Cartwright Long Range Radar Site

Cartwright Long Range Radar Site (LAB-6) is a Royal Canadian Air Force Long Range Radar Site located 145.2 miles (233.7 km) east-northeast of CFB Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador.[1]

Cartwright Radar Site (LAB-6)
Part of North Warning System
Labrador, Canada
Coordinates53°33′04″N 056°49′48″W
TypeLong Range Radar Station
CodeLAB-6
Site information
Controlled byNorth American Aerospace Defense Command
Site history
Built byRoyal Canadian Air Force
In use1998-
Cartwright LRR LAB-6
Location of Cartwright LRR LAB-6, Labrador

Facilities

The facility contains a long range, phased array AN/FPS-117 3-dimensional air search surveillance radar that was installed in November 1998 as part of the North Warning System. The site (LAB-6) also consists of radar towers, communications facility, and storage and tunnel connected buildings for personnel.[2]

History

The present Long Range Radar site is built 13.5 miles (21.7 km) south of Cartwright Air Station, which was established in 1953 as a General Surveillance Radar station, by the United States Air Force. It was used initially by the Northeast Air Command, which stationed the 922d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron on the station on 1 October 1953. The station functioned as a Ground-Control Intercept (GCI) and warning station as part of the Pinetree Line.[3]

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gollark: 5.4, inevitably.
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gollark: Maybe I should restart my IRCd project.
gollark: Wouldn't it need to be in the actual ngircds and not services?

See also

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.

  1. "The CADIN Pinetree Line Locations". Radomes.org. Retrieved 2013-09-08.
  2. "The DEW LINE Sites in Canada, Alaska & Greenland". Lswilson.ca. Retrieved 2013-09-08.
  3. "Information for Cartwright AS, NL, CN". Radomes.org. Retrieved 2013-09-08.
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