Air Force Maui Optical and Supercomputing observatory

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The Air Force Maui Optical and Supercomputing (AMOS) observatory is a Maui -based facility of the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) with a dual mandate. On the one hand, it carries out the research and development activities within the framework of the Maui Space Surveillance System (MSSS) at the Maui Space Surveillance Complex (MSSC) , and on the other hand, it monitors the facilities of the Maui High Performance Computing Center (MHPCC) . The AFRL's activities on Maui were officially referred to as AMOS ; the term has spread throughout the technical world for over 30 years and is still used at technical conferences.

Maui High Performance Computing Center (MHPCC)

The Maui High Performance Computing Center (MHPCC) is a United States Air Force research center currently administered by the University of Hawaii . It is located in the Maui Research and Technology Park in Kihei . The MHPCC is a research and development institution of the US Department of Defense and operates numerous computer clusters , including a Dell PowerEdge cluster with 2304 processors and 9210 computing cores called "Mana", which was ranked 59th in the list of the most powerful computer systems worldwide in November 2009 took.

Maui Space Surveillance Complex (MSSC)

Telescopes on Haleakalā. The front, left building houses the AEOS telescope

The telescopes of the MSSC on Haleakalā ( IAU-Code 608 ) monitor for NORAD and the Air Force Space Command etc. a. Satellites , space debris and near-earth objects . The largest instrument is the 3.67 m Advanced Electro Optical System Telescope (AEOS), which has adaptive optics and whose "first light" took place in 1997.

  • The AEOS 3.67m reflector telescope

  • A 1.6m telescope

  • The 1.2m double telescope

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ About MHPCC . Archived from the original on September 21, 2010. Retrieved on August 28, 2008.
  2. ↑ TOP500 List - November 2009 (1-100) | TOP500 supercomputing sites
  3. ^ Maui Space Surveillance Complex gets new telescope spaceref.com, Nov. 8, 2000
  4. ^ GH McCall: Space Surveillance pdf@fas.org, accessed July 25, 2011
  5. ^ Air Force Maui Optical Station (AMOS) globalsecurity.org, accessed July 25, 2011
  6. ↑ Peering into space ( Memento from April 25, 2015 in the Internet Archive )

Coordinates: 20 ° 42 ′ 30 "  N , 156 ° 15 ′ 29"  W.