MULTI-FUNCTION ARRAY RADAR
MAR
1962 - Development authorized on phased array radar.
MAR 1963 - Start of site preparation at White Sands Missile Range.
JUN 1964 - First "power on" and start of test program.
SEP 1964 - First automatic track of missile target.
MAR 1965 - Shutdown of transmitter for design changes. Receiver tests
continue.
OCT 1965 - First full power radiation from full array with rebuilt
transmitter.
DEC 1965 - Completed beam width measurements, radar range capability,
and absolute track accuracy evaluation.
OCT 1966 - First demonstration of autonomous multi-function
operation tracking a satellite target.
JUN 1967 - First demonstration of multiplex-frequency tracking of
multiple targets (PERSHING).
SEP 1967 - Completed demonstrations of continuous operation, CHAFF
cloud survey, and fine frequency techniques. Terminated test
program 9/30/67.
(SENTINEL Evaluation Agency continued operations at reduced
level as a training facility through May 1969.)
