Space Fence space surveillance system

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ground-based radar system space situational awareness asset space surveillance system

The Space Fence space surveillance system is a U.S. Air Force-operated, Lockheed Martin–built radar network designed to track and catalog objects in Earth orbit with unprecedented precision.

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Surface form Occurrences
Space Fence 0
Air Force Space Surveillance System 1
Space Fence Program 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ground-based radar system ⓘ
space situational awareness asset ⓘ
space surveillance system ⓘ
alsoKnownAs AFSSS replacement ⓘ
capability high-precision tracking of small orbital objects ⓘ
high-rate surveillance of large volumes of space ⓘ
contractAwardedTo Lockheed Martin in 2014 ⓘ
contractor Lockheed Martin Space ⓘ
surface form: Lockheed Martin Space Systems
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
customer Department of Defense ⓘ
surface form: U.S. Department of Defense
designedBy Lockheed Martin ⓘ
surface form: Lockheed Martin engineers
formerOperator United States Air Force ⓘ
frequencyBand S-band ⓘ
fundingAgency Air Force Space Command ⓘ
surface form: U.S. Air Force Space Command
initialOperationalCapability March 2020 ⓘ
locatedIn Kwajalein Atoll NERFINISHED ⓘ
Republic of the Marshall Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
manufacturer Lockheed Martin ⓘ
mission improve accuracy of the space object catalog ⓘ
provide uncued detection of space objects ⓘ
operator United States Space Force ⓘ
orbitsCovered geosynchronous orbit ⓘ
low Earth orbit ⓘ
medium Earth orbit ⓘ
partOf Space Fence space surveillance system self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: U.S. Space Surveillance Network
primarySite Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
programOfRecord Space Fence space surveillance system self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Space Fence Program
purpose cataloging objects in Earth orbit ⓘ
space debris tracking ⓘ
space object tracking ⓘ
space situational awareness ⓘ
replaced Space Fence space surveillance system self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Air Force Space Surveillance System
resolution can detect objects smaller than 10 centimeters in low Earth orbit ⓘ
site U.S. Army Kwajalein Atoll (USAKA) missile range ⓘ
surface form: U.S. Army Garrison–Kwajalein Atoll
status operational ⓘ
supports Joint Space Operations Center ⓘ
surface form: Combined Space Operations Center

Joint Space Operations Center ⓘ
collision avoidance for satellites ⓘ
conjunction assessment ⓘ
space domain awareness ⓘ
space traffic management ⓘ
technology digital beamforming ⓘ
phased-array radar ⓘ
tracks artificial satellites ⓘ
microsatellites ⓘ
small orbital fragments ⓘ
space debris ⓘ
spent rocket bodies ⓘ
uses S-band radar ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Space Systems Command → hasComponent → Space Fence space surveillance system ⓘ
this entity surface form: Space Sensing
Lockheed Martin → notableProgram → Space Fence space surveillance system ⓘ
Space Fence space surveillance system → partOf → Space Fence space surveillance system self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Space Fence
this entity surface form: U.S. Space Surveillance Network
Space Fence space surveillance system → programOfRecord → Space Fence space surveillance system self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Space Fence
this entity surface form: Space Fence Program
Space Fence space surveillance system → replaced → Space Fence space surveillance system self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Space Fence
this entity surface form: Air Force Space Surveillance System