Joint Space Command (France)
| Joint Space Command | |
|---|---|
| Active | 2010 – present |
| Country |
 |
| Type | Space force |
| Role | Space warfare |
| Part of | Chief of the General Staff Headquarters of the Armies |
| Garrison/HQ | Air Base 117 Paris |
| Commanders | |
| Commander | Air Cdre Jean-Pascal Breton |
The Joint Space Command (JSC) (French: Commandement Interarmées de l'Espace, CIE) is a joint formation of the French Armed Forces, which deals with space questions. The Joint Space Command, which is an internal part component of the French Inter-arm Organization (French: Organisme Interarmées).
Mission
Formation of the Ministry of the Armed Forces, the JSC is placed under the authority of the Chief of the general staff headquarters of the Armies. Within the Defence staff, this organism is under the supervision of the Deputy Chief of Operations.
The JSC[1]:
- contributes to the national space policy, in coordination with the Directorate General of International Relations and Strategy (DGRIS);
- contributes to the operations in coordination with military operators: the Command of Air Defense and Air Operations (CDAOA), the Joint Directorate of Infrastructure Networks and Defense Information Systems (DIRISI) and the Directorate of Military Intelligence (DRM);
- is responsible for coordinating defining guidelines for the use of French space capabilities available to the Ministry of the Armed Forces;
- shapes the future by federating the expression of operational needs and participates in the development and the implementation of space capability acquisition strategies with the Directorate-General for Armament (DGA) using the French Space Agency: the National Center for Space Studies (CNES);
- deals with all European, international and multilateral military cooperation for matters regarding space;
- orients the space situational awareness efforts, while this spatial situation is produced by the CDAOA.
French space assets
France possesses all major kinds of military assets :
- Earth observation:
- Signal intelligence satellite;
- 4 satellites ELISA
- Satellite communication:
- 2 satellites Syracuse 3
- 1 satellite Athena-Fidus
- 1 satellite Sicral 2
- Space situation awareness:
- GRAVES
- SATAM
In relation with its German and Italian partners, France can access to SAR imagery, respectively SAR-Lupe and COSMO-SkyMed.
Commanders
The JSC was created in 2010[2]. From that date, the JSC commanders are:
- Air marshal Yves Arnaud (2010–2014)
- Air commodore Jean-Daniel Testé (2014–2017)
- Air commodore Jean-Pascal Breton (2017–present)
See also
References
- ↑ "Hearing of the French Joint Commander for Space". SatelliteObservation.net. February 5, 2018. Retrieved April 13, 2018.
- ↑ "French Joint Space Command On Schedule to Open in July". Space News. April 25, 2010. Retrieved April 13, 2018.