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France-Italy: agreement on satellite sharing

Topic
Surveillance Security Military
Country/Region
France Germany Italy

01 March 2001

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During a summit in Turin end of January, France and Italy concluded discussions to cooperate on the military and civil use of multisensor earth observation satellites. The arrangement provides for six spy?satellites, four radar and two high resolution optical. The Italian project will orbit the radar satellites between 2003 and 2006 and will in exchange get access to images from France's planned Helios 2 and its eventual successors. The crux of the matter is exchange of data instead of investment in each others projects. There is a possibility that Germany will take part the arrangements if it launches its proposed SAR Lupe military observation satellite. Jane's Defence Weekly 21.2.01.

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