The war in Ukraine demonstrates how malicious cyber actors can manipulate several points of entry to exploit ground systems and the network equipment necessary to operate space systems. Focusing on the last category, cyber weapons can target both space satellites and ground-based systems by intercepting and monitoring data, corrupting data with malware, or even wresting control of the space system from the space operator. The first is kinetic physical counterspace weapons, such as Russia’s destructive direct-ascent anti-satellite (ASAT) missile test in November 2021 the second is non-kinetic physical like targeting satellites with lasers the third is electronic-based weapons that can disrupt the transmission of radio frequency signals and the fourth is cyber counterspace weapons. There are four different categories of counterspace weapons outlined in the CSIS Annual Space Threat Assessment. There are many paths to fortifying communications, navigation, and surveillance satellites from counterspace weapons, but the most resilient design methods integrate cybersecurity-informed engineering across the entire lifecycle of space systems. The Ukraine war is also prompting military and commercial space leaders to pay greater attention to securing space systems from cyber threats. If space satellites wore bumper stickers, they'd probably echo Thomas Hobbes’ famous words that life is “ nasty, brutish, and short.” Why the gloomy outlook? Cyber threats are unfortunately the “ soft underbelly of our global space networks,” reasons Lieutenant General Stephen Whiting, commander of the U.S. Responding to Egregious Human Rights AbusesĪ New ‘Bumper Sticker’ for Space Satellites.Building Sustainable and Inclusive Democracy.Family Planning, Maternal and Child Health, and Immunizations.Energy, Climate Change, and Environmental Impacts.Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation.Defense Industry, Acquisition, and Innovation.Intelligence, Surveillance, and Privacy.
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