France is building a laser-armed killer satellite. What could it look like?
The laser patroller satellite: an elegant weapon for a more civilized age
Category: Contested Space
France’s Space Commander shares lessons learned from Ukraine and future plans
The defense commission of the French National Assembly is having a series of hearings about the lessons learned so far from the Ukraine war, and has finally published the exchange with the head of Space Command.
ASTERX 22: France’s annual military space exercise
While Russia started invading Ukraine, French Space Command was holding its annual exercise, called ASTERX 22. The ministry of armed forces then gave a presentation to the press about the command and the exercise. Background on French military space policy The presentation started with an introduction of French military space. To readers of this site,… Continue reading ASTERX 22: France’s annual military space exercise
The American proliferated LEO architecture
The USA have for a long time been trying to track missiles after the main engine has burned out. The recent rise of manoeuvrable hypersonic gliders and cruise missiles has made this need more pressing, since they fly very low compared to ballistic missiles, and consequently they are mostly below the radar horizon. China and… Continue reading The American proliferated LEO architecture
French military space strategy
France recently published its military space strategy, and an officer from Space Command gave a detailed and public presentation about it.
French military space roundtable
The French ministry of defense organized a roundtable on military space between a senior officer and three junior officers in different space-related organizations of the ministry. They detailed their thinking on SSA, intelligence, and conflict in space.
France’s new space defense strategy
Following last year's announcement by the minister of the Armed Forces of changes in the French space defense strategy, the different options have been studied and the decisions taken by the President of the French Republic. The minister has disclosed some of the contents of this new policy in a speech on July 25, 2019.… Continue reading France’s new space defense strategy
Space Situational Awareness news from the Paris Airshow
With the new French space policy to be announced in a few months, and likely including a heavy Space Situational Awareness (SSA) emphasis, a few companies were presenting their solutions at the 2019 Paris Airshow: Sodern is working with cubesat builder Hemeria and electronics expert CS on Hirondelles, a constellation of cubesats to do satellite-to-satellite… Continue reading Space Situational Awareness news from the Paris Airshow
Space & Defence policy speech by the French Minister of the Armed Forces
Florence Parly, the French Minister of the Armed Forces, gave a speech about Space & Defence on September 7th, 2018.
Contested space II: Countermeasures
Faced with ever more pressing threats, how can satellites be defended?
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