AN/MPS-36 Tracking Radar
USA /
California /
El Granada /
World
/ USA
/ California
/ El Granada
World / United States / California
military, radar station, United States Air Force
The MPS-36 is a C-band instrumentation radar used for tracking aircraft and artillery projectiles off the central California coast. It utilizes a 3.66 m diameter parabolic antenna.
This radar is one of six that make up Vandenberg Air Force Base's Western Range radar system. Others are located at Tranquillion Peak and VAFB. The WR radars provide high altitude tracking over the Sea Range and extend operational support to areas west of VAFB.
www.globalsecurity.org/space/facility/pillar-point.htm
This radar is one of six that make up Vandenberg Air Force Base's Western Range radar system. Others are located at Tranquillion Peak and VAFB. The WR radars provide high altitude tracking over the Sea Range and extend operational support to areas west of VAFB.
www.globalsecurity.org/space/facility/pillar-point.htm
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 37°29'52"N 122°29'57"W
- Pillar Point Air Force Station 0.2 km
- Camp Miramar (site) 3.5 km
- Camp Montara (site) 8 km
- San Francisco Defense Area Site SF-51-C 13 km
- United States Coast Guard Radio Station San Francisco "NMC" (site) 15 km
- US Marine Corps Reserve Center 17 km
- B-29/B-36 Despersal Hangers. 18 km
- United States Coast Guard Air Station San Francisco 18 km
- Mussel Rock Military Reservation (site) 20 km
- Wreck of USS Independence (CVL-22) 57 km
- Pillar Point Harbor 1.2 km
- Half Moon Bay Airport (HAF/KHAF) 1.8 km
- Fitzgerald Marine Reserve 2.1 km
- El Granada, California 2.5 km
- Moss Beach, California 2.6 km
- Half Moon Bay State Beach 3.8 km
- Wavecrest Open Space 7.8 km
- The Old Course - Half Moon Bay Golf Links 8.9 km
- SFPUC Peninsula Watershed 11 km
- San Andreas Fault Zone 95 km