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The Bad Aibling Station (abbreviated BAS also known as Field station 81 which had an official designation as the 18th United States Army Security Agency Field Station or as the pseudonym Hortensie III) is a satellite tracking station operated by the German intelligence agency Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND) in Bad Aibling Bavaria.Created by the Western Allies in 1947 it was run by the U.S.
