OPEN ECHOES Episode #21

An interview with Dr. Markos Trichas

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Dr. Markos Trichas is a Visiting Professor at the Centre for Seapower and Strategy focusing on threats to critical spaceborne infrastructure and their impacts to naval and maritime operations. Dr. Trichas is the Head of National Security and Defense Space activities at BAE Systems. Previously he spent more than 10 years at Airbus Defense and Space as the Head of UK Future Military Space programs, three years at the High Energy Astrophysics Group at the Harvard - Smithsonian Centre for Astrophysics and three years at the STFC's Rutherford Appleton Laboratory. He holds a PhD in Astrophysics from Imperial College London and a Masters in Astrophysics from the University of London. He has authored and co-authored more than 100 peer reviewed publications and has more than 11,300 citations to his work.

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This OPEN Echoes interview:

- Clarifies what Mega Constellations are.

- Highlights Strategic Implications for Global Security and geopolitical competition.

- Explores Military and Commercial Advantages of Satellite Mega Constellations.

- Presents Technological Innovations.

- Suggests Recommendations for NATO.

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Dr. Trichas article, “Opportunities and Threats from Commercial Satellite Mega-constellations" is available on the OPEN Publications website here.