Kiernan reentry measurements system on Kwajalein atoll

Technical Report · Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1989

OSTI ID:7070211

Roth, K R; Austin, M E; Frediani, D J; Knittel, G H; Mrstik, A V

The Kiernan Reentry Measurements System (KREMS), located on Kwajalein Atoll in the Pacific, is the United States' most sophisticated and important research and development radar site. Consisting of four one-of-a-kind instrumentation radars, KREMS has played a major role for the past 25 years in the collection of data associated with ICBM testing. Furthermore, it has served as an important space-surveillance facility that provides an early U.S. view of many Soviet and Chinese satellite launches. Finally, the system is slated to play a key role in Strategic Defense Initiative experiments.

• Research Organization: Massachusetts Inst. of Tech., Lexington, MA (USA). Lincoln Lab.
• OSTI ID: 7070211
• Report Number(s): AD-A-214150/5/XAB; JA-6340
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Pub. in Lincoln Laboratory Jnl., Vol. 2, No. 2, 247-276 1989. Original contains color plates: All DTIC/NTIS reproductions will be in black and white
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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