#SpaceWatchGL - No. 123

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Over the past weeks, SpaceWatch.Global reported on a number of exciting space & cyber developments throughout the world!

• CYSEC and Leaf Space to offer cybersecurity for satellite communications
• Satellite Images Show Beirut Explosion Damage
• VIPER Rover to use Thales Alenia Space tech for Earth comms
• UAE space program to boost Asia’s stake in space development
• ispace reveals final design for HAKUTO-R Lunar Lander
• UK spaceflight program launches public consultation effort
• NASA seeks to expand their nuclear energy systems
• T-Minus Engineering’s DART Rocket to fly Southern Launch’s DEWC Payload
• Thomas Pesquet first ESA astronaut to ride a Dragon to space
• Open Cosmos to build and operate Sateliot’s nanosatellite constellation
• Russia & Turkey may cooperate on joint space efforts

How to bridge the legal-voluntary divide in space security

by Daniel A Porras The US and Russia just met in Vienna for the Space Security Exchange, a bilateral discussion between two of the world’s biggest space-military powers, to discuss what might be done about growing space-security threats. This comes amid considerable turmoil in space politics, as the US and …

SpaceWars: “Those aren’t the droids you’re looking for”

by Dr. Moriba Jah and John Holden The only way to achieve transparency between actors in space is through the development of a civil-space situational awareness (SSA) and space-traffic management (STM) entity that can monitor, assess, and make evidence widely accessible to all. The first Space Security Exchange (SSE) bi-lateral meeting …

Survey on space norms highlights issues

by Jessica West and Gilles Doucet Specialists in space security constantly call for more responsible norms of behavior in outer space. As the number of users and uses of space grows, the calls get louder and more urgent. Meanwhile, many states claim to want the same thing. Canada’s national defense …

Space Traffic Management – Impact of Large Constellations on Military Operations in Space

by Mr. Marc Becker As Space Actors Consolidate their Approaches to Space Traffic Management, What is the Role of the Military? Space Traffic Management (STM) is currently one of the hottest topics in space policy. While a consensual definition of the term is yet to emerge, ...

Did Russia Test a Weapon in Space? – Part 1

Did Russia Test a Weapon in Space? – Part 2

by Jessica West As part of the partnership between SpaceWatch.Global and Project Ploughshares, we have been granted permission to publish selected articles and texts. This is “Did Russia Test a Weapon in Space? What the question and the answer tell us about the security of outer space”, …