Peter Koop
April 9, 2015
At three satellite facilities, in Britain, Cyprus and New Zealand, there’s a special antenna that allows NSA’s partner agencies a significant increase in their capability to collect satellite communications.
This antenna is called Torus, and while conventional parabolic dish antennas can only view one satellite at a time, one single Torus antenna is able to receive the signals from up to 35 communications satellites.
These rare and expensive Torus antennas are used by some television networks, but a close look at photos of the Five Eyes satellite stations has now revealed the locations where Torus antennas are also used for gathering signals intelligence.
A General Dynamics Satcom Technologies Torus antenna with the array of receiver heads clearly visible.
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