Secure World Foundation Releases Space Security Index 2010
The Secure World Foundation (SWF) released its seventh Space Security report today. Space Security 2010 analyzes what happened in 2009 affecting space security. Not surprisingly, much attention is focused on the February 2009 collision between a U.S. Iridium satellite and a defunct Russian satellite that generated substantial amounts of space debris. That event stimulated the United States and other spacefaring countries to ratchet up efforts at space situational awareness so satellite operators can ensure satellites stay out of each other’s way.
The annual index identifies trends and developments in a given year that impact space security, which its sponsors define as “The secure and sustainable access to, and use of, space and freedom from space-based threats.” Those sponsors are SWF, The Simons Foundation, Project Ploughshares (Canada), the Institute of Air and Space Law at McGill University (Montreal), and Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada.
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