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  2. Air traffic control radar beacon system - Wikipedia

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    An ATC ground station consists of two radar systems and their associated support components. The most prominent component is the PSR. It is also referred to as skin paint radar because it shows not synthetic or alpha-numeric target symbols, but bright (or colored) blips or areas on the radar screen produced by the RF energy reflections from the target's "skin."

  3. ASR-11 - Wikipedia

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    ASR-11 is a Digital Airport Surveillance Radar (DASR,) an advanced radar system utilized by the United States as the next generation of terminal air traffic control. [1] The ASR-11 is an upgraded, advanced version of the previous ASR-9 radar.

  4. Airport surveillance radar - Wikipedia

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    Daytona Beach International Airport Surveillance Radar. An airport surveillance radar (ASR) is a radar system used at airports to detect and display the presence and position of aircraft in the terminal area, the airspace around airports. It is the main air traffic control system for the airspace around airports. At large airports it typically ...

  5. ASR-9 - Wikipedia

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    The ASR-9 monitoring system was formally designated by the FAA to be used as a Primary Radar replacement, as well as a live weather condition monitor utilized from the Air Traffic Control tower. ASR-9 was the first Radar System to enable the detection of a moving target with circular polarization, therefore significantly enhancing the ability ...

  6. Secondary surveillance radar - Wikipedia

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    SSR antenna of Deutsche Flugsicherung at Neubrandenburg, in Mecklenburg/Western Pomerania Transponder in a private aircraft squawking 2000. Secondary surveillance radar (SSR) [1] is a radar system used in air traffic control (ATC), that unlike primary radar systems that measure the bearing and distance of targets using the detected reflections of radio signals, relies on targets equipped with ...

  7. Air traffic control - Wikipedia

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    The air traffic control tower of Mumbai International Airport in India. Air traffic control (ATC) is a service provided by ground-based air traffic controllers who direct aircraft on the ground and through a given section of controlled airspace, and can provide advisory services to aircraft in non-controlled airspace. The primary purpose of ATC ...

  8. OpenSky Network - Wikipedia

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    The OpenSky Network started in 2012 as a research project between armasuisse (Switzerland), University of Kaiserslautern (Germany), and the University of Oxford (UK). In 2015, the OpenSky Network association was founded in order to guarantee the continuous development of the network towards a completely open air traffic control sensor network with worldwide coverage.

  9. List of U.S. Air Route Traffic Control Centers - Wikipedia

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    The purpose of control is to promote the safe, orderly, and expeditious flow of air traffic [2] and prevent collisions. In countries other than the U.S., such a facility is generally known as an area control center. Albuquerque Air Route Traffic Control Center; Anchorage Air Route Traffic Control Center