Kodiak Tracking Station
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Hi, my name is Bob Siptrott, BubbaSip@aol.com.
I'm dedicating this effort to the people that had the most influence on my
life, inspiring me to finally write this book. Without the ingredient of
each person, this effort I wanted to accomplish, ever since I was at the
Tracking Station, would have been impossible.
I could say a few words about each one. That would be impossible. To
accuratly describe the five, would be a bigger book than the one I'm
writing. Thanks To:
- Judy Siptrott, (Wife)
- Frieda Siptrott, (Mother)
- Jim Nelson, (Number one Buddy)
- Eva Knox, (Jim Nelson's Mother
- Joe Stevens, (Publisher)
I worked for Lockheed Missile and Space
Company, as it was known then, at the Kodiak Tracking Station, from June 1,
1963 through June 1, 1972. I then transferred back to the Mission Control Center Sunnyvale
California. I worked on the Corona Project which was recently declassified.
I'm 59, retired after 36 years with Lockheed. Now known as Lockheed Martin
Corporation. I finally have the time to write a book about...
The Airforce Satellite Control Facility
Kodiak Tracking Station
I might have stayed with my original plan, writing short stories about my
time working at the Tracking Station. However I was surfing Crusty Old Joe's
web site. Joe mentioned that he was looking for anyone that could fill in
some descriptions of the history of the Kodiak Tracking Station. I can
provide his request for him. I can accomplish this effort for the following
reasons.
- I'm motivated.
- I have the experience. ( I worked there)
- I have all the technical documentation to build a Kodiak
Tracking Station.
- I posses the necessary outline, memory, Photographs, and
documentation to tell the true story of the greatest area
in the world, KODIAK ISLAND, ALASKA
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