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Today, coalition and national military operations are inconceivable without the support of space-based systems. Space-based assets and applications are essential to navigation; communication; meteorological, geospatial, and imagery services; early warning; and ballistic missile interception. They are a vital enabler for command and control (C2) and situational awareness through the provision of intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) information.
Satellite communications play an indispensable role in security and defense-related governmental communication. They are used when other ground-based means of communication are not possible, reliable, or available. Satellite communications are critical assets in the ability of States to respond autonomously and in a timely manner to global defense, security, and humanitarian and emergency challenges.
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Lueschow, H., Pelaez, R. (2019). Satellite Communication for Security and Defense. In: Handbook of Space Security. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-22786-9_107-1
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