Space Threat Fact Sheet - U.S. Space Force
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Space Threat Fact Sheet - U.S. Space Force

What's new: We discovered this interesting fact sheet Space Force issued.?

Why it's important: When GPS was first launched space was a fairly safe place to put things. Now it is pretty dangerous. Not only is it a warfighting domain, it is a lightly governed, mostly ungoverned, commons. Everyone wants to use it, no one is responsible to take care of it.*

What else to know: The fact sheet focuses a lot on adversarial threats to satellites. It?only mentions cyber once (in the Russia section) and jamming once (in the China section). In our humble opinion, at least in the PNT arena, electronic warfare on the ground and in space is a far bigger threat. It is reversable and much less likely to cause a shooting war no one wants than a direct attack on a satellite.

Other threats that could have been mentioned:

  • Space debris/ Kessler Syndrome - Some observers think the Kessler Syndrome may have begun already. It just takes a while to get going. "Slowly boiling the frog."
  • Solar activity - It's the sun. The most powerful thing for billions and billions of miles.
  • Other nations besides China and Russia. - How about N. Korea?? Iran?? Maybe even India?



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SPACE THREAT FACT SHEET

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* Our way of explaining "the tragedy of the commons." Something we also see in maritime, cyberspace, and other areas/domains held in common by many.

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Erin M. Miller

Executive Director, Space ISAC | Value of Space Champion | Global Space Security & Innovation | Public-Private Partnership | Commercialization

12 小时前

This is where the power of ISACs come in. This is a useful report. There’s so much more needed. We need timely, actionable threat information shared among trusted members. If a commercial owner operator needs to protect their investment, it’s through indicators of compromise; shared real time, or other machine-to-machine threat sharing.

Hank Karl

Senior Sales Leader with Unique Ability to Have Both Deep Technical and Real-World Customer-Centric Discussions

18 小时前

Thanks Dana! This is one of those scenarios where no one believes it will happen - until it does.

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