Image:GEODSS Diego Garcia 2006-05-01.jpg

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Trackers watch for dangerous 'space junk'

The Ground-Based Electro-Optical Deep Space Surveillance System (GEODSS) facility at Diego Garcia is one of three operational sites worldwide. Specialists at the three sites track known man-made deep space objects in orbit around earth. ( United States Air Force photo/Senior Master Sgt. John Rohrer)

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Camera manufacturer Kodak
Image title The GEODSS facility at Diego Garcia is one of three operational sites world-wide. The facility tracks known man-made deep space objects in orbit around earth.
Orientation Normal
Horizontal resolution 300 dpi
Vertical resolution 300 dpi
Software used Adobe Photoshop CS Macintosh
File change date and time 09:35, 1 May 2006
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