LA PLATA, Maryland — A Ukrainian military officer outlined the relative advantages of LEO and GEO satellite communications in battlefield conditions and concluded that both are necessary.
Lt. Col. Koziy Serhiy Olehhovych, deputy head of satcom, J6 Ukraine Armed Forces, also stressed the importance of low-tech solutions such as camouflage to hide satellite terminals from Russia’s first-person-view (FPV) drones. He nonetheless said keeping terminal cost down was essential given how many of them were likely to be destroyed.
In a Feb. 22 address to the
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