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North Rhine-Westphalia

Cologne District

Rhein-Sieg-Kreis
Wachtberg

TIRA Space Surveillance Radar

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TIRA Space Surveillance Radar

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    October 4, 2017

    From the back you can see the whole globe of the space observation radar TIRA from the Frauenhofer Institut.

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      October 14, 2020

      The entire large radar system is officially known as the TIRA space observation radar (Tracking and Imaging Radar) and is a research radar by Fraunhofer FHR.

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        April 19, 2022

        The radome protecting a telescope is said to be the largest in the world.

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          Location: Wachtberg, Rhein-Sieg-Kreis, Cologne District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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