Space Threat Assessment 2024

Swope, Clayton; Bingen, Kari A.; Young, Makena; Chang, Madeleine; Songer, Stephanie; Tammelleo, Jeremy

From the document: "Welcome to the seventh edition of the 'Space Threat Assessment' by the Aerospace Security Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). For the last seven years, CSIS has used open-source information to produce an annual assessment of threats to U.S. national security space systems, referred to as counterspace threats, and trends in counterspace capabilities. Each report in this series catalogs yearly developments, uses, and advancements of counterspace weapons and enablers to provide policymakers and the public with accessible insights into the global space threat landscape. Today, there are more satellites and systems in space providing services, information, and capabilities to people on Earth than ever before. While many of these systems have a civilian mission and are built and run by companies instead of governments, they also support U.S. national security. As noted in past assessments, these civilian and commercial space systems face expanding threats from foreign adversaries, which increasingly include cyber and espionage threats. Given the criticality of services and capabilities provided by space systems to U.S. national and economic security, the authors believe that policymakers should think in terms of threats and risk as they resource and prioritize mitigation measures. In addition to threats, a risk assessment includes analysis of vulnerabilities as well as the likelihood of and impacts from undesired events."

Center For Strategic And International Studies (Washington, D.C.). 2024.