Pine Gap, Australia

Pine Gap is the commonly used name for a U.S. satellite surveillance base or Australian Earth station approximately 18 kilometres (11 mi) south-west of the town of Alice Springs, Northern Territory in the centre of Australia which is operated by both Australia and the United States. [2][3][4][5] The classified NRO name of the Pine Gap base is Australian Mission Ground Station (AMGS), while the unclassified cover term for the NSA function of the facility is RAINFALL. [17]

According to Snowden documents published in August 2017, Pine Gap is used as a ground station for spy satellites on two secret missions:[6]

As a US military installation involved in US wars legal and otherwise, and given it is placing its host country at some considerable risk of nuclear attack, Pine Gap has been the site of community rallies and protests.

Source: en.wikipedia.org