Global Space University Online space training and certification program

What is Global Space University?

Space Professional Certifications:

To raise and normalize standards for space professionals, we must have a way to validate someone’s knowledge, skills, and experience as a practitioner in the space domain.

Global Space University’s Space Certification Programs verifies credentials and establishes your credibility in a rapidly growing, exciting, and diverse field. Our four certifications (Space Professional 1, Space Professional 2, Space Professional 3, and Space Executive Professional) provide clients and partners with the confidence that you meet stringent professional standards.

They also show you’re on top of your field through continuous education, training, experiential learning, and interaction to expand your expertise and remain relevant in a highly competitive market.

It’s time to launch your career to new heights – with Space Professional Certifications!

Two Paths To Attain Space Professional Certification:

 You now have two options to attain Space Professional Certification!

  • Enroll in, and successfully complete the SP 100 course.
  • If you have previously completed space courses, and have worked in the space field, you can take a test to evaluate your level of credit.
Visit Global Space University to learn more about courses and certifications.

Space Professional 1

Space Professional 1 is an entry-level certification for those with 3-5 years of space domain experience.  These professionals demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of the Space Environment; Orbital Mechanics; Spacecraft Maneuvering, Payloads, and Subsystems; Space Mission Design Process; Remote Sensing; and Position, Navigation, and Timing.  Certified Space Professionals must complete 40 hours of Continuing Education Credits every three years to maintain this certification.

Space Professional 2

Space Professional 2 is a next level certification for those with up to 5 years of space domain experience.  These professionals demonstrate their knowledge, understanding, and application as Space Professional 1 as well as the Space Mission Design Process; Satellite Communications; Remote Sensing; and Position, Navigation, and Timing systems.

Space Professional 3

Space Professional 3 is a mid-level certification for those with 5-10 years of space domain experience.  These professionals demonstrate their knowledge, understanding, and application as a Space Professional 2 as well as National Objectives, Doctrine and Organizational Structure Space Capabilities (Spacelift, Space Domain Awareness, Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance, Position Navigation and Timing, Satellite Communications, Nuclear Detonation Detection, Environmental Monitoring, Missile Warning and Missile Defense); Space Control (Electronic Warfare, Cyberspace Attack, Directed Energy Weapons, Direct Ascent Anti-Satellite Weapons, Co-Orbital Engagement Systems, and Physical, Nuclear and Debris Threats); and military, commercial, and civil space integration.  Certified Space Professionals must complete 60 hours of Continuing Education Credits every three years to maintain this certification.

Space Professional Executive

Space Professional Executive is a Master Course for Executive and/or Senior Leaders with significant work experience (15+ years) who require grounding in space grand strategy.  These senior leaders demonstrate their understanding and application of the space domain and its supporting architecture; the application of space capabilities and interoperability across military, commercial, and civil space; evaluating threats to and from space; synthesizing space’s impact on strategy, planning, resources, and operations; and analyzing space treaties, policies, and norms.

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