Greenland

What is the US Space Force doing in Greenland?

January 10, 2025

| Denmark, Greenland, Missile Defense, NATO, Radars, Space Force, Surveillance

Chief of Space Operations U.S. Space Force Gen. Chance Saltzman and distinguished guests stand in front of a radar dome belonging to the 23rd Space Operations Squadron Detachment 1 at Pituffik Space Base, Greenland on April 5, 2023. Det. 1's mission is to provide telemetry, tracking and commanding operations to

Space Force can bolster Greenland ties by buying local for Arctic base

October 2, 2023

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| Greenland, Missile Defense, Space Force

Clouds roll over the Thule Tracking Station, known as callsign "POGO," operated by the 23rd Space Operations Squadron, Detachment 1, at Thule Air Base, now known as Pituffik Space Base, in Greenland, in 2022. POGO is the northernmost unit of seven worldwide tracking stations in the Satellite Control Network. A