ANKARA \u2014 NATO nations will venture to field a multinational satellite constellation aimed at facilitating military operations from communications to surveillance, officials said at the alliance summit taking place here this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI\u2019m really pleased to announce that eight allies are launching a project to explore the development of a mega-constellation called HALO, opening a new chapter in allied space operations,\u201d said Radmila \u0160ekerinska, the NATO deputy secretary-general.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
HALO \u2014 Hybrid Alliance Layered Operations in Space \u2014 will focus on improving connectivity and integration of sovereign, nationally owned and controlled military satellites into a networked constellation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Denmark, Canada, Finland, Germany, Norway, the Netherlands, Sweden and Turkey are part of the effort. It aims to improve alliance resilience and military advantage in space, enabling high-speed communications, intelligence and missile tracking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Individual satellite constellations run independently by member countries are vulnerable to cyberattacks, jamming or physical destruction, while also being too slow to relay large amounts of data, \u0160ekerinska said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSo this new model will be particularly helpful for high-speed communications, intelligence and missile tracking, overcoming the cost, the time and coverage limitations of single-nation satellite fleets,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile, at the NATO Summit Defence Industry Forum, several nations declared their contributions to the space domain. Canada became the 15th member of NATO\u2019s STARLIFT multinational initiative, which explores ways to develop a network of launch capabilities that will help allies launch assets on short notice from spaceports across the alliance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Spain became the 19th country to join NATO\u2019s Alliance Persistent Surveillance from Space initiative. Madrid will contribute by increasing coastal surveillance through imagery from its \u201cAtlantic Constellation\u201d satellites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Turkey announced plans for the development of two additional high-resolution satellites to complement space capabilities in the region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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