Overview
Space control involves offensive and defensive operations to ensure freedom of action in space by defeating efforts to interfere with or attack Australian or allied space systems and, when directed, deny space services to a competitor.
Space control activities may occur in any operating domain and are comprised of offensive space control, defensive space control, space electronic warfare and the aspects of navigation warfare that deal with space based PNT.
Key Terms
Space control
Space control supports freedom of action in space by employing offensive and defensive space control measures that mitigate the adversaries’ ability to interfere with or attack our space systems.