Provides midcourse coverage for the Ballistic Missile Defense System. Detects sea-launched or intercontinental ballistic missiles; Classifies reentry vehicles and other missile objects. Provides real-time information to Fire Control. Has one radar face providing 136° of azimuth coverage.

The COBRA DANE radar is a single faced ground-based, L-band phased-array radar located in northern U.S. Indio-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM) area of operations and operated by the U.S. Space Force.

2018年5月2日 · Cobra Dane’s main component is a L-Band phased array radar operating in the 1175-1375 MHz ranges. The slab-like radar consists of 34,768 elements, including 15,360 active radiating...

“Cobra Dane” is a large, phased-array radar at Shemya Air Force Base in the Aleutian Islands under USAF Program 633A. Its purpose is the detection and tracking of ICBMs , SLBMs and satellites.

2014年3月3日 · The AN/FPS-108 COBRA DANE radar system, the 21st Space Wing's newest weapon system, represents a case in point where mission and ownership have come full circle. COBRA DANE is a large ground-based, L-band phased-array radar located on the northwest corner of Eareckson Air Station on Shemya Island, Alaska.

2021年6月7日 · The Cobra Dane Radar Upgrade is an L-band radar located at Shemya Island, Alaska at Eareckson Air Station. It has a single face, 95 feet in diameter, providing 136-degree azimuth coverage. It was originally designed as a missile tracking radar for Soviet missile tests, but was upgraded to perform missile defense missions in 2004.

Traveling wave tube fed phased-array, all-weather, long-range radar Supports Space Domain Awareness. o Detect, warn, characterize, attribute, and predict threats to national, allied, and commercial space systems.

Fire and Mission Control for the GMD system can use the Cobra Dane for real-time information, and the radar accurately tracks ballistic missiles to commit the launch of Ground-Based Interceptor missiles.

2017年12月27日 · The COBRA DANE radar is a single faced ground-based, L-band phased-array radar located at Eareckson Air Station, Shemya, AK. The primary mission of COBRA DANE is to collect radar metric and signature data on foreign ballistic missile events.

COBRA DANE is a national technical intelligence sensor, located on the island of Shemya, Alaska, at Eareckson AF Station. In February 1972 Headquarters USAF assigned Rome Air Development Center [RADC] responsibility for technical engineering of the COBRA DANE radar system in Shemya, Alaska.