How much different this excercise was than our own indspaceex 2019.
I can’t find more infos about IndSpaceEx2019 than Sputnik writes about it…
About the French AsterX2021, here are some infos:
Space Command kicks off its first 'space' exercise
(March 9 2021)
For the moment, the Space Command [CDE], created in 2019, has not yet completed its ramp-up, as its future operational centre, which is to bring together the Military Satellite Observation Centre [CMOS] and the Operational Centre for the Military Surveillance of Space Objects [COSMOS] in Toulouse, is to be inaugurated by 2025. However, this does not prevent it from carrying out its first exercise, called ASTERX, in reference to the first French satellite to be placed in orbit, in November 1965.
Better still: this military space exercise is the first of its kind not only in France but also in Europe. This was emphasised by General Michel Friedling, the head of the CDE, during a telephone conference with the press.
Obviously, even if it can rely on unique means in Europe in the field of space, such as the GRAVES system [a surveillance radar for LEO objects], the CDE's capacities are insufficient in view of the evolution of practices in orbit, with more and more "unfriendly" acts and the development of anti-satellite weapons.
Therefore, as General Friedling explained, the ASTERX exercise
is first and foremost a "stress test of our systems" in order to evaluate precisely the future capability needs and thus accompany the CDE's rise to power.
Its scenario is based on a crisis between a state with space capabilities and another that has a military assistance agreement with France, with a "series of events creating crisis situations or threats against our space assets.
These "events" are, for example, the "risky re-entry" into the atmosphere of a space object that will have to be tracked to warn the population if necessary, or "the approach to one of our strategic satellites", General Friedling detailed.
It should be noted that American and German forces are participating in this exercise, via the US Space Command and the GSSAC [German space situational awareness centre].
In the future, the CDE's resources will be considerably strengthened with the implementation of the ARES [Action and Resilience in Space] major effect programme, which is supposed to cover all surveillance and action capabilities in space.
A successor to the GRAVES system is due to come into service in 2023 and the SATAM trajectory radars are to be upgraded. As space generates a very large amount of data, collecting and processing it requires the use of artificial intelligence and big data. A first contract has already been awarded to Safran Data Systems for this purpose. In addition, satellites will have to be equipped with surveillance cameras and even self-defence systems.
Finally, in 2023, a space action demonstrator called Yoda is planned to be placed in orbit. It will consist of two 10-20 kg nano-satellites and will test operations in geostationary orbit, which will be limited to threat detection and identification and, if necessary, protection. Depending on the results, a much larger [100 kg] patrol satellite will be launched by 2030.
Pour le moment, le Commandement de l'Espace , créé en 2019, n'a pas encore terminé sa montée en puissance, son futur centre opérationnel, qui doit
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