Matagorda Tethered Aerostat Radar Site

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The Tethered Aerostat Radar System is a balloon-borne radar system. The primary aerostat mission is to provide low level radar surveillance data in support of federal agencies involved in the nation's drug interdiction program. Secondary mission is to provide North American Aerospace Defense Command with low level surveillance coverage for air sovereignty in the Florida Straights. One aerostat, located at Cudjoe Key, Fla., transmits TV Marti, which sends American television signals into Cuba for the Office of Cuba Broadcasting.

The Matagorda site is currently in cold-storage configuration.

www.acc.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=2359
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tethered_Aerostat_Radar_System
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Coordinates:   28°42'37"N   95°57'26"W
This article was last modified 14 years ago