UK Government satellite ground station and eavesdropping centre
Site information
Owner
Government of the United Kingdom
Operator
GCHQ
Condition
Active
Website
https://www.GCHQ.gov.uk/gchq-bude
Site history
Built
1969–2001
In use
1974–present
GCHQ Bude, also known as GCHQ Composite Signals Organisation Station Morwenstow,[1] abbreviated to GCHQ CSO Morwenstow,[1] is a UK Government satellite ground station and eavesdropping centre located on the north Cornwall coast at Cleave Camp,[2] between the small villages of Morwenstow and Coombe. It is operated by the British signals intelligence service, officially known as the Government Communications Headquarters, commonly abbreviated GCHQ. It is located on part of the site of the former World War II airfield, RAF Cleave.
^ abc"GCHQ CSO Morwenstow (GCHQ Bude)". www.Cornwalls.co.uk. Cornwall Guide. 8 March 2008. Archived from the original on 19 October 2017. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
^The coastal footpath post at the north western corner of the site states "Cleave Camp. Grid ref SS201 130" at coordinates position 50.8884°N 4.5591°W. The site has been referred to locally as Cleave Camp since the Second World War. BudePeeps (19 June 2011). "A few snippets about Bude". BudePeople.co.uk. Bude People. Archived from the original on 30 December 2013. There is a second coastal footpath post at approximately the mid-point of the western side of the station which states "Harscott High Cliff (N). Grid ref SS199 127" at coordinates position 50.8856°N 4.5618°W. The cliff headland at this point is Lower Sharpnose Point.
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an infinite list which we couldn't manage". GCHQ set up a three-year trial at GCHQBude in Cornwall. GCHQ had probes attached to more than 201 Internet...
cooperated on signals intelligence and ECHELON, NSA stations were built at GCHQBude in Morwenstow, United Kingdom; Geraldton, Pine Gap and Shoal Bay, Australia;...
operations in hostile countries. Sir David Omand, a former director of the UK's GCHQ intelligence gathering agency, described it as a huge strategic setback that...
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practice of global surveillance include those in Australia (ASD), Britain (GCHQ), Canada (CSE), Denmark (PET), France (DGSE), Germany (BND), Italy (AISE)...
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"GCHQ does not breach human rights, judges rule". BBC. 5 December 2014. Retrieved 6 December 2014. "IPT rejects assertions of mass surveillance". GCHQ...
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Agency (NSA) – United States, the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) – United Kingdom, the Communications Security Establishment (CSE) – Canada...
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