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What is the Starfire Optical Range?

April 26, 2017optical range starfire

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What is the Starfire Optical Range?

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The Starfire Optical Range (SOR) is at Kirtland Air Force Base outside Albuquerque. The facility routinely tracks shuttles. The SOR houses a 11.5-foot (3.5-meter) telescope designed for satellite tracking. It also has a 5-foot (1.5 meter) telescope. Both use an advanced system of adaptive optics (AO), which counteract the blurring effects of Earth’s atmosphere.