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Planning for Satellite-Service Disruption: A Management and Policy Analysis of the Sendai Framework for Critical Infrastructure Resilience

Author(s): Aulia Malik Affif1, Alan March1, Yulesta Putra1
1Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Sumatera Utara, Indonesia
Aulia Malik Affif
Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Sumatera Utara, Indonesia
Alan March
Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Sumatera Utara, Indonesia
Yulesta Putra
Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Sumatera Utara, Indonesia

Abstract

Satellite systems now underpin navigation, timing, communications, emergency response, and other critical services, yet governance frameworks for service disruption remain underdeveloped. This article examines the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030 (SFDRR) as a management and planning instrument for large-scale satellite-service disruption. Using a structured qualitative documentary analysis, the paper reads the SFDRR through a transparent three-stage protocol and interprets it alongside contemporary scholarship on satellite security, disaster recovery, and critical infrastructure resilience. The analysis identifies a bounded but consequential asymmetry. The framework contains planning-relevant guidance on local preparedness, stakeholder coordination, technical and scientific capacity, public awareness, and international cooperation, all of which can support continuity planning and recovery. At the same time, its treatment of satellite risk remains indirect. The SFDRR contains no direct reference to satellites; explicit space-related terminology appears only four times, and the terms \emph{digital} and \emph{cyber} do not appear. Cross-checking the framework against contemporary disruption pathways shows that this omission materially limits its usefulness for managing global, politically contested, and technologically complex outages affecting multiple sectors simultaneously. In response, the article develops a management-oriented interpretation of the framework, clarifies the boundary conditions of that interpretation, and sets out practical planning priorities for risk mapping, redundancy design, cross-sector role allocation, and cross-border coordination. The study positions satellite disruption as a contemporary management and planning problem as much as a technical or security challenge.

Copyright © 2025 Aulia Malik Affif, Alan March, Yulesta Putra. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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APA
Affif, A., March, A., Putra, Y. (2025). Planning for Satellite-Service Disruption: A Management and Policy Analysis of the Sendai Framework for Critical Infrastructure Resilience. Journal of Management and Planning Research, 2(1), 168-177. https://doi.org/10.66033/jmpr2025-215
MLA
Affif, Aulia Malik, et al. "Planning for Satellite-Service Disruption: A Management and Policy Analysis of the Sendai Framework for Critical Infrastructure Resilience." Journal of Management and Planning Research, vol. 2, no. 1, 2025, pp. 168-177.
Chicago
Affif, Aulia Malik. "Planning for Satellite-Service Disruption: A Management and Policy Analysis of the Sendai Framework for Critical Infrastructure Resilience." Journal of Management and Planning Research 2, no. 1 (2025): 168-177. https://doi.org/10.66033/jmpr2025-215
Harvard
Affif, A., March, A., Putra, Y., 2025. Planning for Satellite-Service Disruption: A Management and Policy Analysis of the Sendai Framework for Critical Infrastructure Resilience. Journal of Management and Planning Research, 2(1), pp.168-177.
Vancouver
Affif A, March A, Putra Y. Planning for Satellite-Service Disruption: A Management and Policy Analysis of the Sendai Framework for Critical Infrastructure Resilience. Journal of Management and Planning Research. 2025;2(1):168-177.