Space Security Depends on Networks, Ground Systems and Supply Chains
Space has become a civilian and military dependency whose security architecture has not kept pace with the ways adversaries can disrupt it, argues Kari Bingen of the Center for Strategic and International Studies. The panel’s broader case is that securing space now means protecting an interconnected orbital and terrestrial system: proliferated constellations may make satellites harder to disable, but ground networks, terminals, data links and layered suppliers remain vulnerable to attack or compromise. As commercial activity expands, Heather Pringle of the Space Foundation argues, the rules and norms for managing this increasingly congested and contested domain have lagged behind.
The Aspen Institute·Jul 15, 2026·9 min read
