The antenna array radiates 960,000 watts of radio frequency energy into the ionosphere; the upper portion of the Earth’s atmosphere that extends spaceward 50 to more than 300 miles. Upon completion, the array will produce 3.6 megawatts of radio frequency energy.
The simulated phenomena, which can only be observed with sensitive diagnostic equipment, provide scientists and engineers with insights to better understand how these naturally occurring phenomena occur and the effects they produce on communication, navigation and radar systems.
“Through our research, we hope to one day predict patterns in the ionosphere 24 to 48 hours out, to help the warfighter prepare for communications outages caused by action in the ionosphere,” said 2>nd Lt. Dave Armbruster, a HAARP deputy program manager.
DoD owns the 5500 acres that is home to HAARP. The HAARP antennas are 65 feet high and spaced 80 feet apart in eight columns by six rows. With a slated completion date of 2006, the array will consist of antennas aligned in 15 columns by 12 rows.
“This weekend allowed us to share the global reach of the HAARP program,” said Navy Ensign Noah Reddell, an engineering student at Stanford University, currently involved in a project related to HAARP, in which a remote buoy will be deployed between New Zealand and Antarctica. “This program is not confined to the local area.”
The ionosphere and radio science research facility is located 200 miles northeast of Anchorage, near mile 11 on the Tok Highway.
“What we are doing is similar to DARPA’s creation of the Internet, or the Air Force’s development of global positioning satellites,” said Kossey. “Today, radio science is not glamorous, still the military funds basic research in this area because of its importance to navigation, radar and communication systems.
“We’re a ‘tech push’ facility,” said Kossey, “HAARP assesses the viability of new system concepts for the next generation of these systems. After gaining understanding of areas that will help the military in the near term, our research and insights will be filtered to the commercial sector allowing them to run with it.”[1]
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