LeoLabs is a leading commercial provider of Space Domain Awareness (SDA) and Space Traffic Management (STM) services. The company operates a global network of phased array radars to track objects in low Earth orbit (LEO), including satellites and space debris, down to 2cm in diameter. LeoLabs provides data and analytics to satellite operators, commercial enterprises, and government agencies like the U.S. Space Force and the European Space Agency (ESA) for collision avoidance, mission risk assessment, and space situational awareness. Their services support safe and sustainable operations in space, enabling customers to monitor and respond to threats in an increasingly congested orbital environment.
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LeoLabs commissioned the LeoLabs Azores Space Radar on 2023-06-07.
LeoLabs plans to further expand its radar network in late 2023 and 2024.
The Azores Space Radar augments LeoLabs’ ability to discover, track, and catalog objects under 0.1 m.
Since its 2022-08-04 launch, Leolabs observed multiple large maneuvers raising the spaceplane’s altitude as well as repeated deployments, formation flying, and docking of sub-satellite Object J (NORAD ID 54218).
Leolabs identified a later phase of operations between 2023-02-20 and 2023-03-29 that featured apparent forced separation followed by rendezvous and formation flying, during which NORAD ID 54218 maneuvered independently of the parent craft.
Leolabs’ assessment highlighted a period between 2022-11-25 and 2022-12-24 in which the spaceplane and Object J were either docked or spaced very closely, with a possible docking performed on 2022-11-25 or 26, 2022.
Leolabs identified a second docking involving the spaceplane and Object J on 2023-01-10.
Leolabs identified the companion subsatellite (Object J, NORAD ID 54218) as being used in a series of rendezvous and proximity operations with the spaceplane.
LeoLabs has developed software to sift radar data to map low-Earth orbit and provide space behavior awareness at scale.
Leo Labs received a 2022 contract from the U.S. Department of Commerce to help support the development of a U.S. civil-led Space Traffic Management prototype.
In 2022 LeoLabs received a contract from the U.S. Department of Commerce to help support the development of a U.S. civil-led space traffic management prototype.
ClearSpace and LeoLabs signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to collaborate on space safety and sustainability initiatives.
The MOU commits ClearSpace and LeoLabs to collaborate on thought leadership and business opportunities that promote space safety, responsible stewardship of the space environment, and the companies’ services and programs.
LeoLabs and ClearSpace signed a memorandum of understanding on 2023-04-03, in Menlo Park, California.
The memorandum of understanding commits LeoLabs and ClearSpace to work together on initiatives including thought leadership opportunities that promote space safety and responsible stewardship of the space environment and business opportunities that promote their services and programs.
LeoLabs received a contract from the U.S. Department of Commerce in 2022 to help support the development of a U.S. civil-led space traffic management prototype.
Argentina marks the seventh site in a LeoLabs network now expected to include 24 radar sites.
LeoLabs’ latest radars are designed to spot objects as small as 0.02 m across.
LeoLabs provides commercial Space Situational Awareness (SSA) services and low Earth orbit (LEO) mapping.
LeoLabs will build a radar site in Argentina to contribute to Argentina’s space exploration and stewardship and to support the space industry in South America.