Bukit Timah Satellite Earth Station
- Bukit Timah Satellite Earth Station
The Bukit Timah Satellite Earth Station (Chinese: 武吉知马卫星地面站; Malay: "Stesen Satelit Bumi Bukit Timah") is Singapore's first satellite earth station. The station is located in Bukit Timah near Chantek flyover between Bukit Timah Expressway (BKE) and Pan Island Expressway (PIE). This station is managed and owned by SingTel with the building starting construction in 1983 and started operations in 1986. As it is located next to the Bukit Timah Expressway (BKE), motorists coming into Singapore via the causeway see this as their first landmark other than Woodlands.
Rumours
There have been rumours that this station is not only for SingTel use but also part of Singapore military joint use for USA military Asia-pacific defence use. This probably due to Singapore friendly relations with the USA as the Changi Naval Base is also shared with the US. Also, this is the only station to be guarded by the Singapore Armed Forces rather than the normal Certis Cisco security.
See also
*SingTel
*Bukit Timah
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