Publications by Brian Weeden

Brian Weeden, Technical Advisor for Secure World Foundation (read bio )

Articles

• "Misplaced Priorities on National Security Space", Op-Ed, SpaceNews, March 4, 2013
• "Almost Everything You've Heard about the North Korean Space Launch is Wrong", Wired's Danger Room, December 12, 2012.
• "Space Situational Awareness is Bigger Than the U.S. Military", Op-Ed, SpaceNews, September 27, 2012
• "The Economics of Space Sustainability", The Space Review, June 4, 2012.
• "Overstating The Threat Posed by Chinese Space Program", Letter to the Editor, SpaceNews, December 20, 2011
• "Important Steps for SSA, Final Solution Still Needed", OnOrbitWatch, November 14, 2011.
• "Dancing in the Dark: The Orbital Rendezvous of SJ-12 and SJ-06F," The Space Review, August 30, 2010.
• "Zombiesats and On-Orbit Servicing," MilSat Magazine, September, 2010.
• "Verification in Space: Theories, Realities, and Possibilities," Disarmament Forum, 2010 no. 3. With B. Baseley-Walker.
• "Saving Earth Orbit, One Piece of Junk at a Time," SpaceNews guest blog, August 11, 2010.
• "Securing Space Capabilities: NATO's Time for Choices," Transforming Joint Air Power, NATO Joint Air Power Competence Centre, Edition 11, Summer 2010.
• "Dealing with Galaxy 15: Zombiesats and On-Orbit Servicing," The Space Review, May 24, 2010.
• "X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle Fact Sheet," presented by Secure World Foundation, updated 12 May, 2010.
• "The Security Implications of Missile Defense," The Space Review, September 28, 2009.
• "The Numbers Game," The Space Review, July 13, 2009.
• "Alternatives to a space weapons treaty," Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, April 17, 2009.
• "Space Sustainability: To Preserve and Protect...," Satellite Magazine, March 2009.
• "A space launch vehicle by any other name...," The Space Review, March 9, 2009.
• "How to prevent another satellite collision," New Scientist blog, February 23, 2009.
• "Billiards in Space," The Space Review, February 23, 2009.
• "The ongoing saga of DSP Flight 23," The Space Review, January 19, 2009.
• "Space Weaponization: Aye or Nay?" Arms Control Today, Volume 38, Number 9, November 2008.
• "China's BX-1 microsatellite: a litmus test for space weaponization," The Space Review, October 20, 2008.
• "The fallacy of space-based interceptors for boost-phase missile defense," The Space Review, September 15, 2008.

Papers/Reports

• "Going Blind: Why America is on the Verge of Losing Its Situational Awareness in Space and What Can Be Done About it", SWF, September 10, 2012
• "Taking a common-pool resources approach to space sustainability: A framework and potential policies", Space Policy, Vol. 28, Issue 3, pp. 166-172, August 2012. With Tiffany Chow.
• "Potential Application of Ostrom's Principles for Sustainable Common-Pool Resources in Near-Earth Orbit", Global Policy, Vol. 3, Issue 1, pp. 72-81
• "Developing a Framework and Potential Policies for Space Sustainability Based on Sustainable Management of Common-Pool Resources", IAC-11.E3.4.3, 62nd International Astronautical Congress, Cape Town, South Africa, October 2-7, 2011.
• "Using the DSST Semi-Analytical Orbit Propagator Package Via the Nondywebtools/Astrowebtools Open Science Environment", IAC-11.B5.2.9, 62nd International Astronautical Congress, Cape Town, South Africa, October 2-7, 2011.
• "Analysis of Close Approaches Between Small Satellites and Catalog Objects", IAC-11.A6.2.2, 62nd International Astronautical Congress, Cape Town, South Africa, October 2-7, 2011.
• "Overview of the legal and policy challenges of orbital debris removal", Space Policy,Volume 27, Issue 1, February, 2011, pp. 38-43.
• "The 2007 Chinese ASAT Test Fact Sheet," presented by Secure World Foundation. Updated November, 23, 2010.
• "2009 Iridium-Cosmos Collision Fact Sheet," presented by Secure World Foundation. Updated November, 10, 2010.
• "Overview of the Legal and Policy Challenges of Orbital Debris Removal", IAC-10.A6.4.4, 61st International Astronautical Congress, Prague, Czech Republic, September 27 - October 1, 2010.
• "Global Space Situational Sensors," 2010 Advanced Maui Optical and Space Surveillance Conference, Maui, Hawaii, September 15-17, 2010. With P. Cefola and J. Sankaran.
• "The NORAD Experience: Implications for International Space Surveillance Data Sharing - Executive Summary," presented by Secure World Foundation, August 1, 2010.
• "Computer Systems and Algorithms for Space Situational Awareness: History and Future Development," 12th International Space Conference of Pacific-basin Societies, Montreal, Canada, July 28-30, 2010. With P. Cefola.
• "X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle Fact Sheet," presented by Secure World Foundation, updated May 12, 2010.
• "Open Source Software Suite for Space Situational Awareness and Space Object Catalog Work," 4th International Conference on Astrodynamics Tools Techniques, Madrid, Spain, 3-6 May 2010. With P. Cefola and C. Levit.
• "Analysis of the Technical Feasibility of Building an International Civil Space Situational Awareness System," 2009 IAC in Daejeong, South Korea, October 12-16, 2009.
• "Report on the Status of Progress Towards the Long-Term Sustainability of Space Activities," 2009 IAC in Daejeong, South Korea, October 12-16, 2009. With R. Williamson, K. Suzuki, N. Peter, B, B. Weeden. Baseley-Walker, and A. Lukaszczyk.
• "Space Security and Space Sustainability," Advanced Maui Optical and Space Surveillance Conference, September 16-19 2008.
• "Development of a Sun-Synchronous Zoning Architecture to Minimize Conjunctions," SpaceOps 2008 Conference in Heidelberg, Germany, May 16, 2008. With Kevin Shortt.

