Solid State Phased Array Radar System

<p>The Solid State Phased Array Radar System (SSPARS), <a href="/facts/Colloquialism/HvEweYjS">colloquially</a> Ballistic Missile Early Warning System radar network (BMEWS radar network), is a <a href="/facts/United_States_Space_Force/bWlsxC5D">United States Space Force</a> radar, computer, and communications system for missile warning and space surveillance. There are SSPARS systems at five sites: <a href="/facts/Beale_Air_Force_Base/ctU8bJ9C">Beale Air Force Base</a>, CA, <a href="/facts/Cape_Cod_Space_Force_Station/DkY35kpQ">Cape Cod Space Force Station</a>, MA, <a href="/facts/Clear_Space_Force_Station/P6IP6mke">Clear Space Force Station</a>, AK, <a href="/facts/RAF_Fylingdales/5vduKcBK">RAF Fylingdales</a>, UK, and <a href="/facts/Pituffik_Space_Base/6s8r6EEh">Pituffik Space Base</a>, Greenland. The system completed replacement of the <a href="/facts/Ballistic_Missile_Early_Warning_System/cl1vhFX6">RCA 474L Ballistic Missile Early Warning System</a> when the last SSPAR was operational at then-<a href="/facts/Clear_Space_Force_Station/P6IP6mke">Clear Air Force Station</a> in 2001.
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Solid State Phased Array Radar System