#382 China's Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) Satellite Programs (2003) By Desmond Ball
Working Paper No. 382
China has exhibited a spasmodic interest in the development of an ELINT satellite capability since it began its military space program in the late 1960s. It has experimented with several different sorts of ELINT spacecraft and satellite configurations, including single, dedicated ELINT satellites, small doublets and triplets, and ELINT packages on large multi-mission - satellites. It is likely that ELINT packages have been deployed aboard some PHOTINT, communications and 'experimental technology 'satellites, as well as the Shenzhou spacecraft developed for China's manned space program. This paper describes these Chinese SIGINT satellite programs, including the management and control structure, the satellite systems, and prospective developments.
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