Eglin AFB Site C-6 is a United States Space Force radar station which houses the AN/FPS-85 phased array radar, associated computer processing system(s), and radar control equipment designed and constructed for the U.S. Air Force by the …

Eglin AFB Site C-6, Florida conducts 24/7/365 command and control operations of two weapon systems, the AN/FPS-85 phased array radar, which has been operational at Eglin since 1968, and the geographically separated AN/FSY-3 Space Fence located in the Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands. 20th SPSS utilizes both phased array radars to conduct near ...

The 20th Space Surveillance Squadron, Site C‐6, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida., is a multiplatform operational unit. It maintains and operates the AN/FPS‐85 Eglin Phased Array Radar and operates the AN‐FSY‐3 Space Fence Phased Array Radar, located on Kwajalein Atoll in the Republic of the Marshall Islands.

The 20th Space Surveillance Squadron, Site C-6, Eglin Air Force Base, FL, tracks more than 16,000 near-Earth and deep-space objects. Additionally the squadron has four Ground-based Electro-Optical Deep Space Surveillance detachments assigned to it: 20 SPSS, Detachment 1, Socorro NM, 20 SPSS, Detachment 2, Diego Garcia, 20 SPSS, Detachment 3 ...

Eglin AFB Site C-6 is a United States Space Force radar station which houses the AN/FPS-85 phased array radar, associated computer processing system(s), and radar control equipment designed and constructed for the U.S. Air Force by the …

Eglin AFB Site C-6's squadron of the 9th Aerospace Defense Division activated in September 1968. and was turned over to Air Force Systems Command on 20 September 1968, and became operational in December 1968.

20th Space Surveillance Squadron: Twentieth SPSS, located at Eglin Air Force Base Site C-6, Florida, executes multiplatform, tactical space domain characterization and responsiveness to achieve DEL 2 and USSPACECOM warfighting intent. 20th SPSS operates the AN/FPS-85 Phased Array Deep Space Radar at Eglin AFB Site C-6 and the AN/FSY-3 Space ...

Eglin AFB Site C-6 is an Air Force Space Command radar station which houses the AN/FPS-85 phased array radar, associated computer processing system (s), and radar control equipment (e.g., MIT Radar Calibration System in 1996). Commencing operations in 1969, the AN/FPS-85 was the first large phased array radar.

Eglin AFB Site C-6 is an United States Space Force radar station which houses the AN/FPS-85 phased array radar. Commencing operations in 1969, the AN/FPS-85 was the first large phased array radar. The entire radar/computer system is located at a receiver/transmitter building and is supported by the site's power plant, fire station, 2 water ...

From 1971 to 1984, the 20th SURS was the site of the Alternate Space Surveillance Center. It provided computational support to the Space Surveillance Center at Cheyenne Mountain AS, CO. If the...