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    Paratroopers test SkySat system [Image 2 of 6]

    Paratroopers test SkySat system

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, AK, UNITED STATES

    10.09.2013

    Photo by Justin Connaher 

    Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson   

    Chris Coffman, a field operations specialist with Space Data Corporation, prepares a free-floating Combat SkySat military retransmission platform for launch as a tethered Combat SkySat military retransmission platform is launched by soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion (Airborne), 501st Infantry Regiment, behind him at Forward Operating Base Sparta on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Oct. 9, 2013. The unique SkySat system has a tethered and free-floating version, can serve as a repeater for hand-held military communications equipment, which has a normal range of about two kilometers and expands that to approximately 500 miles, and can be set up and rapidly operational on the battlefield. (U.S. Air Force photo by Justin Connaher/Released)

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    Date Taken: 10.09.2013
    Date Posted: 10.09.2013 19:47
    Photo ID: 1033021
    VIRIN: 131009-F-LX370-205
    Resolution: 3600x2307
    Size: 3.41 MB
    Location: JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, AK, US

    Web Views: 140
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