TRADEX (Target Resolution and Discrimination Experiment) (U)
Overview (U):
(U) The TRADEX (Target Resolution and Discrimination Experiment) radar is a high power radar located on the island of Kwajalein in the western Pacific. It has two missions, Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) testing in support of the Western Space and Missile Center (WSMC) and space surveillance.
Details (U):
Description User Impact Programmatics Images Related Initiatives Related Requirements Related Categories Road Map Placements Additional Hotlinks Lead Office POC
Description (U):
(U) The TRADEX (Target Resolution and Discrimination Experiment) radar is a high-power, high-sensitivity instrumentation radar that was originally designed to track and gather signature data on a single target. TRADEX is now one of three radars composing the Space Surveillance Network. The other two radars are the ARPA Long-range Tracking and Identification Radar (ALTAIR) and the ARPA Lincoln Band Observable Radar (ALCOR).
User Impact (U):
(U) Loss of this capability would have a significant impact on the Space Surveillance Network (SNN).
Programmatics (U):
(U) Operational.
(U) Organizations and Funding:
- (U) USSPACECOM: Funding Source.
Images (U):
(U) None.
Related Initiatives (U):
Name Title ALCOR ALCOR (ARPA Lincoln C-band Observable Radar) ALTAIR Advanced Research Project Agency (ARPA) Long-range Tracking and Identification Radar (ALTAIR) This Table Is Unclassified. Related Requirements (U):None.
Related Categories (U):
Name Title Contibuting Sensors Contibuting Sensors Radar Radar - Contributing Sensors This Table Is Unclassified. Road Map Placements (U):
Name Title SPACE CONTROL: S.S. NETWORK SPACE CONTROL: SPACE SURVEILLANCE NETWORK This Table Is Unclassified. Requirements, Funding and Additional Hotlinks (U):
Name 1997 Space Surveillance Dev Plan Kwajalein Missile Range Home Pg This Table Is Unclassified. Lead Office (U):
(U) Army.
Point of Contact (U):
(U) Maj Mike LaPointe, NSSA, Open Phone: (703) 325-6422, DSN 221-6422.
(U) National Security Space Road Map Team, NSSA, Open Phone: (703)808-6040, DSN 898-6040.Date Of Information (U):
(U) 10 November 1997
(U) Road Map Production Date: 12 July 1999
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