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Could China’s debris be a stratagem rather than an accident

A Space Review essay asks whether three Chinese breakups this year were engineering failures or a quiet counterspace strategy.

A new argument for treating orbit as territory rather than a highway

A Space Review essay argues that because constellations produce stable coverage from constantly moving spacecraft, spacepower builds the territory it operates in rather than crossing it.

Upgrading orbit for quantum threats is a rebuild, not a patch

Post-quantum cryptography is the practical fix for satellites facing harvest-now, decrypt-later campaigns, but engineers say it is a systems rebuild rather than a software update.

US war game ends with two rival missile shields and no deal

A think tank war game ends with US and Chinese interceptor shields in orbit and a warning that the Golden…

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Essay revives letters of marque for commercial space defense

A CIMSEC essay urges a maritime-era tool, letters of marque, to let US space firms defend themselves.

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Think tank calls debris-making ASAT tests a losing trade

FAS analysis argues debris-creating anti-satellite tests offer little military value and should be banned.

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Unreliable orbital data masks most collision risk, COMSPOC says

New COMSPOC research argues most collision risk goes unmanaged because operators cannot trust the orbital data behind their warnings.

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Former Air Force chief scientist warns US risks losing space tech edge

Victoria Coleman, the former US Air Force chief scientist, says the United States must move faster to operationalize new space…

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Golden Dome Opens the Door for a Space Security Gold Rush

The Pentagon's Golden Dome missile defense program is creating new markets for space infrastructure, but cybersecurity experts warn the expanded…

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