<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Actual scientific approaches related to critical infrastructure reveal its importance within many of the society’s essential services that are necessary for day-to-day people’s life. Besides other critical infrastructure systems, the emerging development of the space system results in the embedment of it within the critical space infrastructure concept that is based on its description related to the importance of the services provided to population, public or governing institutions, and industry. This paper intends to present the manner in which the space system services influence population’s life and to emphasize the importance of the space infrastructure related to the process of planning and conducting military operations. The reliability and well functioning of the space system from the perspective as a critical infrastructure proves its paramount importance related to essential services provided to the population that results into social well-being. Nowadays, the majority of military operations depend on the development of space infrastructure and its reliability. Moreover, the military space operations are based on satellite control system architectures as well as the interconnected systems on surface and underground systems. From this side, the protection of critical space infrastructure and its resilience level should have a paramount value for all stakeholders that are using the space system services.</p></abstract>

Actual scientific approaches related to critical infrastructure reveal its importance within many of the society’s essential services that are necessary for day-to-day people’s life. Besides other critical infrastructure systems, the emerging development of the space system results in the embedment of it within the critical space infrastructure concept that is based on its description related to the importance of the services provided to population, public or governing institutions, and industry. This paper intends to present the manner in which the space system services influence population’s life and to emphasize the importance of the space infrastructure related to the process of planning and conducting military operations. The reliability and well functioning of the space system from the perspective as a critical infrastructure proves its paramount importance related to essential services provided to the population that results into social well-being. Nowadays, the majority of military operations depend on the development of space infrastructure and its reliability. Moreover, the military space operations are based on satellite control system architectures as well as the interconnected systems on surface and underground systems. From this side, the protection of critical space infrastructure and its resilience level should have a paramount value for all stakeholders that are using the space system services.

The Critical Space Infrastructure and its Importance to Military Operations

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Actual scientific approaches related to critical infrastructure reveal its importance within many of the society’s essential services that are necessary for...

The Critical Space Infrastructure and its Importance to Military Operations

Published Online: Jul 23, 2019

Page range: 47 - 52

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/kbo-2019-0007

Keywords
critical space infrastructure, essential services, military operations, resilience

© 2019 Marin-Marian Coman et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

The Critical Space Infrastructure and its Importance to Military Operations

Published Online: Jul 23, 2019

Page range: 47 - 52

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/kbo-2019-0007

Keywordscritical space infrastructure, essential services, military operations, resilience

© 2019 Marin-Marian Coman et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
critical space infrastructure, essential services, military operations, resilience