词条 | Cat Hill, Ascension Island |
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|name = Cat Hill |partof = NSA-GCHQ Composite Signals Organisation |location = Ascension Island |country = |image = ASCENSION ISLAND - CAT HILL.jpg |alt = Cat Hill |caption = Cat Hill |type = Satellite ground station and eavesdropping centre |coordinates= {{coord|-7.95|-14.41|format=dms|region:GB-CON_type:landmark|display=inline,title}} |gridref = |map_type =Ascension Island |map_relief = |map_size = |pushpin_label= Cat Hill |ownership = Government of the United Kingdom |operator = |controlledby= |site_other_label= |site_other = |site_area = |built = 1960–1961 |used = 1961–present |builder = |materials = |height = |length = |fate = |condition = Active |events = |current_commander= |past_commanders = |garrison = |commanders = |occupants = |website = |footnotes = }} Cat Hill is a settlement on Ascension Island, an island which forms part of the British Overseas Territories. HistoryThe Target Tracking Radar Station, known as the Golf Ball, was built on this site, designated for use as a base for the United States Armed Forces,[1][2] between 1960 and 1961.[3] The site subsequently became the location of the joint NSA-GCHQ Composite Signals Organisation facility on the island.[4] References1. ^{{cite book|author1=Sue Steiner|author2=Robin Liston|author3=Richard Grundy|author4=Mike Huntley|title=St. Helena, Ascension and Tristan Da Cunha, 2nd|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u-iZ8R0EkwwC&pg=PA115|accessdate=28 March 2012|date=1 November 2007|publisher=Bradt Travel Guides|isbn=978-1-84162-198-2|page=115}} {{Ascension-geo-stub}}2. ^{{cite book|author1=Kogan Page|author2=World of Information Staff|title=Americas Review 2003/2004|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5SpfhmFHyjwC&pg=PA315|accessdate=28 March 2012|date=October 2003|publisher=Kogan Page Publishers|isbn=978-0-7494-4064-0|page=315}} 3. ^{{Cite web |format=personal anecdote |last=Avis |first=Graham |date=9 February 2002 |title=Avis Part Eighteen - Curry or Stew! |url=http://www.heritage.org.ac/avis18.htm |accessdate=2014-04-13}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=https://blendz72.wordpress.com/2013/10/05/the-nsa-empires-expanding-colonies/|title=The NSA Empire’s expanding colonies|publisher=5 October 2013|accessdate=18 October 2017}} 2 : Populated places in Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha|Geography of Ascension Island |
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