Аннотация: The space exercises in France have come to finish. The next step is the creation of a NATO Space Center of Excellence in Toulouse. The note.
The space exercises in France have come to finish. The next step is the creation of a NATO Space Center of Excellence in Toulouse. The note.
The space exercise involved "about sixty participants, especially soldiers from the various units from Space Command. Officially established in September 2019, it brings together the Center for Command and Control of Space Operations (C3OS), the Military Center for Satellite Observations (CMOS), whose mission is to provide the Ministry of War with continuous access to space images, and the Operations Center for Military Observation of Space Objects (COSMOS ) responsible for the continuous observation of space "[le Center de commandement et de conduite des opérations spatiales (C3OS), le Center militaire d'observation par satellite (CMOS), qui a pour mission de garantir au ministère des Armées un accès permanent à l'imagerie spatiale, et le Center opérationnel de surveillance militaire des objets spatiaux (COSMOS)] (https://www.businessinsider.fr/asterx-ce-quil-faut-savoir-sur-le-premier-exercice-spatial- francais-de-lhistoire-186876)
"Emmanuel Macron arrived just before noon this Friday [March 12, 2021] at CNES [National Center for Space Research (CNES) south of Toulouse] ...
The head of state chaired a space strategy workshop under the Space Command (CDE), established in September 2019. Emmanuel Macron is due to meet with operators participating in the AsterX 2021 mission, the first space defense exercise in Europe involving the United States, Italy and Germany. By 2025, CDE staff in Toulouse should be about 500.
Then the President of the Republic went to FOCSE (French Operations Center for Science and Exploration) to take part in the program of the French SuperCam instrument; the NASA Perseverance Mars rover on Mars is equipped with SuperCam instrument ... "(https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/politique/emmanuel- macron-au-cnes-de-toulouse-pour-parler-de-strategie-spatiale-1615547272)
"... a NATO Space Center of Excellence will be established in Toulouse in the summer of 2021, and France joined the international space cooperation initiative in February 2020, which includes Germany, Australia, Canada, the United States, New Zealand and the United Kingdom." (https://www.businessinsider.fr/asterx-ce-quil-faut-savoir-sur-le-premier-exercice-spatial-francais-de-lhistoire-186876)
"TOULOUSE, FRANCE, 6 February 2021, 06:44 AM - REGNUM. NATO intends to open Space Center of Excellence in Toulouse, France. (...)
The institution will train specialists in space security. It should start operating in 2022 on the basis of the French National Center for Space Research (CNES). The ministry noted that the opening of the facility will help strengthen space cooperation between NATO members.
As reported by IA REGNUM, on October 19, 2020, the DPA agency disseminated information that NATO intends to create a Space Center at its Ramstein airbase in Germany. " (https://regnum.ru/news/polit/3184009.html)
"... The Defense Ministers of 30 NATO member states, meeting on Thursday 22 October [2020], decided to establish a new Space Center at Ramstein airbase in Germany. ... three tasks of the new space center: coordination of activities of NATO member states in space, support from space for ground missions and operations of the alliance, such as, for example, in Afghanistan or Kosovo, as well as protection of space systems of NATO states ... "(https: // www .dw.com / ru / dlja-chego-nato-sozdaet-kosmicheskij-centr-na-baze-ramshtajn / a-55365353)
The movement in a space field is very active.
If Elon Musk will achieve a success in testing the BFR (Big Falcon Rocket) - these tests are now being carried out - humanity will enter the stage of the Great Space Revolution.
Many plans - if Elon Musk will achieve a success - will be subject to fundamental changes.
[MMXLVIII. Chance favors the prepared. Elon Musk and the Universal Space Apparatus. The essay. - March 5, 2021.].
March 15, 2021 10:44
Translation from Russian into English: March 15, 2021 12:47.
Владимир Владимирович Залесский "Космические учения во Франции завершились. На очереди - создание Центра передового опыта НАТО в области космоса в Тулузе. Заметка".