A pair of new reports point to a proliferating array of technologies that could be used to attack spacecraft.
In particular, the CSIS report includes a map of GPS interference throughout the separatist region of eastern Ukraine before the war even started. The CSIS authors used data from the US-based radio frequency analytics company HawkEye 360, which they say indicates the estimated locations of suspected Russian jammers last November and December.
The Viasat attack could also be a sign of future problems for other companies as the private space industry plays a. “This has really driven home to commercial companies that they could become potential targets.
The reports also detail new weapons that are being researched and developed, mainly by the US, Russia, and China, including lasers and microwave beams that would be fired from the ground or aircraft to temporarily dazzle the sensors on satellites when they try to monitor something sensitive. The effect is like shining a flashlight in someone’s eyes.
A close comparison reveals a few differences between the two reports. The CSIS report comes more from a US defense perspective, and unlike the one from SWF, it does not analyze the US’s own capabilities, but focuses more on the nation’s adversaries. The CSIS analysts include two developments their SWF counterparts decided to leave out: China’s hypersonic weapon test and Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system.
Some space technologies, depending on how they’re deployed, create a “dual-use” dilemma, Burbach argues. “Almost anything useful on the civilian or commercial side has a direct military application too,” he says.
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