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On March 8th, France launched its first military exercise in space to evaluate its ability to defend its satellites and other defense equipment from an attack.
The exercise involves 18 simulated events from 8 to 12 March, conducted in France’s Space Command operations room in Toulouse.
It is “first for the French armies and even the first in Europe,” according to General Michel Friedling, commander of French Space Command.
The newly-created US Space Force and the German Space Situational Awareness Centre are also participating in this exercise.
The exercises are a “stress-test of our systems,” said Michel Friedling.
The exercise, codenamed “AsterX” in memory of the first French satellite from 1965, will be based on 18 simulated events in an operations room.