Despite increasing investment in military satcom programmes, commercial satellites are likely to be exploited by armed forces for the foreseeable future, especially given their potential untapped capacity. Eleanor Keymer reports* The burgeoning use of commercial satellites by military forces over the past decade has led to rapid worldwide growth in the commercial satellite communications (satcom) sector. This only looks set to continue. According to the US Defense Information Systems Agency, growth in United States military satcoms during 2008 is projected at 24 per cent: twice the increase recorded in 2007. Some 80 per cent of US Department of Defense (DoD) satcom is managed by private-sector companies, such as Globalstar, Inmarsat, Intelsat, Indium and Thuraya of the United Arab Emirates. This represents around 2.3 per cent of the total available commercial capacity.
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机译：尽管增加了对军事卫星通信计划的投资，但在可预见的将来，武装部队仍可能利用商业卫星，特别是考虑到其潜在的未开发能力。 Eleanor Keymer报告*在过去的十年中，军事力量对商业卫星的迅速使用已导致商业卫星通信（satcom）领域在世界范围内的快速增长。这看起来只会继续。据美国国防信息系统局（US Defence Information Systems Agency）预测，2008年美国军事卫星通信的增长率为24％：是2007年记录的两倍。美国国防部（DoD）卫星通信的约80％由私营部门管理阿拉伯联合酋长国的Globalstar，Inmarsat，Intelsat，Indium和Thuraya等公司。这约占可用商业容量的2.3％。
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