DOD's largest telescope receives mirror recoat, preserves space domain awareness
The Air Force Maui Optical and Supercomputing site's Advanced Electro-Optical System, or AEOS, the Department of Defense's largest telescope, measuring 3.6 meters or 11.9 feet, has received a face-lift. Located on the summit of the 10,023-foot volcano Haleakala, the telescope is part of a series of telescopes called the Maui Space Surveillance System, which the U.S. Space Force uses for sp