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Country: United States Region: Nw Hampshire Latitude: 42° 56' 48" N Longitude: -72° 22' 24" E Area use / Military Branches: ACTIVE |
US Space Force / Space Delta 4 / Cape Cod airstation Massachusets.
- USSF / SD 4/ #6 Space Warning Squadron. (6 SWS), at Cape Cod AFS, Massachusetts, provides strategic missile warning and space domain awareness by operating and maintaining the AN/FPS-132 Upgraded Early Warning Radar as part of the US Missile Defense and Space Surveillance Network.
This phased arry radar installation has multiple faces, where each face provides a 180-degree coverage. AN/FPS-132 is operating in the UHF band and has an average range of over 3,000 nautical miles
Similar types are located at Beale airbase CA ; RAF Fylingdales UK ; Thule Site J (Thule airbase, Greenland) ; Clear air station, Alaska and Qatar
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