The SIGINT satellites of Pine Gap: conception, development and in orbit

• Main Authors: Desmond Ball, Bill Robinson, Richard Tanter
• Format: Report
• Language: unknown
• Published: Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainability 2015
• Subjects: Defence; Intelligence service; Orion; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://apo.org.au/node/65056

Pine Gap’s initial and still principal importance to the United States lies in its role as a ground control and processing station for geosynchronous signals intelligence satellites. Nine geosynchronous SIGINT (signals intelligence) satellites have been operated by Pine Gap over the past 45 years. T...