Astro noise : a survival guide for living under total surveillance / Laura Poitras ; with an introduction by Jay Sanders and contributions by Ai Weiwei, Jacob Appelbaum, Lakhdar Boumedien, Kate Crawford, Alex Danchev, Cory Doctorow, Dave Eggers, Jill Magrid, Trevor Paglen, Edward Snowden, and Hito Steyerl
Digital video techniques for assessing population size structure and habitat of greenlip and Roe's abalone : final FRDC report--project 2002/079 / A.M. Hart and F.P. Fabris
Surveillance technologies II : 21-23 April 1992, Orlando, Florida / Sankaran Gowrinathan, James F. Shanley, chairs/editors ; sponsored and published by SPIE--the International Society for Optical Engineering
Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation. Search this
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4 Items (digital, mp3 (7 hours, 21 minutes))
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Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Date:
2013 October 25
Scope and Contents:
A symposium held by the National Museum of American HIstory's Lemelson Center, October 25, 2013. The symposium featured speakers, panel discussions, roundtable talks. Featured participants were John Gray, Steve Keller, Sam Quigley, Eiizabeth Merritt, Nancy Proctor, David Lyon, Josh Lauer, Al Shipp, Jonathan Cantor, Jeffrey Brodie, Ken Lipartito, James G. Kobielus, Daniel Solove, Eric Hintz, Martin Collins, Arthur Molella, Johathan Nolan, Greg Plageman, Shane Harris, and Joyce Bedi.
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Collection is arranged into one series.
Provenance:
Created by the Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation, National Museum of American History, 2013.
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Please contact the Archives Center for information on how to access. Collection in the Smithsonian's Digital Asset Management Systems (DAMS).
Collection is open for research.
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Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
The Navy Space Surveillance System (NavSpaSur) was developed between 1958 and 1964 by the US Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) for the detection and tracking of foreign satellites. Operated by the United States Navy from 1961-2004 and thereafter by the US Air Force until its decommissioning in 2013, the system (known as the Space Fence) had three transmitting sites and six receiving stations across the southern United States. Its radar signals detected active satellites and larger pieces of space debris passing through them at altitudes up to 15,000 miles and helped determine their orbital elements. An improved space surveillance radar on Kwajalein Atoll in the Pacific entered service in 2020.
Scope and Contents:
The Space Surveillance Fence Program Collection consists of 15 cubic feet of photographs of NAVSPASUR personnel, facilities, and stations; many of the photographs are unidentified. Also included in the collection are operational and systems manuals, paper strip charts of radar data, reports and memoranda.
Arrangement:
This collection has not yet been processed. Material is in the order it was received. Duplicate materials may appear in several different locations within the collection.
Biographical / Historical:
The Navy Space Surveillance System (NavSpaSur) was developed between 1958 and 1964 by the US Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) for the detection and tracking of foreign satellites. Known as the Space Fence, the system began operations in 1959. Operated by the United States Navy from 1961-2004 and thereafter by the US Air Force until its decommissioning in 2013, the system had three transmitting sites and six receiving stations across the southern United States. Its radar signals detected active satellites and larger pieces of space debris passing through them at altitudes up to 15,000 miles and helped determine their orbital elements. Transmitter sites were located at Lake Kickapoo, Texas (Station SK); Gila River, Arizona (Station SG); and Jordan Lake, Alabama (Station SJ). Receiver stations were located at San Diego, California (Station SS); Elephant Butte, New Mexico (Station SE); Red River, Arkansas (Station SR); Silver Lake, Mississippi (Station SM); Hawkinsville, Georgia (Station SH); and at Fort Stewart (Tattnall County), Georgia (Station ST). Data collected at the receiver stations was transmitted to the NAVSPASUR Headquarters and Computation Center at the Naval Surface Weapons Center, Dahlgren, Virginia. Command of the system was transferred to the US Air Force's 20th Space Control Squadron in October 2004. The Air Force Space Surveillance System (AFSSS) was shut down on September 1, 2013. An improved space surveillance radar on Kwajalein Atoll in the Pacific entered service in 2020.
Provenance:
Christopher Matson, Gift, 2014, 2014.0048
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No restrictions on access
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Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests.
