Overview
- Defense Minister Boris Pistorius and Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul presented the strategy to the cabinet, establishing a framework to protect and defend German interests in orbit.
- The blueprint prioritizes safeguarding satellites and ground infrastructure and developing the capability for military space operations.
- The government outlines three lines of effort: detecting threats, fostering international cooperation and a sustainable space order, and strengthening deterrence, robustness, and resilience.
- Implementation will proceed quickly through a whole-of-government architecture aligned with European partners and NATO and developed with defense, foreign affairs, and research ministries.
- Officials point to regular Russian GPS interference over the Baltic and lessons from the Ukraine war as evidence of rising risks that the strategy seeks to address.