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West Bath MITRE Test Radar Site (1955-1962) - A Cold War Experimental Radar Station established as a part of the Experimental SAGE Subsector (ESS). Site Located on Jug Handle Hill near Bath, Sagadahoc County, Maine. Closed in 1962.
HistoryEstablished in 1955 and became operational in October 1955 as West Bath MITRE Test Radar Site, one of three long-range radar sites in the Experimental SAGE Subsector. Initial equipment included the prototype FPS-31 search radar and two FPS-6 height-finder radars. Initially, an FST-1 was used to provide data transmission of the radar returns to the direction center but the slowed-down-video concept proved inadequate and one of the three prototype FST-2 Coordinate Data Transmitters (CDT) was installed to provide fine-grain radar data to the Experimental SAGE Subsector direction center FSQ-7 (XD1).
Experimental SAGE Subsector OperationThe site began operation as an Experimental SAGE Subsector radar site in October 1955 initially feeding the Experimental SAGE Subsector (ESS) FSQ-7 (XD1) computer located at Lincoln Laboratories on Hanscom Air Force Base. The MITRE Corporation took over management of the site from Lincoln Laboratories on 21 July 1958. ClosureThe West Bath MITRE Test Radar Site was deactivated in November 1962.
Current StatusSome site structures still exist including the FPS-31 tower. Now an auto repair shop.
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Links: Visited: 27 May 2018
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