Kodiak Tracking Station (site) (Chiniak, AK) | military, closed / former military, satellite/space tracking station

USA / Alaska / Chiniak / Chiniak, AK
 military, closed / former military, satellite/space tracking station
Originally constructed as a AC&W site in 1957, it was never used as such and immediately converted into a Air Force tracking station in 1958. KTS went by call-sign KODI. First used to track Corona spy satellites, it was later used in other projects. It was closed 20 March 1975.

www.kadiak.org/af_track/af.html


www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfo_avuFn58
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corona_(satellite)
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Coordinates:   57°35'55"N   152°10'40"W
This article was last modified 8 years ago