French Space Command

The French Space Command (French: Commandement de l'Espace, CdE) is a formation of the French Air and Space Force, which deals with space issues. It supersedes the Joint Space Command, which was created in 2010.

French Space Command
Commandement de l'Espace
Active2019
Country France
BranchFrench Air and Space Force
TypeSpace force
RoleSpace warfare
Garrison/HQToulouse Space Center1
Commanders
CommanderGénéral de division aérienne Michel Friedling

Mission

A formation of the Ministry of the Armed Forces, the JSC is placed under the authority of the Chief of the Defence Staff (France). Within the Defense staff, it 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 :

In relation with its German and Italian partners, France can access SAR imagery, respectively SAR-Lupe and COSMO-SkyMed.

Commanders

The JSC was created in 2010.[2] From that date, the JSC commanders are:

References
  1. "Hearing of the French Joint Commander for Space". SatelliteObservation.net. February 5, 2018. Retrieved April 13, 2018.
  2. "French Joint Space Command On Schedule to Open in July". Space News. April 25, 2010. Retrieved January 7, 2023.
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