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Monmouth Message
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The sphere spotter, giant 50-foot antenna of the
Signal Corps Research and Development Laboratory,
famous Diana moon radar at Fort Monmouth, dwarfs
a soldier standing on its platform. Diana, in combina-
with a new and even bigger radar Space Sentry, now
under construction, will be used to spot the first man -
made moon, or earth satellite, as it orbits into range
on its 18,000-mile-per-hour circuits around the world .
Use of these radars will give scientists accurate in-
formation on the satellite's course and altitude even
when atmospheric or other conditions interfere with
visual observation or reception from the sphere's tiny
radio.
This photo was also published in the hardcover book - The Story of the U.S. Army Signal Corps, Max Marshall, published in 1965.
The work is a part of the over-all tracking program of the Astro Observation Center.
The Diana radar dish is a direct descendent of the historic
Signals Corps
antenna hat bounced man's first radar signal off
the
moon in 1946 from the same Fort Monmouth site.
Page updated August 16,
2004
page created August
16, 2004
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