N2YO satellite tracking: Intelligence Source Guide
N2YO turns the public satellite catalogue into answers: where an object is right now, when it next passes over a...
Space Intelligence
CelesTrak / Space-Track: Intelligence Source Guide
CelesTrak and Space-Track are the two public front doors to the US-maintained satellite catalogue: mean orbital elements for tens of...
Radio Callsign: Data Point Intelligence Guide
A callsign is a licensed identity broadcast in the clear. Few identifiers are simultaneously regulated, globally unique and publicly indexed....
IMEI / Device Identifier: Data Point Intelligence Guide
An IMEI identifies a handset, not a person and not a phone number. Confusing device identity with subscriber identity is...
Cell Tower / Cell ID: Data Point Intelligence Guide
A cell identifier is not a location. It is a piece of network infrastructure with a coverage footprint, and confusing...
Space Intelligence (SPACEINT): Intelligence Discipline Guide
Orbits are deterministic and observable. A satellite cannot hide its manoeuvres from anyone willing to do the arithmetic, and much...
Signals Intelligence (SIGINT): Intelligence Discipline Guide
Signals intelligence is a state function with a warrant behind it. For everyone else, the discipline still matters, because you...
Radio Frequency Intelligence (RFINT): Intelligence Discipline Guide
The spectrum is a public utility with a public map. Licences, allocations and open receiver networks let you characterise the...
Measurement & Signature Intel (MASINT): Intelligence Discipline Guide
Imagery shows you the object. Measurement and signature intelligence tells you what the object is doing, how hot it is...
RF & Signals Intel: Mission Domain Intelligence Guide
Aircraft over a whole region started reporting navigation integrity failures within the same hour. No one announced anything. The spectrum...
