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AsterX: France’s First Military Exercises In Space
- 10 Mar 2021
- France has launched its first military exercise in space to evaluate its ability to defend its satellites and other defense equipment from an attack.
- The exercise, codenamed "AsterX" in memory of the first French satellite from 1965, will be based on 18 simulated events in an operations room.
- During the drill, the French military will monitor a potentially dangerous space object as well as a threat to its own satellite from another foreign power possessing a considerable space force.
- The new US Space Force and German space agencies are taking part in the French exercise.
- Michel Friedling is the head of France's newly created Space Command.
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