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The 6th Space Warning Squadron is located at Cape Cod Space Force Station, in Sagamore, Massachusetts, United States. It operates the PAVE PAWS radar to watch for missiles launched toward North America. The squadron is assigned to Space Delta 4. The squadron was first organized in October 1979 as the 6th Missile Warning Squadron
On the Cape, the act's commemoration means free entrance at all six Cape Cod National Seashore beaches on Sunday, August 4, 2024. Usually, entrance fees of $25 are collected for private vehicles ...
U.S. Route 6 (US 6) in Massachusetts is a 117.952-mile-long (189.825 km) portion of the cross-country route connecting Providence, Rhode Island, to Fall River, New Bedford, and Cape Cod. In the Fall River and New Bedford areas, US 6 parallels Interstate 195 (I-195). On Cape Cod, US 6 is a highway interconnecting the towns of the area.
Cape Cod Space Force Station began construction in 1976 as Cape Cod Missile Early Warning Station and was renamed Cape Cod Air Force Station in 1982, before assuming its current name in 2021. Missile warning and space surveillance operations are conducted by Space Delta 4 's 6th Space Warning Squadron while base administration is the ...
The outer beach, or "backside," of Cape Cod has been the notorious graveyard for more than 3,000 ships since the wreck of the Sparrowhawk in 1626. The high cost in lives and property demanded by the sands of Cape Cod, led to the establishment of the Massachusetts Humane Society in 1786, the first organization in the nation devoted to the rescue and assistance of shipwrecked mariners.
Marconi Beach. Marconi Beach is part of the Cape Cod National Seashore in Wellfleet, Massachusetts.The beach is named for Italian inventor Guglielmo Marconi.In 1903, the first transatlantic wireless communication originating in the United States was successfully transmitted from nearby Marconi Station; a message from U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt to King Edward VII of the United Kingdom. [1]
The partial lunar eclipse winked out part of the moon as the Earth orbited between the sun and the moon, casting a shadow. Supermoon eclipse over Cape Cod: Here's what September's full moon looked ...
Route 132 is a 3.69-mile-long (5.94 km) state highway in the town of Barnstable, Massachusetts, part of Cape Cod.The entire length of the highway is also locally signed as part of Iyannough Road.