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Latin America’s Military Satellite Landscape – Opportunities and Challenges

By Omkar Nikam
SpaceRef
August 17, 2023
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Latin America’s Military Satellite Landscape – Opportunities and Challenges
Satellite image of the Americas.
Image credit: NASA.

Latin American countries have historically been some of the top satellite communication consumer markets. But in the case of military satellites, the area is yet to record high demand. One of the key aspects of having sovereign space capabilities is that the more domestic production a country has for space applications, the more the country can adopt and experiment with new military satellite technologies.

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Omkar Nikam

Omkar Nikam spearheads Access Hub, a research and analysis platform covering global space applications for military agencies, espionage, counterterrorism, and international security issues.