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Integrated Space Operations: Leading the Multi-Domain Commercial Enterprise

Location:
Los Angeles
Start dates:
October 26, 2026
Fees:
$6,500
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Overview

The global space economy is projected to reach $1.8 trillion by 2035, creating demand for leaders who can integrate commercial strategy, defense, policy, and emerging technology. Integrated Space Operations: Leading the Multi-Domain Commercial Enterprise develops this cross-domain leadership capability through a five-day executive education experience.

Delivered by Thunderbird School of Global Management at Arizona State University — ranked #1 globally for international business — the program takes place in Los Angeles, home to the world's most concentrated commercial space industry corridor. Participants learn from expert practitioners across NASA, commercial space, and the defense sector, while engaging with senior industry leaders through expert panels, facility tours, and structured networking.

This program welcomes professionals from defense, cybersecurity, policy, finance, engineering, and international business, reflecting the collaborative nature of the modern space enterprise. Participants leave with an ASU–Thunderbird Certificate of Completion, the Multi-Domain Space Leadership Framework, and access to the Thunderbird Space Industry Network.

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Key benefits

  • Develop leadership strategies for operating across commercial, civil, and national security space enterprises.
  • Learn to navigate hybrid military-commercial architectures and emerging governance frameworks. 
  • Strengthen decision-making for contested space operations, mission assurance, and cybersecurity.
  • Build practical approaches to dual-use business development and public-private partnerships. 
  • Gain firsthand insights through industry panels, facility tours, and executive networking.
  • Apply learning in an immersive multi-domain mission crisis simulation. 

Who Should Attend?

A diverse panel of international delegates, including a woman in a hijab speaking into a microphone, seated at a long conference table with flags in the background.

Government and Civil Space Leaders

Government and Civil Space Leaders including professionals from NASA, U.S. Space Force, Department of Defense, NOAA, NRO, NGA, and related agencies.

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Commercial Space Industry Professionals

Commercial Space Industry Professionals including managers, directors, business development leaders, engineers, and executives working in launch, satellite, aerospace, robotics, cybersecurity, and emerging space companies.

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Defense, Technology, and Adjacent Industry Leaders

Defense, Technology, and Adjacent Industry Leaders seeking to expand into the space economy or strengthen expertise in dual-use technologies, global strategy, and commercial-government collaboration.

Registration Information

CourseTypeCostRegister
Integrated Space OperationsCertificate$6,500Register

Curriculum

Curriculum and topic details

The program uses presentations, small-group discussions, interactive workshops, case studies, facility tours, industry panels, and a mission simulation to explore:

 

  • Space Domain Awareness (SDA) and dynamic orbital operations
  • Rendezvous and proximity operations (RPO) and orbital logistics
  • Cislunar operations and the emerging space economy
  • Zero-Trust cybersecurity and mission assurance

  • Hybrid military-commercial space architectures and governance
  • Dual-use business strategy and commercial-government partnerships
  • Public-private collaboration and acquisition frameworks
  • Space policy, regulation, and geopolitical strategy

  • Mission leadership, crisis decision-making, and executive simulations
  • Building strategic partnerships across the global space ecosystem

Faculty

Saba Hussain

Professor of Practice, PRN

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