Presentations

• "The Importance of Space Situational Awareness for OOS and ADR", Singapore Conference on On-orbit Satellite Servicing and Active Debris Removal, February 20, 2013.
• "The Non-Technical Challenges With Active Debris Removal", IAF Symposium on Active Debris Removal, UN COPUOS STSC, February 11, 2013
• "The Future of Space", World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland, January 26, 2013
• "Open Source Space Situational Awareness", TEDxISU, Melbourne, Florida, July 6, 2012.
• "Overview of Active Debris Removal", Netherlands Space Society Symposium on Active Debris Removal, Leiden, Netherlands, June 21, 2012.
• "Thoughts on Euro-China Space Cooperation", The Brussels Space Policy Round Table - The Ups and Downs of Euro-China Space Cooperation, Brussels, Belgium, June 20, 2012.
• "The Non-Technical Challenges of Active Debris Removal", 2nd European Workshop on Active Debris Removal, Paris, France, June 18-19, 2012.
• "The Global Space Situational Awareness Sensors Database - A New Tool for Collaboration and Cooperation", technical presentation given at the 49th Session of the Scientific and Technical Subcommittee of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) , Vienna, Austria, February 13, 2012.
• "Space Situational Awareness", Trash in the Skies: The Challenge of Space Debris, Washington, D.C., February 3, 2012.
• "Future Governance of the Space and Cyber Commons", US-Japan Kanazawa Conference, Kanazawa, Japan, January 21-23, 2012.
• "Developing a Framework and Potential Policies for Space Sustainability Based on Sustainable Management of Common-Pool Resources", IAC-11.E3.4.3, 62nd International Astronautical Congress, Cape Town, South Africa, October 2-7, 2011.
• "Space Situational Awareness - The Big Picture", 1st European Space Surveillance Conference, Madrid, Spain, 7 June 2011.

• " The Foundational Role of Space Situational Awareness," Space Verification: Building Common Understanding Workshop, Brussels, Belgium, 29 March, 2011.
• "A Summary of the Galaxy 15 Incident and Its Impact on Space Sustainability," technical presentation given at the 48th Session of the Scientific and Technical Subcommittee of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) , Vienna, Austria, February 11, 2011.
• "Overview of Active Debris Removal," 2010 Beijing Orbital Debris Mitigation Workshop, Beijing, China October 18-19, 2010.
• "Small Satellite Space Traffic Management," 2010 Beijing Orbital Debris Mitigation Workshop, Beijing, China October 18-19, 2010.
• "Overview of the Legal and Policy Challenges of Orbital Debris Removal," IAC-10.A6.4.4, 61st International Astronautical Congress, Prague, Czech Republic, September 27 - October 1, 2010.
• "The Global Space Situational Sensors Project," 2010 Advanced Maui Optical and Space Surveillance Conference, Maui, Hawaii, September 15-17, 2010.
• "Computer Systems and Algorithms for Space Situational Awareness: History and Future Development," 12th International Space Conference of Pacific-basin Societies, Montreal, Canada July 28, 2010.
• Space Weapons from a Technical Perspective," presented at the UNIDIR Space Security Conference 2010, March 29-30, 2010.
• "Active Debris Removal: An Opportunity for Leadership and Cooperation," presented at the DARPA International Active Debris Removal Conference, December 8-10, 2009.
• "The Physics of Space Weapons," presented at ISU 2009 Space and Security Theme Day, July 29, 2009.
• "International Space Safety Efforts," presented at Air Force Space Safety Council, Kirkland AFB, New Mexico, June 17-19, 2009.
• "International Civil SSA as a Complimentary Initiative," presented at the International Space Debris Conference, Montreal, Canada, May 7-9, 2009.
• "The NEO Primer: A Tool for Collaboration, Communication, and Outreach," presented at the 1st IAA Planetary Defense Conference, Granada, Spain, April 27-30, 2009.
• "Space Architecture Choices and Physical Dependencies," presented at NDU Space Deterrence Workshop, April 13-14, 2009.
• "International Civil Space Situational Awareness," technical presentation given at the 46th Session of the Scientific and Technical Subcommittee of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, February 17, 2009.
• "Protecting Space Assets Through Denial Deterrence," presented at Space Security and Defense Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, December 8-9, 2008.
• Speech at the Third Annual International Association for the Advancement of Space Safety Conference, Rome, Italy, October 21-23, 2008.
• "Space Surveillance and Situational Awareness," presented at Cornell Workshop on Space Security, August 19 - 20, 2008.
• "Development of a Sun-Synchronous Zoning Architecture to Minimize Conjunctions," presented at UCS Summer Symposium, July 24-August 2, 2008.
• "Space Traffic Management", presented at the 45th Session of the Scientific and Technical Subcommittee, United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, February, 2008. With B. Baseley-Walker and A. Oprong.
• "What Makes Space Traffic Different?", SPI, January 24, 2008.
• "The Elements of Space Traffic Management," Improving Our Vision II: Building Transparency and Cooperation, conference sponsored by World Security Institute's Center for Defense Information, USAF Academy Eisenhower Center for Space and Defense, and the Secure World Foundation, October 25-26 2007.

