The Space Military Overview Course is back for a third edition!

Organization : CDE / Published : April 23, 2025

From April 14 to 18, 2025, the French Space Command's Training Centre for Military Space Operations (CFOSM) organized the third edition of the Space Military Overview Course (SMOC) at the Diagora Labège convention center in Toulouse.

Space Military Overview Course - Avril 2025

Les participants au "Space Military Overview Course - April 2025" se tiennent devant le pas de tir de la fusée Ariane 6 que l'on voit en arrière-plan.

Bringing together forty participants from the four corners of the globe (22 nations represented), this five-day course, held entirely in English, presents an overview of the space sector, highlighting different aspects (geopolitics, technology, military use of space). The program includes lectures by experts from the military and civilian space ecosystems (CDE, EAE, ISAé SUPAéro, COE, CNES, DGRIS, FRS, AerospaceValley), practical workshops and an evening of exchanges at the Cité de l'Espace.

The course ended with a graduation ceremony in the solemn setting of Toulouse's Palais Niel, presided over by Colonel Mathieu, head of the Air Space Operations Brigade.

Six new nations joined this year's program, extending the international scope of the course. On the strength of this success, the SMOC, a training course offered as part of the French Space Defense Academy (FSDA), is a key event for sharing space expertise and strengthening international cooperation in space defense.

Space Military Overview Course - Avril 2025

Photographie du Chef d'Etat-Major du Commandement de l'Espace (CDE) qui réalise un discours de présentation lors de la Space Military Overview Course. Il tient dans sa main un micro et derrière lui on peut apercevoir le logotype du CDE.

Intervenant lors de la Space Military Overview Course 

Photographie de participants au Space Military Overview Course qui suivent une présentation dispensée dans le cadre de la formation.

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