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Capability: Space and Orbital Infrastructure 2026

Learning and workforce capability: competencies, completions, practicum outcomes and gaps, in aggregate only. This edition is in preparation: its frame is set and shared with the other five desks, and Risk Academy writes its chapters from its own mandate. Nothing on these pages is a finding yet.

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Academy Capability
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In preparation; not released
ReportsRA · XT-18

Academy Capability

Space and Orbital Infrastructure 2026

Learning and workforce capability: competencies, completions, practicum outcomes and gaps, in aggregate only.

Baseline Edition 2026NR-RA-XT-18-2026-BASELINE, reservedRisk Academy
Chapters8the frame shared by all six desks
Readings seeded1chapter 6, from the GCRI edition
Released0until the desk releases it
Desks with this subject3of 6, by remit

01 · Contents

Eight chapters in the shared frame.

The same eight-chapter frame on every desk, so a reader can move across desks and the Collection can align them chapter by chapter. Each chapter title comes from this desk’s mandate.

  1. 1

    Chapter 1. Capability needed

    The competencies the systems in scope require of those who manage them.

    Frame: The question · In preparation

  2. 2

    Chapter 2. Capability findings

    What learning, practicum and workforce evidence show, in aggregate, each with its source.

    Frame: Findings · In preparation

  3. 3

    Chapter 3. Faculties and roles

    Capability read by faculty and by professional role.

    Frame: By system and sector · In preparation

  4. 4

    Chapter 4. Gaps and pathways

    The gaps between capability needed and capability taught, and the learning pathways that address them.

    Frame: Risk and capability · In preparation

  5. 5

    Chapter 5. Workforce scenarios

    How workforce needs would change under stated scenarios; conditional, never predictions.

    Frame: Scenario · In preparation

  6. 6

    Chapter 6. Readings from the other desks

    Readings from the other desks: cross-references to their editions for the same scope, not copies of them.

    Frame: Readings · Seeded from the Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI) edition

  7. 7

    Chapter 7. Curriculum agenda

    The courses, pathways and research notes the next cycle takes up.

    Frame: Agenda · In preparation

  8. 8

    Chapter 8. Competency map

    The competencies in scope, mapped to roles, faculties and courses.

    Frame: In depth · In preparation

Annex A (methodology), Annex B (data), Annex C (references and record), the complete edition for print and the citation forms are added at release, in the same form as every edition.

02 · Now

What exists today.

The evidence on Space and Orbital Infrastructure sits today in the GCRI Systems Evidence edition, a draft in stewardship review. This edition cross-references it chapter by chapter and does not copy it.

GCRI Systems Evidence

Space and Orbital Infrastructure 2026

12 findings, 43 sources; drafted, in stewardship review.

RA reading

Literature and evidence review

Printed in the GCRI edition and seeded here in chapter 6, attributed to this desk.

Subject collection

Space and Orbital Infrastructure 2026

Every desk edition for this subject, compiled by GCRI Canada for the Collection.

03 · This desk

What Academy Capability reports on Space and Orbital Infrastructure.

Risk Academy reads an edition for capability: what competence exists, what is missing, which pathway closes the gap and which role needs it.

Risk Academy deposits capability editions of the Consortium’s Capability line, with the competency map and the curriculum agenda.

If you teach or assess risk, send aggregate outcomes and the method behind them. The Academy will not accept a file that names a learner.

04 · Six desks

Every desk’s edition for Space and Orbital Infrastructure.

DeskEditionStateIdentifier
Academy CapabilityCapability: Space and Orbital Infrastructure 2026In preparationNR-RA-XT-18-2026-BASELINE (reserved)
GCRI Systems EvidenceSystems Evidence: Space and Orbital Infrastructure 2026Drafted, in stewardship reviewNR-XTECH-SPACE-GLOBAL-2026-BASELINE-v1.0.0
GRF Public DeliberationOutside this desk’s remitNot in remit
GRA Capital ReadinessOutside this desk’s remitNot in remit
Standards ProgressStandards Progress: Space and Orbital Infrastructure 2026In preparationNR-NXS-XT-18-2026-BASELINE (reserved)
Index MeasurementOutside this desk’s remitNot in remit

05 · Downloads

The print edition of the evidence on Space and Orbital Infrastructure.

This desk’s edition is in preparation and has no print of its own until release. The evidence it cross-references is in the GCRI Systems Evidence edition for Space and Orbital Infrastructure: its designed PDF (A4 or US Letter), its data and its citation files are here, from this site’s library.

Draft, not yet releasedThe print and files of the GCRI edition this desk’s edition cross-references. Review copies until release; the DOI is issued at deposit.

  • Print

    • PDF, A4

      The GCRI Systems Evidence print edition for this subject, A4: cover, imprint, contents with page numbers, every chapter and annex.

      PDF111 pages1.0 MBTagged, with bookmarks

      SHA-256 8c4dbbd845741aa01477d3e218f7a9c1bd3fd1c9644610c3998d5e61ed01a460

    • PDF, US Letter

      The GCRI Systems Evidence print edition for this subject, US Letter: cover, imprint, contents with page numbers, every chapter and annex.

      PDF119 pages1.0 MBTagged, with bookmarks

      SHA-256 5beb6294fd1c49d157af235f8dd440b9e444f6c26457a69debd3bf2de57c79b9

  • Web edition

  • Data bundle

    • Indicators, CSV

      16 indicators with unit, year, status and source

      NR-XTECH-SPACE-GLOBAL-2026-BASELINE-indicators.csv1 KB

      SHA-256 4a90116430a07dbe5e57baa7f8904075179bc6385b63c856042dba16c9b63fda

    • Indicators, JSON

      The same indicators with the edition’s identity and licence

      NR-XTECH-SPACE-GLOBAL-2026-BASELINE-indicators.json2 KB

      SHA-256 b8069a1ff2fcfff98f5a01d1a2b663c1e4d10ee0e0e124b632467d63096dec9a

    • Findings, CSV

      12 findings with status, evidence-quality level and references

      NR-XTECH-SPACE-GLOBAL-2026-BASELINE-findings.csv3 KB

      SHA-256 40225cd3243ba5f3c53763dd46c8b580552cc11a8a1e4a170a961032c95fe8ea

  • Citation files

    • Citation, BibTeX

      For LaTeX and reference managers

      NR-XTECH-SPACE-GLOBAL-2026-BASELINE.bib1 KB

      SHA-256 b659eaee4792c57ed954eca4f27e6484854f0d1bf80952a317936248dc4d558c

    • Citation, RIS

      For Zotero, EndNote and Mendeley

      NR-XTECH-SPACE-GLOBAL-2026-BASELINE.ris1 KB

      SHA-256 38a4865e518cb7858c297499dbbcbf2964cd6720d148bfac6b27e47f2e67c76c

    • Citation, CITATION.cff

      Citation File Format 1.2.0, for GitHub, Zenodo and software catalogues

      NR-XTECH-SPACE-GLOBAL-2026-BASELINE.cff1 KB

      SHA-256 7af5a962b0f95a785d4db62edfa8015d18604d0609f2d8968684658bf2a0a984

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06 · Cite

Cite this report.

This edition is in preparation and is not yet citable. Its identifier is reserved; the version, the DOI and the UNI are issued at release.
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Cite the GCRI Systems Evidence edition, Space and Orbital Infrastructure 2026, which prints this desk’s reading in its chapter 6. Cite the GCRI edition
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The capability of the workforce that manages the risks in scope: the competencies needed, what learning and practicum show, and where the gaps are. Reported in aggregate only; no learner record is published.

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