2022 Open-Ended Working Group on Reducing Space Threats 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.

6/12/2025

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.

11/10/2010

2009 Iridium-Cosmos Collision Fact Sheet

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.

6/12/2025

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.