Arctic Ground Stations as Space Chokepoints

Polar‑orbit constellations repeatedly pass over the High North, so ground stations and cable landing points there act as high‑frequency contact nodes for both commercial and military satellites. Whoever secures shore‑side facilities (Svalbard, Pituffik, Greenland landing points) and the related subsea cable infrastructure gains leverage over data flows, resilience and wartime attribution/control. — If true, control of Arctic ground‑station and cable assets becomes a proximate determinant of space‑domain advantage and a flashpoint in U.S.–China–Russia rivalry, affecting basing policy, telecom security, and alliance management.