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Introduction

Aerospace Strategic View

Suborbital Flight

Stratospheric Platforms

Air Launch

Space Surveillance and Tracking

Space Weather

Agenda

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Introduction

Space is a contested and a congested domain

«Access to Space» and «Space services» are critical

PNT

ISR

Meteo

SATCOM

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Aerospace Strategic View

Area of Interest

Line of Action

STRATOSPHERIC

PLATFORMS

SUBORBITAL FLIGHT

AIR LAUNCH SPACESITUATIONALAWARENESS (SST & SWE)

In Jan 2018 the Inter-ministerial Committee has been

established to coordinate national space & aerospace policy

MoD

International (EU,

bi/multilateral)National

Cooperation

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To expand aerospace operational domain by High-Altitude

Long Endurance (HALE) Platforms

Payload versatility

Same performances as satellites and UAVs

Reduced costs compared to space assets.

Stratospheric Platforms

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Suborbital Flight

To expand space and aerospace operational domain by

Suborbital flight

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Suborbital Flight

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Suborbital Flight

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To access space resources by Air Launch as possible solution

for small satellites, responding to the needs of efficiency,

autonomy and flexibility

SALTO

≈100Kg

(≈10tons)

MURALM

≈50Kg

(≈1000Kg)

???

≈1÷10 Kg

(≈100Kg??)

MultiRole Air Launch Missile

(MURALM) - MBDA

(SALTO) - Avio

Air Launch

Medium

1200÷1500Kg

≈ 100M€

Micro

10÷200 Kg

Nano

1÷10 Kg

≈ 0,1÷1M€

Cosmo Skymed: 1700Kg

ESA Myriade: 60Kg

Flock 1 (Planet Labs Inc.): 5 Kg

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SST SPACE WEATHER

Space Situational Awareness

The proliferation of space debris remains the most serious risk

to the sustainability of space activities.

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Space Surveillance & Tracking

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Thank you

for your attention