Thule Site J Radar
Thule Site J is a United States Space Force radar station in Greenland near Pituffik Space Base for missile warning and spacecraft tracking. The northernmost station of the Solid State Phased Array Radar System, the military installation was built as the 1st site of the RCA 474L Ballistic Missile Early Warning System and had 5 of 12 BMEWS radars.Thule Site J Radar
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- Type: Tower
- Location: Avannaata, Greenland, North America
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Latitude
76.57033° or 76° 34′ 13″ northLongitude
-68.30112° or 68° 18′ 4″ westInception
1958Operator
militaryOpen location code
C78HHMCX+4HOpenStreetMap ID
way 732135723OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=tower
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