Krona electrical-optical space object recognition complex

Russia / Karacaj-Cherkessija / Storozhevaya /
 military, cosmic forces
Krona (“tree crown”) consists of a radar system (designated 40Zh6) and a lidar (designated 30Zh6), which are several kilometers apart. The lidar (literally referred to in Russian as a “laser optical locator” or LOL) is situated on top of a two-kilometer-high mountain called Chapal. Krona was conceived back in the mid-1970s (among other things to provide targeting data for Soviet anti-satellite systems), but didn’t become operational until early this century. The radar system is mainly intended to furnish LOL with accurate trajectory data to point its telescopes at targets of interest.

www.thespacereview.com/article/4416/1
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Coordinates:   43°49'34"N   41°20'35"E
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