The European Union plans to create a new network of military satellites.
The European Commission considers the possibility of expanding its satellite capabilities to strengthen its own defense and reduce dependence on the United States of America. The new system will allow you to track threats, including the movement of troops, and coordinate military operations. This was reported by Financial Times.
The European Commissar on Defense and Cosmos Andrews Cubilus said that the European Commission is considering the possibility of expanding its satellite capabilities to improve geospatial intelligence. The new system will allow you to track threats, including the movement of troops, and coordinate military operations.
It is noted that this project will require a lot of money and time to implement. However, in Europe they are already discussing the possibility of temporary use of commercial solutions.
It is expected that satellites will work in low land orbit, which will allow you to receive updated data every 30 minutes – much more often than the existing Copernicus system, which gives the image about once every 24 hours.
Bloc countries are also working on launching a satellite network of Iris², which will allow the broadband and complete the implementation of the GOVSATCOM program, which will unite the national Evarosouz systems.
Recall that Financial Times reported that Europe is looking for satellite communication for replacing Starlink. Allies are already talking with four European companies – SES from Luxembourg, Hisdesat from Spain, Viasat from the UK and Eutelsat/Oneweb from France.
Source: Financial Times
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