Leuk SIGINT (Echelon)
Switzerland /
Wallis /
Leuk /
World
/ Switzerland
/ Wallis
/ Leuk
World / Switzerland / Valais / Leuk
military, intelligence agency
SATCOM control station outside the village Leuk comprising lots of dish antennas. Operated by Satlynx, a General Electric division. However it is one of the Onyx SIGINT sites monitoring telephone and internet communications.
Web:
www.satlynx.com/
Web:
www.satlynx.com/
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onyx_(interception_system)
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 46°19'6"N 7°38'49"E
- Former Turtmann airbase (closed) 4.2 km
- Sion Airport 28 km
- Swiss Army Training Ground Thun 50 km
- Axalp-Äbeflüe Bombing and Gunnery Range 53 km
- Meiringen Air Base 58 km
- Airbase 11 - Payerne 83 km
- Alpnach Air Base 86 km
- Chamblon Military Base 96 km
- Infantry & Artillery Caserne of Bière 105 km
- zone des buts 106 km
- Bannwald 1.3 km
- Leukerbad Ski Resort 6.8 km
- Trubelstock 8.3 km
- Crans-Montana Ski Resort 8.9 km
- Valais 9 km
- Schwarzhorn 9 km
- Daubensee 11 km
- Engstligenalp, 1941 m. 15 km
- Kandersteg 17 km
- Canton Bern 56 km