Fort Direction (Greater Hobart, TAS)
Australia /
Tasmania /
Kingston-Blackmans Bay /
Greater Hobart, TAS
World
/ Australia
/ Tasmania
/ Kingston-Blackmans Bay
military, United States Air Force
In what was codenamed Project Crok, personnel from the USAF space test group/space test operations squadron were deployed from Kirtland Air Force Base in New Mexico to HMAS Stirling south of Perth and Fort Direction near Hobart. The US teams worked in Australia for more than two months to support the initial operations of two STSS satellites launched from Cape Canaveral on September 25, 2009.
Details of the co-operation have been revealed in secret US embassy cables obtained by WikiLeaks and provided exclusively to The Age.
www.theage.com.au/national/secret-satellite-mission-by-...
Details of the co-operation have been revealed in secret US embassy cables obtained by WikiLeaks and provided exclusively to The Age.
www.theage.com.au/national/secret-satellite-mission-by-...
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 43°2'38"S 147°24'55"E
- Pontville Small Arms Range 45 km
- Buckland Military Training Area 81 km
- Stony Head Artillery Range 233 km
- Burnham Army Camp 2008 km
- Burnham Military Training Area 2009 km
- West Melton Firing Range 2014 km
- RNZAF Weedons 2019 km
- Wigram Airfield (Closed) 2029 km
- Woodbourne Airport 2176 km
- Trentham Army Camp 2281 km
- Iron Pot 1.6 km
- Betsey Island 5.5 km
- Kingston Beach Dogwalking-Beach 10 km
- Kingston Beach 10 km
- Channel Court Shopping Centre 11 km
- Kingston Beach Golf Course 11 km
- Kingston High School (former) 12 km
- Kingborough Council 15 km
- Clarence City 20 km
- Bruny Island 30 km