Krona space object recognition station (Russian: Радиооптический комплекс распознавания космических объектов «Крона», romanized: Radiooptichesky Kompleks raspoznavaniya kosmicheskikh obektov "Krona") is a Russian military complex which is used to identify objects (artificial satellites) in outer space using telescopes and radar.
There is another under construction in the Russian Far East called Krona-N, near Nakhodka in Primorsky Krai.
[1][2][3][4] In 2007, the then commander of the Russian Space Forces Vladimir Popovkin said that the Nakhodka Krona would start in 2008, however there were no subsequent announcements.
[2] The original plan was for three sites - Zelenchukskaya, Nakhodka and another in the Pamir Mountains, the area Okno was built.
[1][8] According to a 2007 television programme the UHF radar first discovers an object and discerns its orbit and characteristics.