Interviews/Media

• "Hypersonic missiles: Speed is the new stealth", The Economist, June 1, 2013.
• "Canada's Sapphire satellite latest development", The Hill Times Online, May 27, 2013.
• "Pentagon: No Evidence Chinese Debris Damaged Russian Sat", Aviation Week & Space Technology, March 25, 2013
• "Legal Action Against China Unlikely in Space Junk Crash with Russian Satellite", Space.com, March 12, 2013
• "Russian Satellite Hit By Chinese Debris Highlights Space Junk Threat", Space.com, March 9, 2013
• "Air Force Sequestration Plan Targets Missile Warning, Space Surveillance", SpaceNews, February 11, 2013
• "Daily Planet - Iran's Monkey in Space" Discovery Channel, January 28, 2013
• "Did Iran Successfully Launch a Monkey Into Space?", Fox News, January 28, 2013
• "China's space activities raising U.S. satellite security concerns", Reuters, January 14, 2013
• "Experts debate North Korea's missile goals and capability", Los Angeles Times, January 9, 2013
• "NKorea still years from reliable missiles, despite successful rocket launch", Associated Press, December 13, 2012
• "One Small Step for Kim: North Korea Inches Closer to an ICBM", Wired's Danger Room, December 12, 2012.
• 'Unmanned space drone takes flight for secretive mission", Interview with AirTalk on KPCC radio in Los Angeles, December 11, 2012
• "Air Force's X-37B mini-shuttle shrouded in secrecy", USA Today, December 9, 2012
• "What if there was no more space in space?", Interview on the World Economic Forum's blog, October 5, 2012.
• "The Space Show With David Livingston - Economics of Space Debris", August 10, 2012.
• "Why Iran is sending a monkey to space in the face of tough sanctions", Al Arabiya News, August 7, 2012.
• "TEDx turns into a call to collaborate", FloridaToday.com, July 9, 2012.
• " China May Be Suspicious of U.S. Air Force's X-37B Space Plane", Space.com, June 25, 2012.
• " Space Junk Hazards Force International Response", Space.com, June 25, 2012.
• "Pssst. Want a space telescope?", The Economist, June 8, 2012.
• "Space junk: Why its time to clean up the skies", BBC.com, May 21, 2012.
• "Pentagon's hypersonic test flight over Pacific", Fox News, April 23, 2012.
• "Why North Korea's Location Complicates Controversial Rocket Launch", Space.com, April 11, 2012.
• "Rocket in position at launch pad in North Korea", The Associated Press, April 8, 2012.
• "Smaller, Quicker, Secret, Robotic: Inside America's New Space Force", Wired.com Danger Room Blog, April 4, 2012.
• "EU space code of conduct: The solution to space debris?", BBC.com, March 26, 2012.
• "Pentagon Plan: Watch a Satellite's Every Move from 22,000 Miles Away", Wired.com Danger Room Blog, March 19, 2012.
• "DIA Threat Assessment Flags China's Advances in Space", SpaceNews, March 5, 2012
• "A Day Without Satellites?", Open Forum Session, 2012 World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, Davos, Switzerland, 27 January 2012.
• "ISU Prof's Aim: Avert Asteroid Hit", Des Moines Register, 17 January 2012.
• "U.S. Removes Phobos-Grunt Data From Web", Aviation Week and Space Technology, 17 January, 2012.
• " Where Will Doomed Russian Mars Probe Fall?", Space.com, 13 January, 2012.
• " Conflicting Predictions for Phobos-Grunt", Aviation Week and Space Technology, 13 January, 2012.
• " I see you: Spy versus spy in space", CNN Light Years blog, 13 January, 2012.
• " Recent Satellite Crashes Bring Space Junk Problem Into Public Eye", Space.com, 12 January, 2012.
• " Re-entry Imminent for Russian Mars Probe", SpaceNews, 12 January, 2012.
• "' No Chance' Secret X-37B Spaceplane Spying on China Module; Expert", Space.com, 6 January, 2012.
