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  ⚫ Environmental monitoring enables space forces to provide data on meteorological,
  oceanographic, and space environmental factors that might affect military operations. Space
  capabilities provide data for space-environment forecasts, alerts, and warnings that may
  negatively impact space assets, space operations, and terrestrial users. Imagery capabilities can
  provide joint force planners current information on subsurface, surface, and air conditions, such
  as trafficability and land use, beach conditions, vegetation, cloud cover, and moonlight
  percentage. Knowledge of these factors allows ground forces to avoid adverse environmental
  conditions while taking advantage of other conditions to enhance operations. This space-based
  capability supports IPOE by providing the information needed to identify and analyze potential
  COAs.
  ⚫ Space-based ISR is a joint space capability. Space-based sensors allow Army intelligence
  components to access information and characterize activity in denied areas. They also provide a
  key capability that enables long-range fires during Army multidomain operations.
  1-111. FM 3-14 discusses Army space operations and Army space forces, capabilities, and formations, as
  well as their contributions to multidomain operations.
  INTELLIGENCE PROCESSING, EXPLOITATION, AND
  DISSEMINATION CAPABILITIES
  1-112. Intelligence PED capabilities are the personnel, specialized intelligence and communications
  systems, software and advanced technologies that execute the PED continuing activity. Intelligence PED
  capabilities can perform PED from a deployed location or reach site in theater or the United States.
  Intelligence PED can be organic to the intelligence unit, task-organized, or distributed from a centralized
  location through the network, as required.
  1-113. The intelligence staff advises the rest of the staff on intelligence PED requirements when planning
  information collection operations. The commander and staff resource and prioritize supporting intelligence
  capabilities, including PED, through thorough staff planning based on G-2/S-2recommendations.
  1-114. When requesting intelligence PED, the gaining G-2/S-2, intelligence unit commander, and the allocating
  unit commander are responsible for coordinating and planning intelligence PED activities. Some intelligence PED
  employment considerations for the gaining G-2/S-2 and intelligence unit commander include—
  ⚫ Intelligence architecture. Employing intelligence PED capabilities depends on how the
  collection assets and supporting PED fit into the intelligence architecture. The employment is
  also specific to the intelligence discipline, and in some instances, the complementary capability
  and supported echelon. MI units should capture their functional requirements during planning to
  ensure they request adequate intelligence PED capabilities.
  ⚫ Communications. All intelligence operations depend on integrating multiple communications
  systems, networks, and information services. It is important to consider and understand hardware
  and software requirements and compatibility, interoperability issues, bandwidth priority and
  capacity, and maintenance requirements.
  ⚫ Reporting. Operating effectively within the intelligence architecture requires system operators
  to understand PED and reporting procedures, requirements, and timelines for operations and
  intelligence channels as well as for technical channels.
  ⚫ Targeting criteria. System operators must be thoroughly knowledgeable of the different
  requirements needed to support targeting criteria, including minimum accuracy and timeliness
  standards for each specific HPT to meet the commander’s desired effects.
  ⚫ Technical channels. System operators must understand how technical channels operate and how
  to use technical guidance to enhance collection. Additionally, intelligence PED personnel assist
  in refining technical guidance.