Capacity-building for Space Sustainability: The role of government, industry, and civil society

Virtual

What are the most pressing challenges confronting governments, industry and civil society in terms of building capacity for implementing international space sustainability guidelines, and what steps should each of these three sectors prioritize to build such capacity? Join a panel of leading international experts as they share their thoughts on how governments, industry, and civil society […]

Exploring Insights from Emerging Space Agencies

Virtual

Why create a national space agency today? Join an expert panel of graduates from the George Washington University’s Space Policy Institute as they share findings from their report entitled “Exploring Insights from Emerging Space Agencies.” This report analyzes the motivations for recently standing up a national civil space agency by conducting a general assessment of […]

2020 Global Satellite Servicing Forum

Virtual

SWF and CONFERS are pleased to invite you to attend the 2020 Global Satellite Servicing Forum (GSSF) (https://www.satelliteconfers.org/gssf-2020/), being organized by The Consortium for Execution of Rendezvous and Servicing Operations (CONFERS). SWF is a member of the CONFERS Secretariat. On-orbit satellite servicing (OOS) and maintenance capabilities (including manufacturing and assembly) are emerging as the cornerstone of future […]

Seeing Space Security: The role of space situational awareness for verification of future space arms control

Virtual

Growing international concerns about the weaponization of outer space, and the greater potential for future armed conflict there, is reigniting interest in space arms control. One of the biggest challenges for the development of meaningful arms control for outer space is how such agreements could be verified. Some space arms control initiatives have focused on […]

Lost Without Translation: Identifying Gaps in U.S. Perceptions of the Chinese Commercial Space Sector

Virtual

Secure World Foundation and Caelus Foundation will be releasing a paper entitled “Lost Without Translation: Identifying Gaps in U.S. Perceptions of the Chinese Commercial Space Sector.” This whitepaper explores current perspectives that U.S. commercial space stakeholders have on the emerging Chinese commercial space sector and identifies significant questions and gaps in information that these stakeholders […]

Global Counterspace Capabilities Report Launch Event

Virtual

Secure World Foundation and the Center for Strategic and International Studies invite you to join us for a virtual event on April 8, 2021, to discuss our new reports on global counterspace capabilities.  The reports will be made public on April 1st on the SWF and CSIS websites. Analysts from SWF and CSIS will provide summaries of changes […]