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 analysis indicates near-polar GuoWang groups launched by Long March 6A and Long March 5B are probably using the larger satellite platform while groups launched by Long March 8A and Long March 12 are probably using the smaller platform.
LeoLabs estimated the size difference between the two GuoWang satellite platforms to be about thirty percent based on RCS measurements.
LeoLabs found a median radar cross section (RCS) of 5.0 square meters for GuoWang satellites deployed by Long March 5B.
LeoLabs aggregated over 30,000 measurements using its hardware to analyze GuoWang satellites deployed between December 2024 and September 2025.
LeoLabs found a median radar cross section (RCS) of 3.8 square meters for GuoWang satellites launched by Long March 12.
About a dozen Startup Space alumni have become market-leading companies, including LeoLabs.
LeoLabs tracked 25,081 objects as of September 2025, including roughly 12,000 active satellites.
LeoLabs and commercial startups are addressing tracking limits that currently stem from legacy hardware constraints in the Department of Defense Space Surveillance Network.
Dr. Ed Lu, CTO of LeoLabs, supports a clear separation between space safety/commercial uses and defense/intel/military usages.
An OSC pathfinder awarded in June 2025 tasked LeoLabs with demonstrating persistent custody of newly launched payloads and supporting operational decision-making in the launch and early operations phase.
The U.S. Department of Commerce Office of Space Commerce and the U.S. Space Force Joint Commercial Operations cell jointly licensed access to LeoLabs’ Object Catalog in September 2025.
LeoLabs’ catalog includes 99.96% of all satellites and 98.56% of all debris listed in the U.S. Department of War public catalog.
LeoLabs closed 2025 with more than $60 million in total contract awards across its U.S. and Allied civil, defense, and commercial customers.
LeoLabs is on track to operationalize its first containerized Scout radar at a site in Hawaii in early 2026.
Both the Hawaii Scout site and the Indo-Pacific Seeker site will contribute to LeoLabs’ Global Radar Network and augment U.S. Space Force space domain awareness capabilities.
LeoLabs has an agreement with NASA to integrate its Object Catalog dataset into government operations.
LeoLabs currently tracks over 25,000 objects in low Earth orbit.
LeoLabs can track and independently catalog dozens of commercial payloads from complex rideshare missions within seven days after launch.
LeoLabs expanded its radar architecture in 2025 and finalized the design of two new radar classes, Seeker and Scout, in partnership with U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command and SpaceWERX through STRATFI and TACFI awards.
LeoLabs is developing a version of its expeditionary Scout radar optimized for missile tracking in 2026.