Space in Support of Security Missions. An evolving landscape with untapped potential

Summary:

This public ESPI Report provides the major findings and key takeaways (suitable for open-access publication), which have been identified by ESPI during the conduct of two research studies in 2020 and 2021 and numerous interactions with European policy stakeholders and users of space-based services from the security community.

In investigating how space-based capacities, data and services can be improved to better contribute to accomplishment of security missions, this ESPI Report addresses in more detail the following questions:

• What are the practices of organisations from the security domain when it comes to using space in support of their missions?
• What is the added value of space systems and services among the variety of other available technological tools?
• How are the space and security domains evolving and what consequences do these evolutions bear on the “Space for Security” landscape in the future?
• What are the major user needs and requirements of actors from the security community?