Abstract This chapter provides information concerning the use by governments of military and commercial satellites systems for strategic and defense purposes. It discusses dedicated communications satellite systems designed for particular uses and the so-called dual use of commercial systems to support military and strategic purposes. It explains various pathways that can be followed by governments to obtain communications satellite services to support military uses. These paths include: (1) dedicated satellites, (2) hybrid satellites (both military and commercial payloads on a single satellite), (3) shared satellite facilities via intergovernmental agreements, (4) guaranteed long-term leases, (5) ad hoc leases of capacity on demand, and (6) a long-term partnership between a government and a commercial partner as is the case with the Skynet 5 program in the United Kingdom. In this chapter the authors will also examine how various countries obtain their national satcom, how and why commercial capacity has become, and will continue to be, a significant part of national satcom capabilities. It will examine the present and future contracting approaches and procedures used in various countries, but primarily in the United States and other NATO countries. Finally there will be a discussion of the issues involved when nations decide between purchasing nationally owned satellites and leasing capacity commercially.
An Examination of the Governmental Use of Military and Commercial Satellite Communications
Handbook of Satellite Applications ; 187-219
01.01.2013
33 pages
Aufsatz/Kapitel (Buch)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
NATO NSP2K , LEASAT , SICRAL Satellite of Italy , Dedicated Satellites , Hybrid Satellites , Turn-Key Services , Wideband Global System , Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) , Hosted Payloads , Marisat , Tranformational Satellite (TSAT) System , Ministries of Defense (MODs) , Transformational Communications Architecture , UHF Follow on (UFO) , Yahsat , ANIK Satellite of Canada , Athena-Fidus Joint French and Italian Satellite , Dual Use of Commercial Satellites , Haiyang Satellite of China , Ad hoc leases , X-band , End-to-end Services , Skynet , Yaogan of China , NATO , TURKSAT , CBERS satellites of China , European Defence Agency (EDA) Satellite Communications Procurement Cell (ESCPC) Global Broadcast Service (GBS) , Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) , Syracuse Satellite System of France , COMSATBw of Germany , Defense Satellite Communications System (DSCS) , Paradigm , Milstar , Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) , Hispasat , Defense Information Systems Network Satellite Transmission Services-Global (DSTS-G) contract , Zhongxing Satellite of China , Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) Satellite , XTAR An Examination of the Governmental Use of Military and Commercial Satellite Communications , Communications Engineering, Networks , Computer Systems Organization and Communication Networks , Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences , Aerospace Technology and Astronautics , Applied and Technical Physics , Engineering , Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry
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|Multiband (Commercial & Military) Satellite Communications Terminal
British Library Conference Proceedings | 1994
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