Accession Number:
ADA327423
Title:
Space Systems as Contributors to the NATO Defence Mission (Les Systemes Spatiaux Contribuant a la Strategie de Defense de l'Otan).
Descriptive Note:
Corporate Author:
ADVISORY GROUP FOR AEROSPACE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT NEUILLY-SUR-SEINE (FRAN CE)
Personal Author(s):
Report Date:
1997-06-01
Pagination or Media Count:
184.0
Abstract:
Space can provide vital support to the NATO Command, Control and Information System. Satellite communications already form a significant component of such systems, but the burgeoning space capabilities now being developed outside NATO and in the commercial sector offer benefits to potential adversaries as well as NATO. While the military user is already aware of the benefits of other, exotic, space systems and of the potential benefit from smaller, cheaper tactical satellites Tacsats, he needs to take account of the issues raised by these capabilities. The overall objective of this symposium was to demonstrate the utility and feasibility for NATO of a wider range of space applications, and provide a cross fertilisation between military minds and the technicalscientific minds that work in the defence community. The papers presented addressed a wide range of technical capabilities, although a larger contribution from the military side of the defence community would have improved the balance of the proceedings.
Descriptors:
- *SYMPOSIA
- *SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS
- *SPACE MISSIONS
- MILITARY OPERATIONS
- NATO
- SPACE TECHNOLOGY
- DEFENSE SYSTEMS
- INFORMATION SYSTEMS
- SPACE SYSTEMS
- MISSIONS
- ARTIFICIAL SATELLITES
- FRANCE
- INFORMATION RETRIEVAL
- METEOROLOGY
- COMMERCIAL EQUIPMENT
- USER NEEDS
- DATA FUSION
- RANGE(EXTREMES)
- MILITARY PLANNING
- CIVIL AFFAIRS
Subject Categories:
- Astronautics