Report: Space Security 2011
Space Security 2011 is the eighth annual report on trends and developments related to security in outer space, covering the period January to December 2010. It is part of the broader Space Security Index (SSI) project, which aims to improve transparency with respect to space activities and provide a common, comprehensive knowledge base to support the development of national and international policies that contribute to space security.
The definition of space security guiding this report refects the express intent of the 1967 Outer Space Treaty (OST) that space should be preserved as a global commons to be used by all for peaceful purposes:
The secure and sustainable access to, and use of, space and freedom from space-based threats.
Thee primary consideration in the SSI definition of space security is not the interests of individual national or commercial entities using space, but the security of space as an environment that can be used safely and responsibly by all. This broad definition encompasses the security of the unique space environment, which includes the physical and operational integrity of manmade assets in space and their ground stations, as well as security on Earth from threats originating in space-based assets.
