Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS)

The CSIS report identified eight Chinese geosynchronous-orbit satellites that performed three or more discrete maneuvers and ranked among the most active 10 percent of the fleet.

All of the highly maneuverable satellites identified by CSIS were manufactured by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation subsidiaries, the China Academy of Space Technology and the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology.

The CSIS report found that 86 percent of Chinese geosynchronous-orbit satellites did not execute any longitudinal shift maneuvers during the nine-year study.

A January CSIS report identified more than 60 countries with at least some space-based relationship with China.

The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) reported on January 15, 2026, the rapid expansion of China’s overseas satellite ground station network.

The CSIS report recommends increasing U.S. 'Space Diplomacy' efforts by providing competitive ground-station-as-a-service (GSaaS) alternatives to developing nations.

Kari A. Bingen, Director of the CSIS Aerospace Security Project, emphasizes that space is a high ground for diplomatic and military leverage.

DISC's personnel mainly consist of former members of Canadian security agencies, such as DND, CSIS, and CSE.

The CSIS report concluded there is no indication of a lunar gold rush due to lack of revenue-generating businesses centered around cislunar activities.

The CSIS report identified about 40 significant lunar missions scheduled for launch in the next decade.

Amazon Kuiper and SpaceX funded the CSIS report released 2022-12-14.

The CSIS report estimates startup costs to build and deploy a functioning LEO constellation at between $5,000,000,000 and $10,000,000,000.

The CSIS Space Threat Assessment 2022 uses open-source information to track the development of counterspace weapons that threaten U.S. national security interests in space.

CSIS documented that Russia tested a co-orbital anti-satellite weapon in July 2020.

CSIS documented that Russia tested a direct-ascent anti-satellite weapon in December 2020.

DoD spending on OTA contracts increased from about $700,000,000 in 2015 to more than $2,100,000,000 in 2017, according to CSIS contracting data.

CSIS analysis shows that DoD procurement budget growth in 2017 was largely spent on buying more of existing systems rather than on next-generation systems.

DoD contract obligations for applied research known as 6.5 projects for next-generation weapons systems were just under $3,000,000,000 in 2017, according to CSIS.