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Astronautics is a base for the technological, economic and military potential of a nation or region. And space applications are one of its key technologies. They combine different kinds of enabling technologies, allowing a diversity of institutional services and added value chains.
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See Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology: Making Germany’s space sector fit for the future. The space strategy of the German Federal Government, Berlin, 2010, pp. 3–5.
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ESA u. EU-Kommission (Hrsg.): Galileo. The European Programme for Global Navigation Services, Noordwijk 2002 [ESA BR-186], S. 5, 7–10, 13. Such prognoses vary a lot though.
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For further reflection on autonomy and independence, see the contribution of Jan Wouters and Rik Hansen (Chap. 2).
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This topic is addressed in greater detail in the contribution of Cenan Al-Ekabi (Chap. 9).
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The history of SYMPHONIE can be read in detail in Reinke, Niklas: The History of German Space Policy. Ideas, influences, and interdependence 1923–2002, Paris 2007, Chap. 2.4.b.
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See DLR (Ed.): TerraSAR-X. The German Radar Eye in Space, Bonn 2009; see DLR (Ed.): TanDEM-X. Die Erde in drei Dimensionen, Köln, 2010; see Bartusch, Michael and Berg, Hermann: TanDEM-X Launch Date Approaching. High-precision spaceborne 3D land surveying mission, in: Countdown, No. 12 (1/2010), Bonn, pp. 4–11.
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Mautz, Rainer: Indoor Positioning Technologies, Habilitation Thesis submitted to ETH Zurich, Zurich, February 2012. http://e-collection.library.ethz.ch/eserv/eth:5659/eth-5659-01.pdf
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This figure includes satellite TV, satellite radio, consumer satellite broadband, transponders and management services as well as mobile (voice and data) and remote sensing communication. See The Tauri Group/Satellite Industry Association (Ed.): State of the Satellite Industry Report, June 2013, Washington, DC.
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See Cherdron, Thomas and Wirt, Uwe: Space Situational Awareness Centre. Always Master of the Situation, in: Countdown 20 (4/2012), Bonn, pp. 6–9.
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Densing, R., Reinke, N. (2015). The Need for European Independence in Space Applications. In: Al-Ekabi, C. (eds) European Autonomy in Space. Studies in Space Policy, vol 10. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-11110-0_8
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