The telescopes have a  aperture and a two-degree field of view. The telescopes are able to "see" objects 10,000 times dimmer than the human eye can detect.
GEODSS system can track objects as small as a basketball more than  in space or a chair at , and is a vital part of Space Command's Space Surveillance Network. Each GEODSS site tracks approximately 3,000 objects per night out of 9,900 object that are regularly tracked and accounted for.