A New Baker-Nunn Refurbishment!

Myself and a number of colleagues have just launched a campaign to restore the Baker-Nunn camera situated at Arequipa, Peru. We’re running the campaign on Indiegogo for the next 50 days! An overview of the PHASTT projects in video form can be viewed on YouTube at, http://youtu.be/BQ_R7mlGJrc Below, is the press release that was sent ...

17 Cameras!

First, there were 12 for the SAO. Then 3 for the USAF. I thought that was great because I knew of the wherabouts of 12 cameras. But, now, I’ve found out that an extra 2 were built for the USAF. This kind of makes sense as I was pretty certain that there were more than ...

The Baker-Nunn Site

As the first post on this site, I should probably explain what this is about. Mainly, it’s intended to be source for all of the information that we’ve been able track (no pun intended) down relating to this incredible instrument. The Baker-Nunn cameras served a very important role in the early days of space surveillance ...