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SSA – A UK perspectiveAllen Antrobus

April 15, 2023

Outline

Background– Civil Strategy

Policy Drivers for Change– National Space Security Policy– CSpO– EU SST

Current capabilities

A UK Strategy

Questions

UK Space Sector Map

Civil Space Strategy

Goal:£40B sector by 2030

Policy Drivers for Change

National Space Security Policy

Resilience

National SSA

US and Europe

Collaboration

EU SSTCombined Space Operations

‘Furthering defence cooperation through entering a partnership on combined military space operations’

Space Surveillance and Tracking

RAF Fylingdales

Satellite Warning ServiceUK Re-Entry Warning

UK SpOCC

Defence Intelligence

RAF Capabilities

SSA: A sufficient level of understanding of the factors in the space and operational environments, both current and predictive, upon which effective space operations depend.

Detect, Track Ident;

Characterise;

Threat Warning and Assessment;

Data integration and exploitation

Civil Sensors

Chilbolton Hertsmonceaux Starbrook

A Future Strategy – Short Term

Develop

European Partnerships

Reinforce PartnershipsEnhance capability

Command

Prepare

Info

rm

Sus

tain

Coordinate

Space Operations Coordination Centre

Protect

UK Strategy

Policy direction is clear

UK has a rich Heritage in SSA

UK could be the lynchpin between the US and nascent EU programmes

Seek to expand our understanding of the Higher Earth Orbits

Seek to examine how to integrate data from multiple sources to generate useful products

Remain alert to exploiting novel solutions to a complex problem

ANY QUESTIONS?