Seminar of 2023

The CDE, EAE and ISAE-SUPAERO will soon be holding a seminar on the challenges of space. This seminar will cover the full spectrum of space-related concerns and will provide a holistic summary of the challenges that must be met in the technological, military and operational spheres.

It will be held over two days, partly at the facilities of the Air and Space School in Salon de Provence and partly at the ISAE-SUPAERO site in Toulouse, at the end of 2023. It will highlight the prospects and challenges of space and will tackle major topics such as space surveillance, earth observation, launchers, orbiting services, space data processing, security and economic and geopolitical changes. These topics will be examined and illustrated with the expertise of each of the three members constituting the French Space Defence Academy:

• ISAE-SUPAERO was founded in 1909 and has established its place as one of the acknowledged global leaders in the training of civilian and military aviation and space engineers. With its focus on the future needs of the aerospace sector, the Institute will explain the technological breakthroughs and disruptions currently in progress.
• EAE was created in 1935. It provides training not only to the officers of the French Air and Space Force but also to civilian students, with the aim of establishing control over increasingly uncertain situations and in a context of complex, multi-faceted conflicts.
• French Space Command (CDE), as the Ministry’s source of military expertise in this domain, will lead reflections on key concerns of military space operations - such as support for space capabilities, operations support, space surveillance and actions in space.