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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When completed in 2022, the West Australian Space Radar will expand LeoLabs' total number of radar sites to six.
LeoLabs offers end-to-end radar infrastructure and Space Domain Awareness services to support operations in low Earth orbit.
LeoLabs operates two S-band radars in New Zealand that can detect objects in low Earth orbit as small as 0.02 m in diameter.
LeoLabs currently tracks about 17,000 objects in low Earth orbit.
LeoLabs was founded in 2016 with executive intent to establish a network of radars at six sites around the world.
The West Australian Space Radar is part of LeoLabs' global constellation of S-band, phased-array sensors.
LeoLabs announced plans on 2021-10-19 to construct two phased-array radars in Western Australia as the sixth site for its global space-tracking network.
LeoLabs' catalogue currently tracks approximately 17,000 objects in low Earth orbit.
The Western Australia LeoLabs site was selected in part because its longitude provides a view of launch trajectories from Asia.
LeoLabs plans to deploy radars at 24 locations around the world.
Each new LeoLabs radar increases the frequency of observation of individual satellites and pieces of orbital debris, leading to more accurate data and improved ability to assess potential collisions.
LeoLabs operates space-tracking radars in Alaska, Texas, and Costa Rica.
LeoLabs selected Australia as the site for its West Australian Space Radar.
LeoLabs announced plans in June to install two space-tracking radars in the Azores archipelago.
With its expanding space radar network, LeoLabs intends to track 250,000 objects.
LeoLabs' global radar network produces the world's largest number of low Earth orbit observations.
SpaceX signed a contract with LeoLabs for commercial space traffic management services that use data from LeoLabs’ network of tracking radars.
LeoLabs and the New Zealand Space Agency are developing a cloud-based Space Regulatory and Sustainability Platform.
LeoLabs’ S-band Kiwi Space Radar began tracking objects in low Earth orbit as small as 0.02 m in diameter in 2019.
LeoLabs first revealed ties with New Zealand in 2018 when it announced plans to build the Kiwi Space Radar.