• " Doomed Russian Mars Probe May Crash to Earth on 15 Jan", Space.com, 5 January, 2012.
• "X-37B spaceplane 'spying on China'", BBC.com, 5 January, 2012.
• "Expert Sees Threat in China's Growing Space Program", SpaceNews, November 14, 2011
• "Space Trash", China Radio International, 11 October, 2011.
• "Where Falling Satellite Lands is Anyone's Guess", National Public Radio, Morning Edition, 21 September, 2011.
• "Report says space debris past tipping point, NASA needs to step up action", Washington Post, 1 September, 2011.
• "Weapons in Space", CQ Global Researcher, August 16, 2011.
• "Secret Space Plane Can't Hide from Amateur Sleuths", Danger Room, Wired.com, March 30, 2011.
• "NASA Considers Shooting Space Junk With Lasers", Danger Room, Wired.com, March 15, 2011
• "Security in Space: The Cluttered Frontier", The Economist, February 10, 2011.
• "Japan to go fishing...for space debris", Cosmic Log, MSNBC.com, February 9, 2011.
• "Space Junk Rivals Weapons as a Major Threat," Space.com, December 23, 2010.
• "China Matches U.S. Space Launches for First Time," Danger Room, Wired.com, December 23, 2010.
• The Space Show with Dr. David Livingston, 17 December 2010.
• "Secret Space Place Finally Lands; Twin Preps for Launch," Danger Room, Wired.com, December 3, 2010.
• "Experts Question Usefulness of Air Force's Robotic X-37B Space Plane," Space.com, November 29, 2010.
• "How the U.S. Snoops on Russian Nukes from Space," Danger Room, Wired.com, November 18, 2010.
• "Secret U.S. Space Plane May Be Too Mysterious," Danger Room, Wired.com, November 18, 2010.
• "China shows space skills with satellite rendezvous," Associated Press, November 10, 2010.
• "PRC Satellites Kiss: ASAT Test?" DoD Buzz, September 2, 2010.
• "Dreamchasers," Discover Magazine , September, 2010.
• "China's Secret Satellite Rendezvous 'Suggestive of a Military Program'," Danger Room, Wired.com, August 31, 2010.
• "Two Chinese satellites rendezvous in orbit," NewScientist, August 31, 2010.
• "Data Point to Chinese Orbital Rendezvous", SpaceNews, August 30, 2010
• "Junk Science: The Problem of Space Pollution," The Economist, August 19, 2010.
• "Cluttered Space," Popular Science, August 2010.
• "US Starting Asian Space Race?" The Diplomat, July 29, 2010.
• The Space Show with Dr. David Livingston, July 11, 2010.
• "War is Boring: Ambiguous U.S. Spacecraft Worries Rivals," World Politics Review, June 16, 2010.
• "Surveillance Suspected as Spacecraft's Main Role," New York Times, May 21, 2010.
• "Air Force's New X-37B Space Plane Likely to Be Orbital Spy," Space.com, May 19, 2010.
• "Report: Secret Space Plane Likely an Orbiting Spy," Wired.com, May 14, 2010.
• "Pentagon's Mach 20 Glider Disappears, Whacking 'Global Strike' Plans," Danger Room, Wired.com, April 27, 2010.
• "U.S. Air Force Official Touts Space Plane Applications", SpaceNews, April 23, 2010
• "China Vents Anger with Missile Test," Asia Times, January 20, 2010.
• "DARPA Looks to Send the Internet into Orbit," Danger Room, Wired.com, October 27, 2009.
• "Mixed Signals over Chinese Missiles," Asia Times, July 9, 2009.
• "US military to expand satellite monitoring programme," NewScientist, March 31, 2009.
• "Things that go bump in space, Part 2: Nations get the message," Asia Times, February 25, 2009.
• "Satellite crash prediction is plagued with uncertainty," NewScientist, February 13, 2009.
• "Satellite Collision Reveals Need for Space Traffic Control," Space.com, February 13, 2009.
• National Public Radio (NPR) interview, February 13, 2009. Click labeled "Listen Now." (SWF)
• The Space Show with Dr. David Livingston, January 26, 2009.