Thule Tracking Station

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Thule Tracking Station is a U.S. military satellite tracking and control facility located in Greenland that supports space operations for the Air Force Satellite Control Network.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf U.S. military installation
satellite tracking station
space operations facility
alliedCooperationContext NATO-related defense activities
associatedWith Ballistic missile early warning
space control operations
climate polar climate
communications satellite ground terminal operations
continent North America
controlledBy Space Delta 6
country United States of America
surface form: United States
environment Arctic region
surface form: Arctic
garrison Thule Air Base
geopoliticalStatusOfLocation autonomous territory within the Kingdom of Denmark
hasFunction satellite command and control
satellite telemetry reception
satellite tracking
space surveillance support
hasRunwayAccess Thule Air Base runway
historicalRole Cold War early warning and space tracking
infrastructureType ground segment of space systems
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Avannaata (partly)
surface form: Avannaata
locatedInOrNear Arctic Circle
location Greenland
Thule Air Base
nearbySettlement Qaanaaq
operator United States Air Force
United States Space Force
ownedBy Department of Defense
surface form: United States Department of Defense
partOf Air Force Satellite Control Network
Air Force Satellite Control Network
surface form: USAF Satellite Control Network
securityClassification military restricted area
strategicImportance high-latitude coverage for polar orbits
strategicRegion High North
supports military communications satellites
missile warning systems
polar-orbiting satellites
space domain awareness operations
supportsMissionType missile warning
satellite control
space domain awareness
space surveillance
supportsOrganization U.S. Space Command
surface form: United States Space Command

U.S. Strategic Command
surface form: United States Strategic Command
usedBy North American Aerospace Defense Command
United States Air Force
United States Space Force

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Air Force Satellite Control Network hasSite Thule Tracking Station