| Title: | The security of space activities |
| Authors: | Gérard Brachet, Author |
| Material Type: | report |
| Publisher: | [S.l.] : EU Non-Proliferation Consortium, 2016 |
| Size: | 1 online resource (10 p.) |
| Languages: | English |
| Class number: | UG1520 |
| Subjects: | Artificial satellites ; Security, International ; Space security ; Space security--International cooperation. ; Space weapons |
| Description: | The secure and sustainable use of outer space has become a concern. More than 60 nations and regional governmental organizations operate satellites in earth orbit and a large number of private companies operate commercial satellite systems. The number of systems deployed in low earth orbit and on the geostationary ring creates new risks of interference and of physical collision. There is also the risk of outer space becoming a battlefield. While it seems that the deployment of weapons in outer space has not taken place, ground-based weapons can be used against spacecraft in low orbits. Also, technologies for the jamming and blinding of satellites are becoming easily accessible. |
| Access: | https://www.nonproliferation.eu/web/documents/nonproliferationpapers/the-security-of-space-activities-52.pdf |
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