Radar to Track Space Junque

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The United States and Norway are planning a giant radar station to help
track the orbiting debris.
The radar station, called Globus II, will be built in Norway's Arctic, a few
miles from Russian military bases on the Kola Peninsula.
There is an estimated 9,500 manmade objects in orbit around earth. About 93
percent of them are space garbage, ranging from dead satellites and booster
rockets to bolts and metal bits.
The amount of space junk has doubled since 1980 and poses a navigational
hazard in space.
Work on the 132-foot-tall radar dome is to start in April and be completed
in late 2000 for an undisclosed cost. It will be operated by Norway's
Military Intelligence Service.

Officials refused to discuss possible military uses for the radar.

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