Space and National Security: Points of interaction, Opportunities and Issue of Priority

by Volodymyr Neskorozhenyi¹, Volodymyr Zakharov² and Alexander Slyusarenko^3
1 Scientific Institute of Public Law (Kyiv, Ukraine)
² Scientific Institute of Public Law (Kyiv, Ukraine)
³ Scientific Institute of Public Law (Kyiv, Ukraine)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.29202/asl/13/9
Received: 24 April 2024 / Accepted: 23 May 2024 / Published: 1 July 2024

The article reveals the importance of space for national security. The points of interaction between space activities and national security are identified, which reflect the growing importance of outer space for ensuring the security of States and emergency management, the growth of international cooperation in the field of space technologies. The newest possibilities of space to ensure national security (warning and military intelligence systems; communication systems and means of coordination; systems of space monitoring of the environment and resource management; systems of border and maritime surveillance; development of other technologies; development of global cooperation) are revealed. The problems of ensuring the priority of national security in the use of space resources have been formed, with the formation of a global strategy that geopolitical stability and prevention of the militarization of space should become key aspects for ensuring the national security of any State.

Keywords: military intelligence, geopolitical stability, state, space resources, space technology, space, international cooperation, national security, surveillance, satellites.

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