What would a high-altitude nuclear explosion do to satellites? A review of the many damage mechanisms
Countering constellations: Nuke the entire site in orbit!
Category: Contested Space
Countering constellations: Directed energy
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.
Countering constellations: Jamming
With great power comes great jamming opportunities. But in what cases does the increased difficulty of doing it from space outweigh the advantages?
Countering constellations: the Russian space nuke scare
With the news about mysterious Russian nuclear plans in space, let's review the country's progress on nuclear-powered satellites.
Tour of French New Space 2023: Yoda & Hemeria
June and July 2023 were packed with conferences and announcements by the French New Space sector. This warrants a tour of what's happening in the sector. Let's start with Hemeria, a builder of small satellites
IRIS² procurement challenges, or David versus Goliath
The Paris Air Forum started with a conference on the IRIS² secure communications constellation. It led to a frank exchange of views between the startups, the established space players and the european commission.
The laser patroller satellite: an elegant weapon for a more civilized age
France is building a laser-armed killer satellite. What could it look like?
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
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