The Space Security Index is the first and only annual, comprehensive, and integrated assessment of space security. Based on eight indicators of space security, it provides background information and in-depth analysis on key trends and developments in the space field. The project seeks to provide a fact-base of trends and developments in space security based on primary, open source research. It also includes an annual assessment of the status of space security based on a consultative process engaging a broad range of stakeholders. The objective of the Space Security Index is to facilitate dialogue on space security challenges and potential responses by providing the necessary facts and focus to inform an important debate that has become unnecessarily polarized.

Space Security Factsheet

Space Security Index Factsheet

Space security is defined for this project as the secure and sustainable access to, and use of space, and freedom from space-based threats. The eight indicator areas assessed to produce the Space Security Index are:

• The Space Environment
• Space Security Laws, Policies and Doctrines
• Civil space programs and global utilities
• Commercial Space
• Space Support for Terrestrial Military Operations
• Space Systems Protection
• Space Systems Negation
• Space-bsed Strike Weapons
  

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