FPS-7 Long Range Search Radar Set - A Long Range Search Radar set built by General Electric Corporation. Deployed to Long Range Radar Sites in the 1960s and used within the SAGE System .
FPS-7 Search Radar
FPS-7 Search Radar
Element
Value
Notes
Nomenclature
FPS-7
Origins
Variants
FPS-7A
Manufacturer
General Electric Corporation
Type
Search
Number Made
33~
IEEE Band
L
Frequency
1250-1350 MHz
Stacked Beam
PRF
244
Pulse Width
Rotation Speed
Power
Range
270 nmi
Long Range
Altitude
100k
Introduced
1959
FPS-7 Stacked Beam Radar
Context See Also:
Sources:
Winkler, David F., Searching the Skies: the Legacy of the United States Cold War Defense Radar Program , USAF Hq Air Combat Command, 1997, 192 pages, Pdf , page 33, 78.
MIL-HDBK-162A, 15 Dec 1965. Links:
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