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SES Government Solutions (GS) has won a new deal with the U.S. Space Force in Greenland, the company announced July 19. The operator’s U.S.-based government business will support the Thule Air Base in Greenland with critical communications capabilities, in a contract worth close to $15 million.
Apr 6, 2023 · 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 cap or smaller glaciers.
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Dec 30, 2021 · This was my first time visiting Thule, an Air Base located 700 miles north of the Arctic Circle and only 900 miles from the North Pole. The Air Base was founded in 1951, and has served since as an early warning radar for any threats to our nation coming over the Polar caps and North Pole. Thule is one of the most, if not the most austere ...
Qaanaaq (Greenlandic pronunciation:), 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.
Oct 30, 2020 · Greenland, Denmark and the U.S. conclude a new framework agreement surrounding the Thule Air Base (Pituffik), which in addition to reverting future maintenance contracts back to Greenlandic companies, promises closer economic and security ties and tangible economic benefits for Greenlanders. From Malte Humpert.
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Jun 5, 2019 · Thule Air Base: A Strategic US Military Outpost in Greenland. 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.
Dec 19, 2022 · ( Photo: NASA). Published at: Dec 19 2022 - 21:04 / Updated at: Dec 19 2022 - 21:56. The U.S. Air Force has awarded a new maintenance contract for the Thule Air Base, keeping in line with an agreement to revert contracts back to Greenlandic-controlled companies.
