text: Chapter 6
  PNT. To what degree does the enemy rely on PNT? What are the key adversarial capabilities
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  that rely on PNT? How is it incorporated into critical operations? What are other PNT
  alternate capabilities?
  SATCOM. What key military and commercial SATCOM systems does the enemy employ?
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  What is the reliance of the enemy on SATCOM to perform effective mission control?
  * A review of the enemy’s space control capabilities, which includes:
  Jammers, ground-based electronic warfare, direct ascent weapons, or directed energy
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  capabilities that may be directed against friendly space assets;
  Friendly force space capabilities that may be targeted as part of the enemy space control
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  strategy to include satellites, data links, and ground control segments; and
  Analysis of potential enemy space-related vulnerabilities. Examples are enemy reliance on a
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  single ground station, a single satellite for weather support, poor resolution, or slow tasking,
  collection, processing, exploitation, and dissemination process for space surveillance and
  reconnaissance.
  * A recommendation of space-related high-value targets. These high-value targets could be
  vulnerabilities uncovered by analysis or those used to support a specific friendly force mission
  objective. The SSE should assist the movement and maneuver cell in developing the targeting
  strategy for nominating high-value targets as part of the targeting process to provide space
  targeting focus to the Intelligence Cell staff. The high-value targets should be considered for
  potential negation operations.
  * An analysis of general space-related COAs based on enemy doctrine, situation template,
  accessibility to space assets, and the enemy’s operational objectives. Examples include:
  What type of space capabilities will be most relied upon, such as information collection,
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  SATCOM, and or PNT; and
  How the enemy will attempt to attack friendly space assets and or protect their forces from
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  U.S. space operations.
  STEP 4—DETERMINE THREAT COURSES OF ACTION
  6-18. Step 4 of the IPB incorporates efforts from steps 1 through 3. The key tool and most important product
  of step 4 is the space situation template—refer back to figure 6-1 on page 6-3. The space situation template
  is a depiction of the space situation: the who, what, where, when, and why of the space operations in support
  of the plan. It is an assessment and should be presented as such.
  6-19. The situation template depicts how the staff believes space impacts the supported command
  operations. The SSE coordinates with the intelligence cell or staff for this information. Because it includes a
  detailed threat analysis, the space situation template is coordinated with the staff prior to being briefed or
  disseminated to the commander and staff. This template is an excellent tool to depict graphically the enemy’s
  most probable COA as it relates to the space aspects of the fight, to include the enemy’s perception of how
  civil, commercial, and friendly satellites are employed. The space situation template can be an important
  contribution to both the intelligence and the space running estimates. The space situation template is tailored
  to reflect the impact that enemy, civil, and commercial space systems have on the operational mission. The
  space situation template is the culminating piece of the space running estimate developed to support the
  mission analysis phase of MDMP. The following component pieces can be included in development of the
  space situation template. Each of these component pieces is briefed as the space capabilities analysis to help
  the staff clearly understand the impact of space environment on the tactical operation. When building the
  space situation template, consider the following:
  * It is a snapshot in time (for example, 301200Z), and must be continually updated;
  * It focuses on the space portion of the area of interest to show the direct relation of the space area
  of interest to the terrestrial maneuver area of operations;
  * It depicts the general disposition of friendly and enemy maneuver forces to show the relevance of
  space capabilities to operations; and
  * It reflects key enemy space capabilities; space related targets the enemy may attack, and other
  actions the enemy may take related to space environment.