France Creates Space Command To Help Bid To Be Third Space Power

Credit: Ministere des Armees/CNES
Luch Olymp, a Russian satellite, is French Armed Forces Minister Florence Parly’s favorite enemy. Last year, she revealed it had, in 2017, moved into close proximity to Athena-Fidus—a Franco-Italian satellite used for military communications—and tried to intercept its signal. The French military...

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