Such a low cost system will never replace the Navy's dedicated satellite tracking network, but it does have a few practical applications. As a hobby or college graduate project, development of such a system is educational in areas such as radar, astrodynamics, mathematics, digital signal processing, computer programming, and more. In 1995, the station was used to perform an unfunded study for the Navy of the shape of the beam pattern of the Kickapoo transmit antenna. Amplitude vs time measurements of satellite radar returns were used to plot the beam shape at various altitudes. Finally, the capability to continuously track perhaps up to 200 satellites with such a low cost system should be possible with some improvements in automation.