This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Disasters Charter, and the French space agency held an informal session to present its role and the one of its partners.
Pseudosatellites are airborne platforms that can fill some mission traditionally dedicated to regular satellites, like communications and observation, with 24/7 persistence, at a reasonable cost. The representatives of three French companies gathered to give an overview of their progress.
With a lot of electrical power, directed energy weapons become interesting. We will review how High Power Microwave, Neutral Particle Beams and lasers could be used in space.
With a lot of electrical power, directed energy weapons become interesting. We will review how High Power Microwave, Neutral Particle Beams and lasers could be used in space.
Let us finish this series on 2023 French newspace, by touching upon the small satellites services the armed forces are procuring, namely the FLORE SIGINT satellite, the Hyp4U hyperspectral one, and the policy behind these choices.