It is the first war where commercial space capabilities have played a significant role, a US general says.
The war in Ukraine has underlined the growing importance of space to armies on the ground.
But he gives a clear indication of what it's been doing. "We use space to help strike with precision, we use space to provide warnings of missiles, of any threat that could come to the United States or to our allies or partners," he says.There are already more than 5,000 satellites in space - most are operated for commercial purposes.
Air Vice-Marshal Paul Godfrey, who heads the UK's Space Command, says that along with commercial and civilian ISR provided to Ukraine "there's an awful lot of nations with military capabilities in space - they're looking at Ukraine as well". Air Vice-Marshal Godfrey says ISR satellites have also been essential for "telling the truth" about the war.He says Russian claims that the bodies of dead civilians were already on the streets when they arrived were contradicted by time-stamped satellite imagery showing otherwise.