Abstract The use of space systems to support military activities and enhance defense-related capabilities has increased exponentially since their first application in 1965 with the Initial Defense Satellite Communications System. Although the first major application was for communications services, space-based defense capabilities have now expanded to provide a wide range of other types of services. Today these applications include navigation, targeting, mapping, remote sensing, surveillance and meteorological tracking, and prediction. In short, 50 years of expanded space-based capabilities for military and defense-related services seem destined to be followed by 50 years of even greater capabilities. Thus, there will be expanded competence in terms of new types of space hardware and new applications. Further, entirely new capabilities will be added. These will likely include expanded use of artificial intelligence and increased focus on cybersecurity and space situational awareness, on-orbit servicing, and perhaps even active orbital debris removal. This chapter examines all of these trends and discusses whether some of these trends will relate to improved commercial satellite capabilities, particularly in the context of dual use of commercial networks and hosted payload systems.
Future of Military Satellite Systems
Handbook of Satellite Applications ; 705-719
2nd ed. 2017
2017-01-01
15 pages
Aufsatz/Kapitel (Buch)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
Artificial intelligence , Cybersecurity , Dual use , Fiber optic satellite ring , Global Information Grid (GIG) , Global Positioning System (GPS) , Hyperspectral Imaging , Internetworking , Internet of Things , Intersatellite Links (ISLs) , Laser Light Communications , Meteorological Satellites , NATO , Orbital space debris , Satellite Services to the Edge , Space Situational Awareness , Transformational Satellite System Engineering , Aerospace Technology and Astronautics , Applied and Technical Physics , Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry , Computer Applications in Chemistry , Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics) , Communications Engineering, Networks
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