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What secondary payloads makes sense for a military comsat?

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Event
  • Session
  • Thursday, 11 March 2021
  • 14:11 - 14:11
  • Duration: 19 mins
  • Publication date: 24 Mar 2021
  • Location: Online Event, Online Event, Online Event, United Kingdom
  • Part of event Milsatcoms 2021

About the session

What secondary payloads makes sense for a military comsat?

- Going beyond the information exchange requirements of the war fighter

- Assessing the novel secondary payload capabilities

- Providing these capabilities without major, expensive modifications to either the satellite platform or its communications payload 

Keywords:
  • Milsatcom
  • military
  • mobile terminals
  • satellites
  • sustainability in military satcoms

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  • Dr Stuart Eves

    Dr Stuart Eves

    SJe Space, Director

    In 2018, Stuart Eves founded his own space consultancy company, SJE Space Ltd, after spending 16 years with the UK Ministry Of Defence, and 14 years with Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL). His recent book “Space Traffic Control”, describes the measures needed to maintain the space environment and protect satellites from both natural hazards and man-made threats. Stuart has an MSc in Astrophysics, a PhD in satellite constellation design, and has been a fellow of both the Royal Astronomical Society and the British Interplanetary Society for more than 25 years.
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