Laguna Peak Tracking Station | military, satellite/space tracking station

USA / California / Camarillo /
 military, satellite/space tracking station
A peak next to the ocean near Ventura that has several aerospace functions. Facilities track and monitor launches of missile from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Point Mugu, and other sites. Laguna Peak's Naval Satellite Operations Station is part of a network of satellite control facilities, headquartered at Point Mugu, CA, that includes stations at Prospect Harbor, ME; Rosemount, MN; and the Lincoln Laboratory in Massachusetts.

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Coordinates:   34°6'28"N   119°3'54"W

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  • The photo above shows the former TLM-18 Automatic Tracking Telemetry Antenna installed at Pt. Mugu for the Discoverer program in 1958. The Discoverer program was the cover for the classified CORONA reconnaissance satellite program. A preserved example of this antenna type, used in the TIROS (Television Infrared Observation Satellite) program, is located at the Project Diana site in Camp Evans, Wall, NJ.
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