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US Air Force Space Surveillance System

U.S. government radar system to detect orbital objects
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Summary

US Air Force Space Surveillance System is a space surveillance system[1]. It draws 259 Wikipedia views per month (space surveillance system category, ranking #3 of 2).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: United States[3]
  • Operator: United States Navy[4], United States Air Force[5], Naval Space Command[6]
  • Part of: United States Space Surveillance Network[7]
  • Inception: 1959[8]
  • Dissolved, abolished or demolished date: 2013[9]
  • Replaced by: Space Fence[10]

Why It Matters

US Air Force Space Surveillance System is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6w ago · IdeasMagnet · 2026-09-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → +1959-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Openstreetmap way id → 289664177
    Dissolved, abolished or demolished date → +2013-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Part of → United States Space Surveillance Network
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Openstreetmap way id: 289664177, Adding OSM way id claim from wikidata tag on way/289664177 in United States"
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