Madeleine Chang
Space Policy Dev | Satellite Engineer
I am the Director of Policy at the Satellite Industry Association (SIA), a nonprofit trade group building consensus within the commercial satellite industry and working directly with the U.S. government on space policy issues.
Previously, I was a visiting fellow on the Aerospace Security Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and a software engineer at Lockheed Martin within the National Security Space division.
I'm interested in setting positive norms in space activity so our future in space will be safe, peaceful, and beneficial to all.
You can reach me at mchang[at]sia.org.
Publications
- Gold Rush: The 2024 Commercial Remote Sensing Global Rankings (October 2024) - A quantitative analysis of the commercial Earth observation (EO) systems worldwide. Launch event here.
- Space Threat Assessment 2024 (April 2024) - The CSIS Aerospace Security Project’s flagship report, an overview of global threats to space systems.
- U.S. Civil Space Primer (May 2024) - A digestible compendium covering all the government organizations involved in the U.S. civil space ecosystem.
Speaking
- @CyberSat Summit 2024: The Role of AI in Space Cybersecurity (November 2024)
- On Orbit Podcast: The Satellite Industry's Policy Priorities for Trump 2.0 with Madeleine Chang (Spotify) (Apple Podcasts) (February 2025)
- CCIA Events: The Future of Satellite Spectrum (ICYMI) (March 2025)
- Broadband Breakfast: Spectrum and the Opportunities for LEO Satellite Broadband (Article) (Highlights) (March 2025)
- @Duke University: Satellite Industry 101: Innovation, Security, & Policy (Event Page) (April 2025)
- @Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity - an Open Forum, co-hosted by Red Hat, NIST, AND NOAA Office of Space Commerce: [Lunch Keynote] Strategies and Policies for Risk Mitigation and Innovation (May 2025)
In the News
- 10 Defining Moments in Cybersecurity and Satellite in 2023 (Via Satellite, January 2024)
- Satellite Industry Association Appoints Madeleine Chang as its New Director of Policy (SIA Press Release, October 2024)