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  • Lockheed Martin Space Fence Radar Prototype Tracking Orbiting Objects - Space Daily Sen - Space exploration networkLockheed Martin Space Fence Radar Prototype Tracking Orbiting ObjectsSpace DailySpace Fence will enable the decommissioning of the aging US-based Air Force Space Surveillance System (AFSSS), originally installed in 1961. ...
  • debris-tracking 'Space Fence' passes key test - CBS News debris-tracking 'Space Fence' passes key testCBS NewsThe Air Force is looking to replace the aging Air Force Space Surveillance System (AFSSS), which it has used since 1961 to track satellites and pieces of space junk -- called "resident s...
  • Debris-stopping 'space fence' passes key test - Fox News Debris-stopping 'space fence' passes key testFox NewsThe Air Force is looking to replace the aging Air Force Space Surveillance System (AFSSS), which it has used since 1961 to track satellites and pieces of space junk — called "resident ...
  • Rules of the road in space - Newswise (press release) Rules of the road in spaceNewswise (press release)International rulemaking must take into account matters of space security, space situational awareness, and well as re-entry of satellites. There is an international movement to establish rules of the r...
  • Prototype space surveillance radar approved by US Air Force - Sen - Space exploration network Sen - Space exploration networkPrototype space surveillance radar approved by US Air ForceSen - Space exploration networkBy Amanda Doyle, 13 March 2012 The United States Air Force has approved the design of a new space surveillance radar built by Lockh...
  • Space Fence prototype in operation - UPI.com Space Fence prototype in operationUPI.com... lead to the decommissioning of the aging Air Force Space Surveillance System. "Space Fence will detect, track and catalog over 200000 orbiting objects and help transform space situational awareness from...
  • US Official: 2013 Budget Targets Space Capability Resilience - defpro US Official: 2013 Budget Targets Space Capability Resiliencedefpro... Shelton said, “invests in programs that enhance the resiliency and effectiveness of our space capabilities, namely missile warning, positioning, navigation and timing, satellite co...
  • Air Force uses invisible fence to protect skies - InMaricopa.com InMaricopa.comAir Force uses invisible fence to protect skiesInMaricopa.comBy Wayne Block Air Force Space Surveillance System operates just down the road from Maricopa. Photo by Pete Herzog. It's called The Fence and it sits about two miles north o...
  • Air Force uses invisible fence to protect skies - InMaricopa.com InMaricopa.comAir Force uses invisible fence to protect skiesInMaricopa.comBy Wayne Block Air Force Space Surveillance System operates just down the road from Maricopa. Photo by Pete Herzog. It's called The Fence and it sits about two miles north o...
  • Radar system to boost space situational awareness - Defense Systems PhysOrg.comRadar system to boost space situational awarenessDefense SystemsBy Defense Systems Staff Lockheed Martin has developed a prototype of a new radar system that is designed to track orbiting space objects and boost space situational awareness, ...
  • 2013 Budget Targets Space Capability Resilience - Department of Defense 2013 Budget Targets Space Capability ResilienceDepartment of Defense... Shelton said, “invests in programs that enhance the resiliency and effectiveness of our space capabilities, namely missile warning, positioning, navigation and timing, satellite ...
  • 2013 Budget Targets Space Capability Resilience - Department of Defense 2013 Budget Targets Space Capability ResilienceDepartment of Defense... Shelton said, “invests in programs that enhance the resiliency and effectiveness of our space capabilities, namely missile warning, positioning, navigation and timing, satellite ...
  • JSPOC Conjunction Alerts Could Be Improved, Group Says - Space News JSPOC Conjunction Alerts Could Be Improved, Group SaysSpace NewsOne is the so-called two-line element orbital parameter data made publicly available by JSPOC, which tracks some 20000 Earth-orbiting objects via its Space Surveillance Network of ground- ...
  • JSPOC Conjunction Alerts Could Be Improved, Group Says - Space News JSPOC Conjunction Alerts Could Be Improved, Group SaysSpace NewsOne is the so-called two-line element orbital parameter data made publicly available by JSPOC, which tracks some 20000 Earth-orbiting objects via its Space Surveillance Network of ground- ...
  • Lockheed Martin Develops a 'Space Fence' to Track Orbiting Space Trash - CFOworld Your Industry NewsLockheed Martin Develops a 'Space Fence' to Track Orbiting Space TrashCFOworldThe radar incorporates the Solid-State S-band, which pings at a higher wavelength frequency than the VHF band used by the Air Force Space Surveillan...
  • Research Lab Awards Electro-Optical Countermeasures Contract - Signal Magazine Research Lab Awards Electro-Optical Countermeasures ContractSignal Magazine... electro-optical threat warning research at the Air Force Research Laboratory, electro-optics countermeasures, in the area of missile warning, hostile fire indication, sense,...
  • Radar prototype begins tracking down space junk - PhysOrg.com PhysOrg.comRadar prototype begins tracking down space junkPhysOrg.comThe existing system for finding and tracking objects, the Air Force Space Surveillance System, or VHF Fence, has been in service since the early 1960s, and is sorely out of date. But ...
  • Radar prototype begins tracking down space junk - PhysOrg.com PhysOrg.comRadar prototype begins tracking down space junkPhysOrg.comThe existing system for finding and tracking objects, the Air Force Space Surveillance System, or VHF Fence, has been in service since the early 1960s, and is sorely out of date. But ...
  • The Digital Home - CNET The Digital HomeCNETThe Air Force wants to replace its aging Space Surveillance System to keep tabs on the threat posed by orbital space junk. Lockheed Martin has a radar prototype. The new iPad's name is notable for its lack of a number tacked ont...
  • Lockheed Martin Space Fence prototype radar begins tracking objects - Military & Aerospace Electronics Military & Aerospace ElectronicsLockheed Martin Space Fence prototype radar begins tracking objectsMilitary & Aerospace ElectronicsA prototype of a new radar system developed by a Lockheed Martin -led team is now tracking orbiting space obje...

Upcoming Engagements

    29/03/2012:
    SWF-UNIDIR Space Security Conference 2012
    Geneva, Switzerland

    16/04/2012:
    CCSDS Spring Meeting
    Darmstadt, Germany

    11/06/2012:
    SpaceOps2012
    Stockholm, Sweden

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News

Lockheed Martin Space Fence Radar Prototype Tracking Orbiting Objects – Space Daily

Sen – Space exploration networkLockheed Martin Space Fence Radar Prototype Tracking Orbiting ObjectsSpace DailySpace Fence will enable the decommissioning of the aging US-based Air Force Space Surveillance System (AFSSS), originally installed in 1961. …

debris-tracking ‘Space Fence’ passes key test – CBS News

debris-tracking 'Space Fence' passes key testCBS NewsThe Air Force is looking to replace the aging Air Force Space Surveillance System (AFSSS), which it has used since 1961 to track satellites and pieces of space junk — called "resident s…

Debris-stopping ‘space fence’ passes key test – Fox News

Debris-stopping 'space fence' passes key testFox NewsThe Air Force is looking to replace the aging Air Force Space Surveillance System (AFSSS), which it has used since 1961 to track satellites and pieces of space junk — called "resident …

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