As the space domain continues to become more congested and contested,
understanding the operational environment and key military and civilian players
involved in this domain will provide a decisive advantage. Intelligence professionals play
an integral role in providing evaluated and analyzed information on competitor space
capabilities. Similar to other domains, intelligence is required during the mission
planning process, the execution of operations, and the post-operation phase to
determine operational and geopolitical effects. Knowing a competitors’ capabilities and
limitations, force disposition, order of battle and intent can often mean the difference
between victory and defeat. Additionally, understanding how environmental factors may
impact operations is crucial to effective planning and execution of operations.
Intelligence personnel should be relied upon to provide space domain awareness,
frequency spectrum usage, intent of international competitors, international force
disposition, environmental monitoring, and support to targeting and indications and
warning (I&W). In this course, a discussion of processes and products utilized by space
intelligence analysts will be discussed and how they are injected into planning and
operations. Following a discussion of processes and products, the use of intelligence to
support space control operations, both offensive and defensive in nature will be focused
on. Lastly, this course will end with a discussion of environmental monitoring followed by
the intelligence community and the roles and responsibilities of agencies/organizations
that support the space domain.
Space ISR Specialization