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 created a tool to help the New Zealand Space Agency continuously monitor satellites in low Earth orbit.
LeoLabs and New Zealand's Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment executed a Memorandum of Understanding in September 2018 to work together on space-related R&D and services and to expand LeoLabs' space radar network into New Zealand.
Within a couple of years, LeoLabs plans to operate six radars globally capable of tracking objects two centimeters or larger, representing an estimated 250,000 objects.
The New Zealand radar will be LeoLabs' first radar modified with higher frequency to track objects as small as two centimeters.
LeoLabs plans to begin operating the new radar at a site in Central Otago on New Zealand's South Island in 2019.
LeoLabs deployed the Midland Space Radar in 2017.
The New Zealand Venture Investment Fund contributed to LeoLabs' $13,000,000 Series A funding round.
A Southern Hemisphere radar will provide LeoLabs with more daily opportunities to observe satellites in orbit, which is particularly important in the first days and weeks after launch.
LeoLabs currently tracks spacecraft and debris 0.1 m and larger in low Earth orbit using phased-array radars in Midland, Texas, and Fairbanks, Alaska.
DigitalGlobe is working with LeoLabs to convert radar data into cloud-based information about debris locations on orbit.
LeoLabs plans to expand its radar network outside the United States and enhance its software platform with the Series A funding.
LeoLabs now employs 15 people and plans to expand its team to 25 in the next six months with further growth anticipated in 2019.
LeoLabs raised $13,000,000 in a Series A funding round on 2018-07-26 led by WERU Investment of Tokyo and Airbus Ventures.
LeoLabs plans to operate six radars around the world within a couple of years to track objects two centimeters or larger, approximately 250,000 objects.
LeoLabs provides subscription services for low Earth orbit mapping and space situational awareness to satellite operators, the insurance industry, and government agencies globally.
On 2017-02-27, LeoLabs completed the next addition to its network of phased-array radars.