Small Satellite Modeling and Defender Software
Shares findings from physical small satellite modeling, attack simulations, and the development of the lightweight Small Satellite Defender mitigation tool.
Summary
Growth of Small Satellite Architectures
Commercial rideshare rocket launches have lowered the cost of deploying small satellite systems and CubeSats for academic, civil, and defense research missions.
Building a High Fidelity Satellite Testbed
Researchers developed realistic small satellite testbeds using embedded hardware, sensor arrays, radio transceivers, and orbital simulation engines to evaluate aerospace cybersecurity posture.
Simulating Space Attack Scenarios
Executing adversarial simulations against the testbed evaluated the impact of man-in-the-middle (MitM) command injection, denial-of-service, radio spoofing, and hardware fault injection.
The Small Satellite Defender Tool
To safeguard orbital platforms, researchers engineered 'Small Satellite Defender' (SSD), a lightweight onboard monitoring utility that validates incoming commands and enforces health telemetry checks.
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