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  Table 5-2. Mission analysis (continued)
  Processes and Outputs Space Considerations and Inputs
  11.Update plan Determine commander’s requirements for space briefing.
  Determine times of collaborative planning sessions and the means
  by which they will take place.
  12.Develop initial themes and Identify and engage those actors who may have a part within space
  messages of space operations. operations.
  Develop a space operations theme that conveys a unifying or
  dominant idea or image.
  13.Develop proposed problem Compare the current space operational environment to the desired
  statement concerning space end state.
  operations.
  List primary issues or obstacles within the space operational
  environment that may impede the command from achieving the
  desired end state.
  14.Develop proposed space Determine the unit’s essential space operations tasks and who has
  operations mission statement. responsibility to execute those tasks.
  Determine when space operation will start (by time or event),
  duration of the operation, and where the space effect is needed
  (area of operations, objective, grid coordinates).
  15.Present the space portion of the Provide the staff with space operations inputs to helps the
  mission analysis briefing. commander understand, visualize, and describe the operations.
  16.Develop and integrate initial Describes what constitutes success for the operation in terms of
  commander’s intent in terms of space and the conditions defining the end state.
  space operations.
  17.Develop and issue initial space Describe when, where, and how the commander intends to employ
  operation planning guidance. space to accomplish the mission.
  18.Develop space course of action Develop criteria to address factors affecting success and failure of
  evaluation criteria. space operations.
  19.Assist the staff in issuing a Ensure subordinate and supporting space assets receive the
  warning order. warning order.
  Course of Action Development
  5-20. COA development generates options for subsequent analysis and comparison satisfying the
  commander’s intent and planning guidance. Space planners responsible for planning and integrating space
  operations apply knowledge gained from the mission analysis step to help with overall COA development.
  During COA development, space planners identify space capabilities likely to support an initial scheme of
  operations. The scheme of operations for space describes how the commander intends to use space operations
  to support the concept of operations with an emphasis on the scheme of maneuver.
  5-21. The space planners begin COA development by estimating the relative combat power of friendly and
  enemy space capabilities, including commercially contracted assets, if applicable. Space planners should
  integrate their assessment of force ratio into the overall estimate. As the staff develops COA options, the
  space planners explore friendly space-related activities required to support the operation.
  5-22. Upon completion of COA development, space planners update mission analysis outputs, such as the
  space operations-related input for the commander’s critical information requirements and essential elements
  of friendly information. In addition, the staff updates their portions of the OPORD, including Appendix 18–
  Space Operations to Annex C of the base order. Space specific COA development considerations are in table
  5-3.