satellite warning system
11Emergency Alert System — The Emergency Alert System (EAS) is a national warning system in the U.S. put into place in 1994, superseding the Emergency Broadcast System (EBS) and the CONELRAD System and is jointly coordinated by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC),… …
12US-KS (satellite) — The US KS Oko (Eye) is the primary Soviet early warning satellite, tasked with the detection of rocket launches from the continental United States. The system entered service in the early 1980s and served as the primary Soviet early warning… …
13Space-Based Infrared System — Aufbau des SBIRS Systems aus den GEO, HEO und Low Komponenten …
14Defense Meteorological Satellite Program — DMSP images of Auroral bands circling north of Scandinavia The Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) monitors meteorological, oceanographic, and solar terrestrial physics for the United States Department of Defense. The program is now… …
15Mobile User Objective System — The Mobile User Objective System is an array of geosynchronous[1] satellites being developed for the United States Department of Defense (DoD) to provide global satellite communications (SATCOM) narrowband (64 kbit/s and below) connectivity for… …
16US-KMO (satellite) — The US KMO is a Soviet early warning satellite tasked with the detection of rocket launches indicating an attack by ICBMs or SLBMs. It was originally intended that the OS KMO would replace the earlier US KS, which was useful for ICBM detection… …
17Air Force Space Surveillance System — Part of the master transmitter antenna at Lake Kickapoo, Texas c.2001. The Air Force Space Surveillance System, colloquially known as the Space Fence, is a multistatic radar system that detects orbital objects passing over America. It is a… …
18White Alice Communications System — The White Alice Communications System (WACS) was a United States Air Force telecommunication link system constructed in Alaska, during the cold war. It featured tropospheric scatter links and line of sight microwave radio links. It was… …
19Iridium (satellite) — Infobox Company name = Iridium Satellite LLC type = Limited liability company genre = foundation = 2001 founder = location city = Bethesda, Maryland location country = United States location = locations = area served = Worldwide key people = Matt …
20Pacific Tsunami Warning Center — The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC), operated by NOAA in Ewa Beach, Hawaii, USA, is one of two tsunami warning centers in the United States. PTWC is part of an international tsunami warning system (TWS) program and serves as the operational …
