L band. Range. 290 miles. The Air Route Surveillance Radar is a long-range radar system. It is used by the United States Air Force and the Federal Aviation Administration to control airspace within and around the borders of the United States. The ARSR-4 is the FAA's most recent (late 1980s, early 1990s) addition to the "Long Range ...

  7. Coastal ocean dynamics applications radar - Wikipedia

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    Recording of CONDAR transmissions on 4.630mhz. Coastal ocean dynamics applications radar ( CODAR) is a type of portable, land-based, high frequency (HF) radar developed between 1973 and 1983 at NOAA 's Wave Propagation Laboratory in Boulder, Colorado. CODAR is a noninvasive system that can measure and map near-surface ocean currents in coastal ...

  8. United States Space Surveillance Network - Wikipedia

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    The United States Space Surveillance Network (SSN) detects, tracks, catalogs and identifies artificial objects orbiting Earth, e.g. active/inactive satellites, spent rocket bodies, or fragmentation debris. The system is the responsibility of United States Space Command and operated by the United States Space Force and its functions are:

  9. Defense Satellite Communications System - Wikipedia

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    Illustration of the DSCS III satellite. The Defense Satellite Communications System ( DSCS) [1] is a United States Space Force satellite constellation that provides the United States with military communications to support globally distributed military users. Beginning in 2007, DSCS began being replaced by the Wideband Global SATCOM system.