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Tour of French New Space 2023: FLORE, Hyp4U and state policy

2 November 2023 gosnoldLeave a comment

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.

Posted in Commercial, France, National reconnaissance systems, Signal Intelligence, Tour of French New Space 2023Tagged DGA, France, HYP4U, Hyperspectral, Keraunos, NESS, ROEM, SIGINT, smallsat, Sophia Engineering, Unseen labs

The case for a French military constellation

19 October 202014 November 2020 gosnold3 Comments

There has been a recent change in French military space policy: high-level officials have starting floating the idea of a constellation of small satellites to support military operations.

Posted in FranceTagged Airbus, constellation, Hemeria, Safran, smallsat, Thales