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
Ad hoc leases , Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) Satellite , ANIK Satellite of Canada , Athena-Fidus Joint French and Italian Satellite , CBERS satellites of China , COMSATBw of Germany , Dedicated Satellites , Defense Information Systems Network Satellite Transmission Services-Global (DSTS-G) contract , Defense Satellite Communications System (DSCS) , Dual Use of Commercial Satellites , End-to-end Services , European Defence Agency (EDA) Satellite Communications Procurement Cell (ESCPC) Global Broadcast Service (GBS) , Haiyang Satellite of China , Hispasat , Hosted Payloads , Hybrid Satellites , Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) , LEASAT , Marisat , Milstar , Ministries of Defense (MODs) , Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) , NATO , NATO NSP2K , Paradigm , SICRAL Satellite of Italy , Skynet , Syracuse Satellite System of France , Tranformational Satellite (TSAT) System , Transformational Communications Architecture , TURKSAT , Turn-Key Services , UHF Follow on (UFO) , Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) , Wideband Global System , X-band , XTAR , Yahsat , Yaogan of China , Zhongxing Satellite of China Engineering , Aerospace Technology and Astronautics , Applied and Technical Physics , Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry , Computer Systems Organization and Communication Networks , Communications Engineering, Networks , Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences , An Examination of the Governmental Use of Military and Commercial Satellite Communications
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