2009 Iridium-Cosmos Collision Fact Sheet

Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) on Reducing Space Threats Fact Sheet

A summary of the UN OEWG process to address space threats through norms, behaviors, and dialogue, despite its failure to reach consensus.

4/6/2014

UN Group of Governmental Experts (GGE) on Space TCBMs Fact Sheet

A fact sheet summarizing the 2013 UN GGE consensus report on transparency and confidence-building measures in outer space.

Shenlong Orbital Test Vehicle Fact Sheet

An overview of China’s Shenlong orbital spaceplane program, detailing its mission history, technologies tested, and implications for space security and transparency.

Russian Direct Ascent Anti-satellite Testing Fact Sheet

A fact sheet summarizing Russia’s direct-ascent anti-satellite (DA-ASAT) testing history, including technical programs, testing data, and implications for low Earth orbit security.

Russian Co-orbital Anti-satellite Testing Fact Sheet

Since 2010, Russia has been testing technologies for RPO in both LEO and GEO that could lead to or support a co-orbital ASAT capability, and some of those efforts have links to a Cold War-era LEO co-orbital ASAT program.

Chinese Military and Intelligence Rendezvous and Proximity Operations Fact Sheet

Since 2008, China has conducted multiple tests of satellite technologies for robotic rendezvous and proximity operations (RPO) to support surveillance and inspection of other space objects in both low Earth orbit (LEO) and geostationary Earth orbit (GEO), most of which are related to military or intelligence operations.