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Space Tracks

Naval Space Command

United States
Country
1998 to 2002
Published
15
Issues Indexed
128
Articles Catalogued

History

Space Tracks was published from 1998 to 2002 as a bulletin on naval space issues and initiatives. Produced by or for Naval Space Command, the publication covered military space operations, commercial satellite communications (SATCOM), and space surveillance activities. Unlike most publications in the archive, Space Tracks was an official military publication rather than a civilian UFO newsletter, providing an institutional perspective on space monitoring and tracking.

Naval Space Command operated from Dahlgren, Virginia, running the Naval Space Surveillance System (NAVSPASUR), a fence of radar transmitters and receivers stretching across the southern United States. The system tracked every object in orbit, from active satellites to debris. Space Tracks documented the command's work integrating commercial SATCOM services with military operations and expanding its tracking capabilities during a period when the number of objects in orbit was climbing steeply.

Why Military Space Surveillance Matters for UAP Research
The same radar systems, orbital tracking networks, and chain-of-command reporting structures described in Space Tracks are the systems that process data during military UAP encounters. When a pilot reports an unknown object, Naval Space Command's infrastructure is part of how the military determines whether it is a satellite, debris, aircraft, or something that does not match any catalogue entry. These pages document how that infrastructure worked at the turn of the millennium.
From the Archive
Cross-reference with the US Government Documents for official military and intelligence documents related to UAP detection and tracking, and the Timeline for key dates in the militarisation of space surveillance.

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