WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) and the Prague Security Studies Institute (PSSI) have released a joint report, Ground Game of Authoritarian Space Powers, which examines how China is pursuing a new space race not only to the Moon and in orbit, but also on the ground.
The study details how Beijing is pursuing a program of “space sector capture” to penetrate and control the space sectors of more than 120 countries through agreements with ostensibly private Chinese companies that, in effect, act as fronts for the People’s Liberation Army (PLA).
The report details how many of these companies’ “too-good-to-refuse,” ”one-stop shopping” offers backed by the Chinese government to bundle satellites, launch services, ground stations, positioning, navigation and timing services, training, and subsidized financing to create long-term dependencies on Beijing and the loss of considerable sovereignty, while concealing China’s true intentions.
The report also reveals that many of these Chinese space firms, tied to the PLA through China’s “Civilian-Military Strategy,” secure American investment, through publicly traded securities and private equity transactions. For example, the study details how one firm funded by the China arm of a U.S. venture capital firm has provided satellite imagery to Iran-backed Houthi terrorists targeting American naval vessels in the Red Sea, including the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier, according to the U.S. Department of State.
“The world market for space products and services is projected to reach $35 billion in the coming years, and we cannot let that fall into Chinese hands,” said Zach Mottl, Chairman of CPA. “We must win the race for that market, for American industry, and for America.”
“Financing China’s planned dominance and militarization of space through American capital markets and venture and private equity investments is unacceptable,” said Jon Toomey, President of CPA. “Congress must act to implement the President’s America First Investment Policy, especially in the space sector where so much is at stake.”
The CPA/PSSI report was featured in a newly released documentary by Fox Nation, “The Enemy Above,” and an interview of PSSI Chairman Roger Robinson, Jr., on a recent segment of “Mornings with Maria” on Fox Business. The full report is available here.
The CPA/PSSI China Space Security Initiative (CSSI) — formed in 2025 — is working to expose how Beijing is working to penetrate and control the space sectors of more than 120 countries. In concert with nearly thirty years of data collected by PSSI, a leader in space security research, CPA’s joint China Space Security Initiative analyzes global capital flows into Chinese space companies controlled by the PLA. This first-of-its-kind partnership clearly demonstrates China’s weaponization of space — and possibly the moon — using American and allied funding.
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