The Space Triad Framework

Darren McKnight’s integrated model challenges conventional thinking by linking space security, safety, and sustainability into a unified operational strategy

a satellite hitting a piece of debris in orbit

The orbital debris crisis has reached a critical inflection point, with over 18,000 cataloged objects in low Earth orbit and an estimated 500,000 to 700,000 lethal non-trackable fragments threatening satellite operations. While traditional approaches have treated space security, space safety, and space susta…