[AZ-Observing] Re: USAF Space Surveillance System
- From: Steve D. <fester00@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: AZ Observing <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 09:33:50 -0700
Yup, I've driven by this place pretty much twice every day since 1994. I smile
whenever I think of its purpose, and that sooner or later, virtually every
satellite in LEO will eventually pass over that very spot. Cool.
Steve Dodder
Chairman, SAC Novice Group
Coordinator, Grand Canyon Star Party, North Rim
Director, Stone Haven Observatory
fester00@xxxxxxxxxxx
http://www.stargazing.net/Astroman
> Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 08:29:44 -0700
> From: cal_donley@xxxxxxx
> To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: USAF Space Surveillance System
>
> "A little bit off topic, but there's not much astronomy to discuss
> these days. If you live in the Valley and have traveled down Maricopa
> Road (on the way to Vekol, perhaps), you may have noticed that there's a
> USAF installation on the northwest side of the road a few km north of
> Maricopa. I ran across a fact sheet for the system which is composed of
> that facility along with several others in the U.S."
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