NATO is a political and military alliance that recognized space as an operational domain in 2019 and adopted a Space Policy. While NATO itself does not aim to develop its own space capabilities and relies on its member states' assets, it serves as a forum for information sharing, interoperability enhancement, and coordinated action regarding space-related issues. NATO's Space Center, established in 2020, supports NATO operations and missions by coordinating allied space activities and sharing information on potential threats. Associated keywords: space policy, operational domain, interoperability, space situational awareness, collective defense.
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Allied Command Operations in Mons has operational nerve centers including the NATO base in Ramstein, Germany, and the Centre of Excellence in Toulouse, France.
NATO’s Persistent Alliance Space Surveillance (APSS) is the Alliance’s largest investment program in space capabilities.
Since 2019, NATO officially recognizes space as an operational domain on the same level as land, sea, air, and cyberspace.
Gen. (Ret.) Tod Wolters is a former Commander of U.S. European Command and former Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) for NATO.
APSS aims to create a large-scale virtual constellation called Aquila composed of national and commercial surveillance satellites to provide faster and higher-quality intelligence to NATO.
NATO launched Spacenet, an industrial consultation group that includes more than 300 companies.
NATO is developing a commercial engagement model that includes an interface called the NATO Space Front Door.
NATO ministers of Defence approved the Alliance’s first Commercial Space Strategy in February 2025.
The NATO Commercial Space Strategy intends to bridge military requirements and commercial agility to improve defense procurement interactions with industry.
Indra Group and Leonardo signed a Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen cooperation in cyber defence and to identify and expand their international reach in Europe, within NATO, and in other high-potential markets.
Spain contributes to NATO’s space situational awareness and operates with the NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance Centre (Centro de Atención Espacial) in Rotterdam from its inception.
The NATO Innovation Fund, the British Business Bank, Space Frontiers Fund II, and Presto Tech Horizons provided new investor capital to SatVu's funding round.
The funding round completed with a strategic investment from the NATO Innovation Fund and investments from the British Business Bank, Space Frontiers Fund II (with SPARX Asset Management Co. Ltd. as the Fund Manager), and Presto Tech Horizons.
The 17 February funding round included contributions from the NATO Innovation Fund, British Business Bank, Space Frontiers Fund II, and Presto Tech Horizons.
Integrasys works with the US Space Force and US Space Command, the Government of Ukraine, NATO, and European ministries of defense.
Two representatives from NATO headquarters, Lieutenant Colonel Jorge Carmona and Irene Saiz, will participate in SSSIF 2026.
Mithril Technologies was named to the 2026 cohort for NATO’s DIANA defense innovation accelerator.
Hypersonica’s Series A funding will enable the company to continue full-scale flight testing toward meeting NATO member states’ demands for deep precision strike capabilities.
Aldoria analyst Norbert Pouzin has identified a pattern in which Luch satellites have visited the same families of satellites operated by NATO-affiliated operators.
Luch-1 and Luch-2 have executed close-approach maneuvers to major European and NATO geostationary satellites at approximately 36,000 kilometers altitude.