How BRICS is shaping multipolar space

After decades of Western dominance, BRICS is steadily assembling its own space architecture, combining the technical capabilities of China, Russia, and India with the ambitions of emerging members from the Global South. Joint programmes, from satellite constellations to orbital stations and lunar missions, are shaping an autonomous space ecosystem supported by shared infrastructure and rising private-sector participation.

At the same time, the group is promoting alternative governance principles focused on inclusion and peaceful use of orbit, positioning itself against NATO’s militarisation trend. Together, these dynamics point to the emergence of a new spatial order, where astropolitics reflects the broader multipolar system taking shape on earth.

📎 Read more in the article by Andrea Alberti, Research Fellow at the Italian Space Agency under the European Space Policy Institute, Participant of the BRICS International School: New Generation 2025 published in the BRICS Business Magazine

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