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Chapter 4: Space operations according to NATO
How NATO has treated space as an operational domain since 2019: the space policy, Article 5, the doctrine (AJP-3.3 and the forthcoming AJP-3.29), space support to operations, space domain awareness and the organisation, with the APSS programme run from The Hague.
4.1Space as an operational domain
In December 2019 space became NATO's fifth domain, alongside land, sea, air and cyber.
Read §4.1 →4.2Doctrine: AJP-3.3 and AJP-3.29
Space is now part of the air and space doctrine; a dedicated space doctrine is on the way.
Read §4.2 →4.3What NATO does with space
Three core tasks: supporting operations, knowing what happens in space, and coordination.
Read §4.3 →4.4Organisation and APSS
A Space Centre in Ramstein, a centre of excellence in Toulouse and a virtual satellite constellation run from The Hague.
Read §4.4 →4.5NATO compared with the US, Russia and China
Four ways of looking at the same space.
Read §4.5 →