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Author: Makena Young

Makena Young is a fellow with the Aerospace Security Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, where her research interests include international collaboration, space security, and orbital debris. Prior to joining CSIS, Ms. Young worked for the Federal Aviation Administration as an Aerospace Engineer, focusing on Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast certification and integration in small aircraft. She holds a B.S. in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering from Purdue University with minors in International Relations and Environmental Engineering. @_MakenaYoung

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Space Threat Assessment 2022

By Kaitlyn Johnson, Todd Harrison, Makena Young, Nicholas Wood, Alyssa Goessler

PublishedApril 4, 2022

The 2022 Space Threat Assessment covers the growing counterspace capabilities of China, Russia, India, Iran, North Korea, and others. It also analyzes several key events, including the 2021 Russian ASAT test, the supposed Chinese FOBS test, and Russian jamming in Ukraine.

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Space Threat Assessment 2024

By Clayton Swope, Kari A. Bingen, Makena Young, Madeleine Chang, Stephanie Songer, Jeremy Tammelleo

PublishedApril 17, 2024

of Space Threat Assessment by the Aerospace Security Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). For the last six years, CSIS has used open-source information to produce an annual assessment of threats to U.S. national security space systems posed by foreign government capabilities. Each report in this series catalogs yearly trends, uses, and advancements of counterspace weapons and enablers to […]

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The Evolution of French Space Security

By Makena Young

PublishedMarch 14, 2024

In the last decade, there has been an international resurgence of focus on space for commercial, civil, and military activities. Space is now a critical domain for many nations around the globe, and both individual countries and multinational coalitions have recently released space policies and strategies. European nations have taken a greater interest in space […]