Commercial Ground Station Services - RD-0001.02

Instead of building dishes, adversaries may rent time on commercial ground networks or cloud-integrated “ground-station-as-a-service.” Access can be obtained legitimately (front companies, weak vetting) or via compromised customer accounts, allowing schedule requests, RF front-end configuration, and data egress through reputable providers. The appeal is speed, global reach, and plausible deniability; the risk to defenders is that traffic originates from expected stations and IP ranges. Misuse may include reconnaissance (passive capture), selective denial (misconfiguration or saturation attempts), or, where authentication is weak, unauthorized commanding.