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 completed the Costa Rica Space Radar nine months after breaking ground.
The Kiwi Space Radar, unveiled in 2019, enabled LeoLabs to observe objects as small as 0.02 m.
The Costa Rica Space Radar expands LeoLabs’ ability, in combination with its other radars, to provide a real-time map of more objects in LEO and to characterize orbital risks.
LeoLabs plans to continue establishing radars around the world to provide additional observations.
LeoLabs confirmed fully operational status for its Costa Rica Space Radar effective 2021-04-22.
LeoLabs estimated the actual close approach distance between OneWeb-0178 and Starlink-1546 to be 1,72 m using its own data.
LeoLabs provided all the funding for the Costa Rica Space Radar, which was constructed in less than a year with the support of the Costa Rican government.
Dan Ceperley is a co-founder and CEO of LeoLabs and led the company’s investment in the Costa Rica Space Radar.
The Costa Rica Space Radar provides equatorial coverage for low-inclination orbits, enabling full coverage of low Earth orbit (LEO) for LeoLabs.
A second S-band radar site enables LeoLabs to track and maintain custody of objects smaller than 0.1 m.
LeoLabs predicted a probability of collision well below the 1-in-100,000 threshold used to decide whether to perform a maneuver for the 2021-04-02 assessment.
LeoLabs currently tracks 14,000 satellites and pieces of debris and expects to be tracking 250,000 two years from now.
A fourth LeoLabs radar is being built in Costa Rica and two more sites were planned for 2022.
LeoLabs operates three space-scanning radars and a cloud-based software platform that analyzes location data on space objects to develop collision alerts.
Partnerships between companies like LeoLabs and SpaceX are improving SSA service development.
The Defense Innovation Unit invested in space surveillance startup LeoLabs, which tracks satellite activities in low Earth orbit with a network of phased-array radars.
Last month, LeoLabs flagged a potential collision between an old Soviet satellite and a Chinese upper stage rocket body.
LeoLabs is a tracking company that monitors potential orbital collisions.
Companies such as ExoAnalytics and LeoLabs provide space situational awareness data using ground-based telescopes and radars.
LeoLabs unveiled a collision-avoidance service earlier 2020.