see ESA work<\/a> on an EU programme that aims to help militaries and governments counter threats and manage natural disasters by beaming ultra-high-resolution optical imagery back to Earth at intervals of under 30 minutes.<\/p>\n\u201cStrategically, it is very important because it\u2019s really dedicated to a new group of users, that means security and defence users,\u201d said Aschbacher, speaking on the sidelines of the European Space Policy Institute\u2019s annual conference in Vienna.<\/p>\n
The bloc\u2019s other space programmes, such as Galileo, a GPS alternative for geo-navigation, and Copernicus, which is used to monitor the effects of climate change, are principally used for civilian purposes.<\/p>\n
Aschbacher said the reconnaissance constellation will be part of a total \u20ac22 billion budget request from ESA over the next three years. The details will be hammered out at a funding summit next month in Bremen, with capitals asked to contribute to various programmes.<\/p>\n
Once considered a \u201cforbidden\u201d topic for the Paris-based ESA, which was founded in the 1970s to pursue projects for peaceful purposes, Aschbacher said the agency\u2019s 23 countries have agreed that defence projects should be included to bolster security.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt does not need a change in our convention because we discussed this at length last year; the wording \u2018peaceful purposes\u2019 is really interpreted for defence,\u201d said Aschbacher. \u201cThe best proof of [capitals] accepting the interpretation is that they asked me to table a programme.\u201d<\/p>\n
The European Commission calls the new military satellite system the Earth Observation governmental service, or EOGS, while ESA calls it European Resilience from Space.<\/p>\n
Separately, the EU is currently considering how to allocate its space spending in the seven-year budget running from 2028 to 2034.<\/p>\n
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