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San Miguel Naval Communications Station - Satellite Tracking

Reel Number: 221452-01

Color: Colour

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1980s

Country: Philippines

Location: san miguel

TC Begins: 08:01:04

TC Ends: 08:05:04

Duration: 00:04:00

Air Force Now title sequence w/ electronic music. San Miguel Naval Communications Station - Satellite Tracking 08:01:36 View of Pacific bay w/ tracking antenna moving into picture in CU & turning across. 17th Surveillance Squadron MS Rotating giant radar antenna. 08:02:41 CU woman SOF “we have an object in the beam”. Control consol. Interview w/ male officer: “There’s about 6,000 objects in space right now...most of it debris.” Operation described. 08:03:34 CU buttons: Start, Ready, Busy, Reset. CU Tape reels on main frame computer, man working. Woman officer describes link w/ Cheyenne Mountain & processing information. Men walking about office. 08:04:04 Camera view on rotating tracking antenna w/ technician on it. Other contractor General Electric (GE) employees. GE logo on consol behind US military officer talking, SOF. CUs military officers. Dials, buttons, instruments. Space junk; Radar; Monitoring Space; Garbage; Electronics; Technology

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