The new EU Governmental Satellite Communication (GOVSATCOM) initiative of the proposed EU Space Programme 2021-2027 aims to provide Member States and EU security actors with guaranteed access to secure satellite communications.
More practical and technical information on the content of EU Govsatcom programme.
Govsatcom related activities at EU 
Horizon 2020 project ENTRUSTED (European Networking for satellite Telecommunication Roadmap for the governmental Users requiring Secure, inTeroperable, innovativE and standardiseD services)”.
Scheme of the three tiers of SATCOM services for governmental use. Corresponding to different levels of information security, one can distinguish between the following: MILSATCOM (highly protected and guaranteed SATCOM), GOVSATCOM which is the subject of the present article (highly assured SATCOM offering a certain robust security level with some resilience) and COMSATCOM (Service/Commodity based procured satellite communication capacity on the global open market providing a degree of ‘on-demand’ access).
Overview diagram of GOVSATCOM Service Families (image from «High Level User needs for Govsatcom» document)
Sophie Pireaux
Space Research & Applications
