Staff Activities and Presentations
Nov 5, 2021
SWF Participates in Meeting of the NOAA ACCRES Advisory Committee
Director of Space Applications Programs Krystal Azelton contributed to the fall 2021 meeting of NOAA’s Advisory Committee on Commercial Remote Sensing (ACCRES) to discuss the Committee’s work, including receiving guidance from the new Administration on suggested working group topics for implementing the updated U.S. regulations for Earth Remote Sensing and future commercial space activities. Minutes of the meeting will be posted here.
Nov 8, 2021
Space Warfare: Applying International Humanitarian Law to the Final Frontier
This 2021 Stockholm Security Conference session, organized by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, invited Director of Program Planning Brian Weeden and other legal and technical experts for a discussion on the application of international humanitarian law (IHL) to outer space. The session also considered the technical aspects of different technologies and behaviors in outer space, and the legal implications thereof. In addition, panelists probed the rights and obligations of neutral states and states not directly participating in hostilities with the aim of identifying which issues require policy intervention.
Nov 10-11, 2021
2021 Cyber and Space Security Conference
On November 10, Dr. Weeden participated in a panel discussion on cyber security aspects of large satellite constellations at the Cybersatgov 2021 conference, which was held in Chantilly, VA. Dr. Weeden talked about how cyber attacks are a potential part of the counterspace attack surface of space capabilities and how industry standards can help address some of the vulnerabilities.
Nov 11-12, 2021
U.S-Sino Space Commercialization Dialogue Active at 2021 Paris Peace Forum
On November 11, 2021, Secure World Foundation and Caelus Foundation hosted a Small Group Dialogue on Space Traffic Management and Space Safety between American and Chinese commercial space stakeholders on the margins of the Paris Peace Forum. This informal not-for-attribution dialogue was part of our foundations' ongoing dialogue and research program aimed at enhancing understanding of space commercialization perspectives between the U.S. and China.
The following day, the U.S-Sino Space Commercialization Dialogue was reflected in the actual Paris Peace Forum agenda with a panel session entitled How to Establish a Space Commercialization Dialogue between the US and China?. This virtual session discussed our experience over the last three years in working with the Chinese Society of Astronautics to establish a regular dialogue between U.S. and Chinese space stakeholders on trends and activities in space commercialization.
Nov 15-17, 2021
SWF Participates in Australian Cyber Conference: Virtual Edition
The Australian Information Security Association (AISA) hosted its annual cybersecurity conference covering a variety of aspects affecting cybersecurity. SWF Washington Office Director Victoria Samson spoke in a panel discussion, “Cyber-Space: Safeguarding Australia's Space-Based Assets,” which focused on the importance and utility of cybersecurity in outer space. For more information, please visit here.
Nov 22, 2021
Lunar Governance: Lessons from Earth
The 16th Moon Dialogs Research Salon featured a discussion of how good terrestrial governance practices might help inform future lunar governance frameworks. Lukas Kuhn and Jessy Kate Schingler provided an overview of research done by Open Lunar Foundation over the last year on this issue and discussed with Dr. Weeden the implications for future policy, legal, and economic discussions on lunar governance.
Nov 22, 2021
Nuking the site from orbit? China's Hypersonic Weapons Test
This virtual panel hosted by the Third Nuclear Age project at the School of History, Politics, and International Relations, University of Leicester, discussed what is known and unknown about the alleged test of a Chinese Fractional Orbital Bombardment System (FOBS), and what it can mean for nuclear strategy, space security, and US-China relations. Ms. Samson spoke on the panel about China’s counterspace and known hypersonic capabilities and compared them to U.S. hypersonic capabilities and plans. For more information, including a video of the discussion, please visit here.
Nov 29, 2021
International Norms and Competition in Earth Orbit: Implications for German Industry
The Office of the Representative of German Industry and Trade in the United States hosted a virtual panel discussion which examined the current state of the space environment, possible challenges to the security and stability of the domain, and ways in which to facilitate international cooperation. Ms. Samson spoke about the role of norms in security, security, and sustainability and the positive effect the commercial sector could have on contributing to shaping those norms. For the video of the discussion, please visit here.
Nov 30, 2021
NIAS-NAS Virtual Dialogue: Space Security Challenges
The National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS) and National Academy of Sciences (NAS) have been hosting a series of track 2 dialogues between Indian and U.S. strategic experts. The most recent was “Space Security Challenges,” and it covered a spectrum of issues affecting space security and stability. Ms. Samson presented on “Security Implications of Mega-Constellations and Space Crowding,” where she discussed the disruption the arrival of mega-constellations have placed on the space domain, the role the right of way places in complicating space traffic management, and the consequences that anti-satellite tests much like Russia’s held on Nov. 15, 2021, have for space debris in low Earth orbit.
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