Overview
- Germany published and presented its first national space security strategy, placing the Bundeswehr at the center of implementation.
- The Defence Ministry plans to invest €35 billion by 2030 to upgrade SATCOM, expand reconnaissance, add satellite-based missile detection, harden command-and-control and develop non-destructive space effectors.
- The strategy directs a global sensor network for space situational awareness, new systems to track launches and hypersonic threats, and reduced reliance on non-European providers.
- Officials cite Russian GPS jamming in the Baltic region and Ukraine-linked satellite cyber effects as key drivers, while pledging a rules-based posture and stating they will not attack other nations’ satellites.
- Germany links the build-out to EU, ESA and NATO cooperation, including IRIS2 and joint launch efforts, and adds civilian programs on debris mitigation and asteroid defense alongside a new military satellite operations center.