Re: Air Force Space Command to discontinue space surveillance system

From: Allen Thomson (thomsona@flash.net)
Date: Wed Aug 14 2013 - 15:37:48 UTC

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    A bit earlier 2017 was given as the IOC for the Kwajalein S-band radar, but the project has been under review since sequestration.  The second S-band seems to have disappeared from the discussion.
    
    
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    BTW, note that the savings that are claimed from shutting down the present VHF system are claimed to be $14M/yr, whereas the cost of procuring the S-band system will run in the $1B-$3B range, presumably spread out over a decade or so. The financial logic of that is not totally obvious.
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    >________________________________
    > From: Brian Weeden <brian.weeden@gmail.com>
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    >Cc: "seesat-l@satobs.org" <seesat-l@satobs.org> 
    >Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2013 10:02 AM
    >Subject: Re: Air Force Space Command to discontinue space surveillance system
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    >Note that no date for IOC of either the new S-Band Space Fence or JMS was
    >provided. They are still dreams for the future.
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