Management Summary

Echelon has been used as the name of a worldwide COMINT computer network used by the NSA
Echelon has been called "Project 415" by Lockheed Space and Missiles Corporation who installed / operated parts of the system
The stations are run and operated mostly by US INSCOM but also by the partners of the UKUSA Agreement

Stations

Name	Location	Operator	Status	Coverage and Capabilities
Menwith Hill	Menwith Hill, Yorkshire (UK)	Royal Airforce (RAF) GB	Active	SIGINT Satelite Signals Reception
Bad Aibling	Bad Aibling (DE)	US INSCOM (US)	Active	SIGINT Satelite Signals Reception
Darmstadt Griesheim	Darmstadt (DE)	US INSCOM (US)	Active
Field Station Berlin Teufelsberg	Berlin (DE)	US INSCOM (US)	Closed	-
Misawa Air Base	Misawa (JP)	PACAF (US)	Active
Acrotiri	Acrotiri (CY)	Royal Airforce (RAF) (UK)	Active
Guantánamo Bay	Guantanamo Bay (CU)		Active
Pine Gap	Pine Gap (AU)		Active	SIGINT Satelite Signals Reception

Codename	Usage Period	Description	Previous Codename used	Successor Codename used
ECHELON		Network of SIGINT Capabilities	PROJECT415
CHALET	10.07.1978 - 29.06.1979	SIGINT Satellite Type	-	VORTEX
VORTEX	30.06.1979 -	SIGINT Satellite Type	CHALET	MERCURY
MERCURY	-1987	SIGINT Satellite Type	VORTEX
MOONPENNY		satellite communications monitoring	-	SPRINKLER
SPRINKLER		collection processing (CP)	MOONPENNY
RUNWAY		control network for VORTEX
SILKWORTH		Ground Collection & Processing System @MENWITH HILL STATION
SIRE		Processing system
RHYOLITE
STEEPLEBUSH	since 1984	Control Center @MENWITH HILL STATION
STEEPLEBUSH II	since 1993	Control Center @MENWITH HILL STATION
ARGUS
SIRE

Date	Source	Titel	Tags
11.07.2001	European Parliament, Temporary Committee on the ECHELON Interception System, Rapporteur: Gerhard Schmid	Report on the existence of a global system for the interception of private and commercial communications (ECHELON interception system)
22.03.2001	European Parliament, Temporary Committee on the ECHELON Interception System	Working papers, meeting 22. March 2001 (19.2 Mb)
22.01.2001	European Parliament, Temporary Committee on the ECHELON Interception System	Working papers, meeting 22. January 2001 (11.6 Mb)
28.11.2000	European Parliament, Temporary Committee on the ECHELON Interception System	Working papers, meeting 28. November 2000 (8.9 Mb)
22.11.2000	European Parliament, Temporary Committee on the ECHELON Interception System	Working papers, meeting 22. November 2000 (5.5 Mb)
20.11.2000	European Parliament, Temporary Committee on the ECHELON Interception System	Working papers, meeting 20. November 2000 (13 Mb)

Date	Source	Titel	Tags
01.03.2012	guardian.co.uk	Menwith Hill eavesdropping base undergoes massive expansion	GB ECHELON / MENWITH HILL STATION

Date	Source	Title	Tags
21.12.2005	cryptome.org	Signals intelligence and human rights: the ECHELON report	NSA / ECHELON
2002	Daniel S. Poole	Free Congress Report: ECHELON: America's Secret Global Surveillance Network	ECHELON
20010511	spiegel.de	Spionagesystem "Echelon": EU-Parlamentarier in Washington brüskiert	ECHELON
20010511	spiegel.de	EU-US Crashtest über "Echelon": Ein diplomatischer Vergeltungsschlag?	ECHELON
20010420	telepolis.de	Das globale Abhör-Puzzle - Gerhard Schmid über Arbeitsweise und Erkenntnisse des Echelon-Ausschusses des Europaparlaments	ECHELON
25.07.2000	telepolis.de	Duncan Campbell: Inside Echelon - The history, structure und function of the global surveillance system known as Echelon	ECHELON
09.06.2000	Duncan Campbell for the Electronic Privacy Center (EPIC)	Signals intelligence and human rights: The Echelon Report	ECHELON
05.05.2000	cryptome.org	PADDIES JOIN GLOBAL SPY NETWORK	GCHQ / IE / ECHELON
20000428	spiegel.de	Netzdepesche: Warum die CIA "nie" offensiv spielt	ECHELON / NSA
20000418	spiegel.de	Netzdepesche: Bundesregierung sieht Echelon gelassen	ECHELON / DE
20000331	spiegel.de	Große Ohren: Echelon - Spionage unter Freunden	ECHELON
30.01.2000	cryptome.org	USA Spys Economic Information of EU-Countries: Electronic spying system breaks encryption programs.	GCHQ / ECHELON / EU

Date	Source	Title	Tags
27.12.1999	cryptome.org	HITLER WOULD HAVE LOVED IT	ECHELON / SIGINT / DK
26.12.1999	cryptome.org	HÆKKERUP: MANY ARE MONITORING US	ECHELON / SIGINT / DK
23.12.1999	cryptome.org	NEW EXPOSURE ON ECHELON - Sigint/Surveillance/Denmark	ECHELON / SIGINT / DK
21.12.1999	cryptome.org	INTERVIEW: ECHELON WAS MY BABY - Sigint/surveillance/Denmark	ECHELON / SIGINT / DK
31.05.1999	businessweek	THEY’RE LISTENING TO YOUR CALLS: Echelon monitors phones, E-mail, and radio signals	ECHELON
01.02.1997	Nicky Hager	Exposing the Global Surveillance System	ECHELON

Date	Source	Title	Tags
12.08.1988	Duncan Campbell	ECHELON
199805	heise.de	Abhör-Dschungel: Geheimdienste lesen ungeniert mit -- Grundrechte werden abgebaut	DE / NSA / ECHELON / GCHQ / BND
29.04.1989	cryptome.org	Jeffrey T. Richelson: The U.S. Intelligence Community	US / SIGINT

Source	Title	Tags
bibliotecapleyades.net	La Red Echelon	ECHELON
FAS	FAS Collection on ECHELON	ECHELON
Telepolis	Telepolis Themenseite (Sammlung) zu Echelon (german)
Cyber-Rights & Cyber-Liberties	Echelon Watch Pages
US/english wikipedia	Echelon (Signals Intelligence)	-
Kai Raven	ECHELON: Das globale Abhörnetzwerk (german)
character-education.us	Echelon Project - NSA Defense Intelligence

Globales elektronisches Aufklärungssystem Echelon - Graphical Overview made by the Landesamt für Verfassungsschutz Baden-Württemberg, DE GOV