Track Santa with Certified Space Technology!

The Space Foundation is proud to recognize the North American Air
Defense Command (NORAD) Tracks Santa Program as a Certified Space
Imagination Product. NORAD uses four high-tech systems to track Santa:
radar, satellites, “Santa Cams,” and jet fighter aircraft.
To track Santa, click on the “Track Santa With Norad” link on the Space Foundation’s home page or visit www.noradsanta.org.
The site also contains a variety of interactive features to amuse
children of all ages, including games, information about Santa, Santa
e-mail form, and Santa snack tracker.
For more than 50 years, NORAD and its predecessor, the Continental
Air Defense Command (CONAD), has tracked Santa. It all began on
Christmas Eve in 1955 after a Colorado Springs Sears Roebuck & Co.
store advertisement for children to call Santa listed the wrong
telephone number. Instead of Santa, the phone rang through to the CONAD
Commander-in-Chief's operations "hotline." The CONAD staff checked the
radar for any indication of Santa and gave children an update on
Santa's location throughout Christmas Eve.
In 1958, Canada and the United States created a bi-national air
defense command for the North American continent called the North
American Air Defense Command (NORAD), which inherited the job of
tracking Santa. The NORAD Tracks Santa Program is managed by the NORAD and the United States Northern Command Public Affairs Office at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo.
For more information on the Space Foundation’s Space Certification Program, visit www.SpaceConnection.org.