France recently published its military space strategy, and an officer from Space Command gave a detailed and public presentation about it.
French military space strategy
Category: France
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.
CNES’ future launcher roadmap analyzed
CNES' Director of launcher, Jean-Marc Astorg, has given an update on the French Space Agency's roadmap on future launchers
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.
CNES’ director of launchers talks reusable rockets
France's top launch vehicle official talks about future developments for reusable rockets
Ariane 6 and beyond
Another month, another CNES café, this time on Ariane 6 and future launchers.
French generals discuss military space
A summary of a talk by two top French military space officials.
Hearing of the French Joint Commander for Space
The French parliament recently had a hearing of the French Joint Commander for Space, and since I found it interesting, here is a quick summary as well as an English translation.
