Joint Defence Space Research Facility
Pine Gap is a U.S. military base that was built in 1968 and is officially known as the "Joint Defence Space Research Facility." Pine Gap is known as the largest satellite stations in the world, it is also known for possessing a control center for spy satellites that circle the globe. The current area of research at the facility is regarding electromagnetic propulsion. "White Disks" approximately 30' in diameter have been sighted by locals, witnesses have claimed that the disks bear the U.S.A.F. emblem, and are seen near the airport serving Pine Gap. There is NO doubt that spying is taking place because of the equipment it bears, but the question of experiments on extraterrestrial spacecraft reamins unclear, though they also have the resources to accomplish this feat. "Fuctions of the American Pine Gap
installation include the receipt and transferral of information from spy satellite, the interception of phone calls from Europe, and the relaying of messages to the American nuclear submarine fleet" (octopus 90).
Equipment:
The equipment the facitlity holds are state of the art, and can only be used for top secret missions. The facility consists of 8 radomes, a large computer center, and near 20 service/support stations.
Radomes:
The radomes are large domes that hold antennas. The domes serve as protection from sand, dust, and forein objects that might destroy the delicate equipment and the domes conceal the position of the antennas from enemy spy satellites.
Computer Room:
The computer room spanned an area of approximatley 5,600 square meters, this vast area warrants the computer operators to communicate via headset. The computer room is broken down into three divisions: The Station keeping section--responsible for keeping the satellites in their geo-stationary orbit, The Signal Processing Office (SPO), and The Signal Analysis Section (SAS). All of the computers are mainly IBMs.
Communications:
Pine Gap's communication comes in many ranges: HF, underground cable, Telstra telephone and telix links, and two satellite comm's terminals. The primary means of communication is through the Telstra system, via trans Pacific undersea cables that connect the U.S. to Australia. Two Univac systems are used to encrypt incoming and outgoing messages and signals, this is provided by the SPO. Voice encryption is also used when communication is established over the telephones. These are some frequencies that were used in 1987: 4.048, 5.92, 6.766, 8.093, 8.17, 9.224, 9.915, 10.587, 12.21, 14.782, 15.895, 17.523, 17.623, 23.355, 23.69 Mhz.
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