The Spacecraft Hacker's Handbook

Satellites power our internet, GPS, weather forecasts, defense systems—and they’re all at risk.

The Spacecraft Hacker’s Handbook pulls back the curtain on modern space missions, showing how hackers target spacecraft and how you can stop them. Written by two of the field’s top offensive security experts, this hands-on guide blends real-world case studies with step-by-step labs.

Inside you’ll discover:

• How space systems really work, from ground stations to satellites
• How real-world attacks happen, including jamming, spoofing, malware, and advanced persistent threats
• Hands-on space hacking—practice in a safe virtual lab environment with telemetry analysis, ground station testing, and spacecraft software exploits
• Threat modeling for space—use frameworks like OWASP Threat Dragon and the NIST Cybersecurity Framework to assess risks
• Why space security is the next frontier of cybersecurity

Whether you’re a security professional, aerospace engineer, military personnel, or curious hacker, this is the ultimate field manual for protecting (and probing) the systems that keep our world—and beyond—running.