European Resiliency and Collaboration in Space Surveillance and Safety

The GEO orbit holds some of Europe’s Europe’s most critical space services, but the risk environment is changing fast: close-approach manoeuvres, interference, and grey-zone actions are no longer theoretical. This panel discusses how European nations can strengthen space surveillance and safety through a more responsive posture in GEO, combining faster detection and characterisation of suspicious behaviour, agreed thresholds for attribution, and practical coordination mechanisms that preserve national sovereignty while enabling interoperability both in space and on ground. Key takeaways - GEO threats demand faster shared awareness and coordinated responses - Inspection concepts enable evidence-based decisions and de-risk escalation - Interoperability goes beyond technology and implies shared information and decision making