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🚨Three Chinese astronauts couldn’t return to Earth after space junk hit their spacecraft. Scientists warn this could be just the first of more accidents caused by orbital debris. The situation is concerning. “There are a lot of people up there,” one source told me. My story @sciam.bsky.social 🧪

Finally, someone who gets it - Gomez: "the United States has been losing a lot of its soft power through the elimination of USAID, for example, and through the weakening of some of the institutions with which we worked to cooperate with other countries" spacenews.com/fcc-commissi...

"By mid-2025, the campaign [Salt Typhoon] extended to the satellite communications sector. Viasat was one of the telecommunications providers targeted" The race to defend satellites from cyberattacks spacenews.com/deloittes-pa...

"the president’s budget puts more than 40 current and planned space missions — largely related to climate and Earth science work — on the chopping block. 'Basically, anything that supports human life on earth is deprioritized,' one worker said." www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

The conversations in Paris don’t end here — they set the course for the next decade of space sustainability and governance. Catch highlights from the 7th Summit for Space Sustainability and see how collaboration is shaping our shared orbital future. 🌎 #SWFsummit25

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In this podcast, Wanyana Racheal, the Principal Advisor at the Space Law and Security Advisory (SLSA), and I discuss the current state of counterspace capabilities globally, multilateral discussions on space security, and emerging trends - check it out! www.spaceadvisory.org/podcast/epis...

Nothing new here: "China is the PACING CHALLENGE and is rapidly improving its space capabilities to TRACK & TARGET U.S. military forces. China & Russia are pursuing a wide range of counterspace capabilities to DISRUPT & DEGRADE U.S. space capabilities." www.spaceforce.mil/About-Us/Fac...

Miller "said today’s Pentagon leaders are taking 'an approach where if you have experience inside the Beltway, somehow you’re suspect and not worthy. And what I’m seeing are a bunch of like, quote-unquote brilliant business people that do not understand'" www.defenseone.com/threats/2025...

Me: "The jammers 'respond to an immediate military need but using them isn’t perceived as having crossed a red line or means that there will be active conflict in space'". This will make three acknowledged offensive counterspace systems deployed by the US www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Delighted to have the chance to share the stage with Clay Mowry, Carissa Christensen, Agnieszka Lukaszczyk, and Joe Landon at the #IAC2025 in Sydney last month to discuss how sustainability, investment, and security shape and reinforce each other in space www.youtube.com/watch?v=9g9f...

Who could have predicted this response www.reuters.com/world/china/...

This was great: "spacecraft do not occupy Lagrange points any more than satellites in low Earth orbit occupy Earth." and "Trying to deny access to Lagrange points would be like trying to blockade the entire Pacific Ocean." spacenews.com/why-the-u-s-...

Lots of great visuals by Payload breaking down the signatories; also allows me to remind folks of @swfoundation.bsky.social's tracker that includes statements made by the signatories: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... The Artemis Accords By the Numbers payloadspace.com/the-artemis-...

"Cyber Command...conducted a cyberattack in the latter half of Trump’s first term to interrupt the satellite communications of the Wagner Group, Russian mercenaries who then reportedly had a presence in Venezuela, the sources said." www.cnn.com/2025/10/29/p...

"The MDA says that’s based on earlier prototypes and today’s interceptors 'have displayed a 100% accuracy rate in testing for more than a decade.'" This is an egregious misrepresentation: the GMD system has had a 55% success rate in its flight tests www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

"Each Starlink satellite reserves about 30% of its fuel to ensure that, at the end of its operational life, it can independently and promptly descend from orbit, burning up entirely in the atmosphere. This process typically takes around four weeks" spaceambition.substack.com/p/starlink-now

Good trick to award contracts before the actual architecture has been sorted out for Golden Dome www.wsj.com/politics/nat...

"one European space official told Breaking Defense. '[T]here is a shift towards security activities triggered by the new U.S. policies and their impact in Europe.'” breakingdefense.com/2025/10/in-h...

Latvia makes 60 countries that have signed the Artemis Accords; this makes four new additions in October spacenews.com/latvia-signs...

Russia also pointed to Golden Dome during the second week of dedicated #SpaceSecurity discussion. Details here: reachingcriticalwill.org/images/docum...

“Even if you don’t have a space program, every single person on this planet is a user of space data or services in some way, shape, or form.” ~ SWF's @vsamsondc.bsky.social, at IAF GNF Session - Success in Space Through Security, Investment, and Sustainability 👉 www.youtube.com/watch

“Dogfighting in space”? Not quite. 📣 In a recent feature, SWF’s Victoria Samson unpacks how counterspace trends are shaping strategic stability and global security. 🔗 Read the article: bit.ly/3IZELhy #SpaceSecurity #ASAT #SpacePolicy #SWF

ESA released a new metric - the space environment health index. For space to be "sustainable," it should be at a 1; apparently it's at a 4. I have questions about this www.esa.int/Space_Safety...

