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France And NATO Sign Satellite Communications Agreement
Paris, France (SPX) Dec 03, 2004 The United Kingdom, France and Italy have signed an agreement with NATO to provide UHF and SHF satellite communications capacity for 15 years, starting in January 2005. According to a recent Space News report, France will provide capacity aboard its SHF Syracuse 3 satellites, the first of which is scheduled for launch in February or March 2005. A second Syracuse 3 satellite is under construction at Alcatel Space. The French arms-procurement agency, DGA, has an option for a third Syracuse 3 satellite and is considering different ways of sharing the overall management with Alcatel Space. Paradigm, a subsidiary of EADS, is under contract with the British defence agency to supply satellite communications using UK�s current Skynet 4 satellites, and to launch two large Skynet 5 spacecrafts in 2006. Italy's contribution for the UHF capacity will be supplied by Sicral Satellites: Sicral 1 is in orbit and Sicral 1B is currently being built at Alenia Spazio's Rome plant. The agreement between the NATO Agency and the arms directorates of the three nations is valued at over 450 million euros. (594 million dollars). CommunityEmail This Article Comment On This Article Related Links SpaceDaily Search SpaceDaily Subscribe To SpaceDaily Express Military Space News at SpaceWar.com
Space Group To Activate New Unit
Colorado Springs CO (SPX) Jan 6, 2006Air Force Reserve Command's 310th Space Group will travel deeper into the space program when it activates a new unit Jan. 7. Headquarters Reserve National Security Space Institute will be a Reserve associate unit to the National Security Space Institute in Colorado Springs, Colo. The institute is the Department of Defense's focal point for providing education about space power in joint warfighting. |
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