1. 1 Region 3 Perspective Viv Crouch ICTS Region III Coordinator Defence and Systems Institute University of South Australia vivian.crouch@unisa.edu.au European Test and Telemetry Conference, ETTC-2007, Toulouse, France June 12-14, 2007

2. 2 The View from Region 3

3. 3 Asia-Pacific Telecommunity (APT) (35) League of Arab States (LAS) (22) Spectrum Management Forums in Regional 3

4. 4 Spaceport Woomera reactivated Rocketplane Kistler K-1

5. Launch Footprints

6. Launch footprints: Woomera & Christmas Island

7. Woomera, Australia Anheung, S.Korea WAXA, Australia Chiu Peng, Taiwan Shuang Chenghzi, China Bandung, Indonesia Kwajalein, Marshall Is Malute, Pakistan Telemetry Footprints Region 3

8. 8 Bandwidth Demands Many hundreds of mega-Hertz needed to support individual needs and concurrent application when radio- horizons intersect (nationally, regionally and internationally).

9. 9 Future Demands HiFIRE

10. 10 International Space Station

11. 11Exercises 2008

12. 12 Joint Strike Fighter United States leadership United States leadership Partner countries are: Partner countries are: Canada, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Italy, Turkey, Denmark, Norway and Australia. Canada, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Italy, Turkey, Denmark, Norway and Australia.

13. 13 Global Space-Port Connectivity

14. 14 WRC AI1.5 WRC AI1.5 Support for this agenda item will therefore: Preserve the sovereign rights of all nations (large and small) to collaborate with the international partners of their choice on all next-generation platform developments (air, land, sea and space) – as well as all future products and payloads destined for use on those platforms. Preserve the sovereign rights of all nations (large and small) to collaborate with the international partners of their choice on all next-generation platform developments (air, land, sea and space) – as well as all future products and payloads destined for use on those platforms. Preserve the capacity to attract international attention to domestic innovation. Preserve the capacity to attract international attention to domestic innovation.

15. 15 Telemetry economics 5 satellite launch sites 5 satellite launch sites 50 T&E ranges 50 T&E ranges TOTAL = TOTAL = Infrastructure risk $7B + ROI risk $11B/yr + T&E risk$27B/yr = $38B/yr

16. 16 Aerospace Industry Economics Australian joint steering committee on aerospace development industry report available at: http://isr.gov.au/content/itrinternet/c mscontent.cfm?objectID=EFA44C09- 4BD5-4B3C-A73C721AEF481AE8

17. 17Aim ‘….. develop and sustain world competitive capabilities in the Australian aerospace industry and increase annual exports five-fold to $3.5 billion by 2012.’ Extrapolation to all Region 3 countries - $22.5B ???

18. 18 AI1.5 – All Mobile Platforms? AI1.5 considerations may also need to consider testing of all next generation mobile platforms destined to support ‘public safety’. (air, land, sea and space) Currently – there is no international consensus on ‘public safety spectrum’. Recent Australian ‘movements’ include: ……

19. 19 2004 – establishment of a National Coordinating Committee for Government Radiocommunications. 2004 – establishment of a National Coordinating Committee for Government Radiocommunications. Just commenced discussions on AI 1.5 Just commenced discussions on AI 1.5 See: http://www.nccgr.org.au/ See: http://www.nccgr.org.au/

20. 20 1.ICTS Region 3 outreach 2.5th APG 3.WRC-07 contact (Australia): Eddy.DAmico@defence.gov.au 4. Region 3 ICTS newsletter. http://www.unisa.edu.au/seec/news/newsletters.asp 5. ICTS web-site at: http://www.telemetryspectrum.orghttp://www.telemetryspectrum.org The Good News

21. 21 Next Region 3 Opportunity Systems Engineering Test and Evaluation Conference, Sydney, Australia 24-27 Sept 2007 http://www.sapmea.asn.au/conven tions/sete2007/

22. 22Questions?