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French Space Command (CDE)

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The French Space Command (Commandement de l'Espace, CdE) is a division of the French Air and Space Force responsible for addressing space-related issues and military space operations. It focuses on ensuring the security and defense of France's space assets, contributing to space domain awareness, and planning/conducting military actions in space. The Command collaborates with entities like CNES (the French Space Agency), DGA (Directorate General of Armament), Space ISAC and international partners such as the US Space Command (USSPACECOM) and NATO allies to enhance space security and interoperability. Key activities include exercises like AsterX, development of space surveillance programs like Toutatis and YODA, and implementation of satellite protection systems such as the YODA experimental satellite protection system.

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History · 1 eventSep 3, 2019 · Inter-Service Space Command (CIE), COSMOS, and CMOS merge to form French Space Command (CDE)
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Organization history

Identity changes, mergers, acquisitions, splits, and transferred business lines.

1 event

  1. Sep 3, 2019Merger

    Inter-Service Space Command (CIE), COSMOS, and CMOS merge to form French Space Command (CDE)

    Source
    Predecessor
    Inter-Service Space Command (CIE)
    Predecessor
    Military Center for Satellite Observation (CMOS)
    Predecessor
    Military Operational Center for Surveillance of Space Objects (COSMOS)
    Successor
    French Space Command (CDE)

    Scope: Inter-Service Space Command (CIE)

    Absorbed into CDE.

    Scope: Military Center for Satellite Observation (CMOS)

    Absorbed into CDE.

    Scope: Military Operational Center for Surveillance of Space Objects (COSMOS)

    Absorbed into CDE.

    Event context

    CIE (Commandement Interarmées de l'Espace), created 2010 and subordinate to the CEMA, is confirmed as the CDE's core predecessor by the French Ministry of Armed Forces' own 2019 Space Defense Strategy report ("...une entite specifique s'appuyant sur l'actuel CIE constituera l'echelon de prefiguration..."). That report, published before the 3 September 2019 creation, names only CIE as a building block. The claim that COSMOS and CMOS were also absorbed comes from secondary-source search synthesis, not a directly verified primary-source quote, so overall event confidence is kept at inferred pending a primary source that names all three predecessors together.

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