"Germany intends for both satellites to have the ability to maneuver in orbit using on-board propulsion and technology for operations in close proximity to other spacecraft." So co-orbital counterspace capabilities (plus jamming?) spacenews.com/analysts-que...

"he heard that some officials within DoD believe that the Pentagon can’t take on lunar surface operations under the Outer Space Treaty". Art. 4: "the conduct of military manoeuvres on celestial bodies shall be forbidden"; it does allow peaceful actions payloadspace.com/bridenstine-...

"The program is driven by growing security threats to Europe, particularly from Russia, as well as the perception that the continent can no longer rely primarily on the United States for defense" ESA outlines plans for space security program spacenews.com/esa-outlines...

Love an interactive; this article by @wapodavenport.bsky.social has some really good visuals to flesh out what Golden Dome may look like (and concerns about its feasibility, cost, and effect on strategic security) wapo.st/47t77IV (🎁🔗)

Note that they say that the interceptors are planned to be launched in June 2026, not make an intercept: "Once on station, the Orbital Magazine will release two interceptor missiles, each propelled by high-thrust solid rocket motors." www.spacewar.com/reports/Apex...

Really good breakdown of possible points of vulnerability to cyberattacks and how to mitigate them; we need more open discussion of this so that all space actors can learn best practices for cybersecurity and how to incorporate them into their systems www.anvilsecure.com/wp-content/u...

"We observe that while content scrambling is standard for satellite TV, it is surprisingly unlikely to be used for private networks using GEO satellite to backhaul IP network traffic from remote areas" resulting in lots of unencrypted broadcasting 😬 satcom.sysnet.ucsd.edu/docs/dontloo...

I'm excited about this event; would be even more excited if it wasn't a manel www.eventbrite.com/e/discovery-...

"the focus on spectacular final products can obscure the chain of investments behind them. Governments don’t just provide funding and create demand for tech companies; they also supply research and development elbow grease" www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

This headline 💀 Europe's new space merger explores the FOMO frontier www.reuters.com/business/aer...

NOT GREAT www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/...

"China argued that certain countries are “seeking dominance” by building spacebased weapon systems, including interceptors and initiatives such as the “Golden Dome,” which it said would upset the balance of power."

""The key takeaway is that it's not a question of if this will happen but when," Gustavo Baldo Carvalho, Lead Simulation Officer of Sentinel-1D" www.space.com/astronomy/no...

"According to sources with links to the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, as many as 200,000 Starlink terminals are active in Ukraine, making the former Soviet republic by far the biggest user of Starlink services in Europe." That is a LOT of terminals www.space.com/space-explor...

WCK’s Relief Team is supporting furloughed federal workers in Washington, D.C., as the U.S. government shutdown nears its fourth week. #ChefsForFeds (1/2)

"The new model looks less like “build a black-box spy satellite, operate it” and more like “subscribe, task, exploit analytics.” That shift invites innovation, cost-effectiveness, and agility. It also invites dependency, inequity, and strategic risk." open.substack.com/pub/accesshu...

🌐 Day 2 at the 7th #SWFsummit25 in Paris! Thank you to all attendees shaping space’s future. 🔗 bit.ly/45Vd159 #SpaceGovernance #Paris2025

🛰️ Day 1 at the 7th #SWFsummit25 is underway in Paris! 🔹 Talks from ESA, CNES & EU 🔹 Sessions on tech, policy & space sustainability 🍷 Networking Reception 6:15 PM 🔗 bit.ly/45Vd159 #SpaceGovernance #Paris2025

It begins! @swfoundation.bsky.social #SWFSummit25

🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨 Today today today #SWFSummit25 @swfoundation.bsky.social

Two seemingly contradictory things can be true at the same time: I have had some ROUGH nights thanks to the Fox & Hounds, and I'm going to miss it horribly

🚀 The 7th #SWFsummit25 opens tomorrow, Oct 22–23 in Paris. 🎙️ We’re also happy to welcome Sébastien Martin, Minister for Industry & Philippe Baptiste, Minister of Higher Education, Research and Space as speakers. 🎟️First 25 today get free virtual w/code VIRTUALFREE25 bit.ly/45Vd159

Proud that @swfoundation.bsky.social was part of this joint civil society given by @ploughsharesca.bsky.social to the UNGA's 1st Committee last week giving practical and implementable steps to preserve outer space as a domain of peaceful use reachingcriticalwill.org/images/docum...