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Thule Tracking Station (TTS) is operated by Pituffik Space Base, using the callsign POGO. The station 76°30′57″N 68°36′0″W) is a U.S. Space Force installation in Greenland, near the base, and has a Remote Tracking Station (callsign: Polar Orbiting Geophysical Observatory (POGO)) of the Satellite Control Network.
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Jun 5, 2019 · The Pituffik Space Base, formerly known as Thule Air Force Base, is a military base in Greenland operated by the US military. It is, in fact, the US’s northernmost military base in the world, located just 1,524km from the North Pole and 1,207km north of the Arctic Circle. The US established the Thule Air Base in 1941 to help Denmark defend ...
Apr 6, 2023 · Pituffik Space Base, Greenland. Pituffik Space Base (pronounced bee-doo-FEEK ), formerly known as Thule Air Base (pronounced too-lee ), is located in Greenland—a country within the Kingdom of Denmark and inhabited by approximately 56,000 people. Greenland covers nearly 840,000 square miles; more than 80 percent is covered either by the ice ...
Qaanaaq. / 77.46667°N 69.23056°W / 77.46667; -69.23056. Qaanaaq ( Greenlandic pronunciation: [qaːnɑːq] ), formerly known as Thule or New Thule, is the main town in the northern part of the Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. The town has a population of 646 as of 2020. [1]
Apr 10, 2023 · Thule Air Base, the U.S.-run ballistic missile-warning site in Greenland, was retitled Pituffik Space Base in an April 6 ceremony at America’s northernmost military installation.
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Thule Air Base Gets New Name. PITUFFIK SPACE BASE, Greenland - From left to right, Col. Brian Capps, 821st Space Base Group commander, Chief of Space Operations U.S. Space Force Gen. Chance Saltzman, Greenlandic Minister Affairs, Business and Trade Vivian Motzfeldt, U.S. Ambassador to the Kingdom of Denmark Alan Leventhal and Chief Master Sgt. Christopher Clark, 821st Space Group command chief ...
Dec 30, 2021 · Thule Air Base, Greenland -- This month I had the privilege of joining Space Operations Command Commander Lt. Gen. Stephen Whiting, Senior Enlisted Leader Chief Bentavegna and other senior leaders to visit our Airmen and Guardians serving at Thule Air Base, Greenland, the Department of Defense’s Northern-most installation.