Over the past decade, there has been a proliferation of space-based technology. Increased affordability and accessibility of satellite and other space technology have led many countries and enterprises to get involved. Space technology is playing an increasing role in the day-to-day operations of businesses, militaries and the lives of individual civilians.
With greater affordability and accessibility of space has come greater cooperation between public and private entities and military and civilian organizations. For example, SpaceX is a private company that regularly delivers humans and equipment to space for NASA. The Pentagon has also contracted with SpaceX for use of its Starshield satellite network for military purposes. The overall increase in scale, scope and interdependency of space technologies across public and private sectors also drives a need for more cybersecurity capabilities tailored to rapidly evolving space infrastructure — and the ground-based technology that supports it.