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Military satellite communications

Military satellite communications

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Military satellite communications (milsatcoms) have been well established for a number of years, and are major features of the communications systems of the USA, UK, France, NATO and nations of the former Soviet Union. They are significant in terms of both current systems and associated research and development activities: there is little doubt, at least in the UK, that military programmes have helped to maintain the commercial industrial base, and in many ways military systems lead the field in terms of technology development and sophistication. Recent developments in commercial civil programmes, such as Iridium, Teledesic and GlobalStar, have reversed the balance in the spending on satellite communications development between the military and civil sectors, as the commercial investment currently dwarfs the military spending on communications. This Chapter attempts to outline, from a UK perspective, the features which distinguish milsatcoms from civil systems. Clearly, there are many technical and operational aspects which it is not possible to describe in detail, and the views expressed do not necessarily represent official policy.

Inspec keywords: military communication; satellite communication

Other keywords: military system; military satellite communication; France; Soviet Union; USA; UK; NATO; milsatcoms; civil programme; GlobalStar; Iridium; Teledesic

Subjects: Satellite communication systems

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