The effects of any budget/program decisions made since the information was collected during 1997-98 are NOT reflected in the National Security Space Road Map (NSSRM).

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(U) TRADEX (Target Resolution and Discrimination Experiment)

Description (U):

(U) The TRADEX (Target Resolution and Discrimination Experiment) radar is a high-power, high-sensitivity instrumentation radar that was originally designed to track and gather signature data on a single target. TRADEX is now one of three radars composing the Space Surveillance Network. The other two radars are the ARPA Long-range Tracking and Identification Radar (ALTAIR) and the ARPA Lincoln Band Observable Radar (ALCOR).

User Impact (U):

(U) Loss of this capability would have a significant impact on the Space Surveillance Network (SNN).

Programmatics (U):

(U) Operational.

• (U) USSPACECOM: Funding Source.

Images (U):

(U) None.

Related Initiatives (U):

This Table Is Unclassified.

Name	Title
ALCOR	ALCOR (ARPA Lincoln C-band Observable Radar)
ALTAIR	Advanced Research Project Agency (ARPA) Long-range Tracking and Identification Radar (ALTAIR)

Related Requirements (U): None.

Related Categories (U):

This Table Is Unclassified.

Name	Title
Contibuting Sensors	Contibuting Sensors
Radar	Radar - Contributing Sensors

Road Map Placements (U):

This Table Is Unclassified.

Name	Title
SPACE CONTROL: S.S. NETWORK	SPACE CONTROL: SPACE SURVEILLANCE NETWORK

Requirements, Funding and Additional Hotlinks (U):

This Table Is Unclassified.

Name
Kwajalein Missile Range Home Pg

Lead Office (U):

Army.

Point of Contact (U):

(U) National Security Space Road Map Team, NSSA, Open Phone: (703) 808-6040, DSN 898-6040.

Date Of Information (U):

(U) 10 November 1997

(U) Road Map Production Date: 23 June 2001