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Chapter 9: Space in the war in Ukraine
The first major war in which commercial satellites play a leading role: company imagery, Starlink as the backbone of communications and drones, the cyber attack on Viasat on the first day, and GNSS jamming on an unprecedented scale.
9.1Commercial imagery
For the first time anyone can follow a war from space — and a country without satellites of its own can still look.
Read §9.1 →9.2Starlink and Starshield
A commercial network became the backbone of Ukrainian communications — and a bone of contention.
Read §9.2 →9.3The cyber attack on Viasat (24 February 2022)
The first shot in space was not fired, but hacked.
Read §9.3 →9.4GNSS jamming and spoofing
Satellite navigation is jammed and falsified on both sides on an unprecedented scale.
Read §9.4 →9.5Lessons
What this war teaches about space in a major conflict.
Read §9.5 →