HEO Robotics is a space-based surveillance and in-orbit inspection service provider. The company utilizes existing Earth observation satellites equipped with their software and proprietary non-Earth imaging sensors to capture imagery and gather intelligence on satellites and space debris. HEO Robotics offers services to governments, defense agencies, and commercial operators, enabling them to monitor assets, assess risks, and maintain space situational awareness. They also have partnerships with companies like Axelspace and Satellogic to integrate more space-based sensors into their HEO Inspect software.
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The National Reconnaissance Office selected HEO, SatVu, and Sierra Nevada Corporation in the first tranche of contracts under its Strategic Commercial Enhancements Commercial Solutions Opening program.
The National Reconnaissance Office selected HEO, SatVu, and Sierra Nevada Corporation in the first tranche of its Strategic Commercial Enhancements Commercial Solutions Opening program.
HEO acquired full title and operational control of an in-orbit satellite from Satellogic in late 2025.
HEO Robotics defines one mission as one successful observation of a spacecraft, whether captured in a single frame or hundreds.
HEO Robotics imaged the Chinese Space Station object CSS (TIANHE-1) (48274) with a measured separation of 293.4 +/- 0.90 m between the Tianhe core module and the Tianzhou-2 cargo module.
HEO Robotics has crossed 5,000 successful non-Earth imaging missions.
HEO acquired Continuum-1 in recent weeks to establish a sovereign testbed for research and development.
HEO and UNSW Canberra Space have partnered to execute Australia’s first Rendezvous and Proximity Operations (RPO) mission featuring an active propulsion system.
HEO acquired Continuum-1 from Satellogic in late January 2026.
Following the January acquisition of Continuum-1, the joint HEO and UNSW Canberra Space team has entered the mission planning phase for the RPO maneuvers.
HEO will provide non-Earth imagery under the initial tranche of NRO commercial awards.
Satellogic Inc. and HEO completed the sale and transfer of NewSat-34 on January 27, 2026.
In March 2024, Satellogic and HEO expanded their partnership to integrate HEO’s non-Earth imaging software with Satellogic’s Aleph-1 constellation.
HEO purchased Satellogic's NewSat-34.
Astroscale signed a three-year memorandum of understanding with High Earth Orbit Robotics Pty Ltd to deepen their partnership.
HEO will provide the HOLMES-006 NEI imager to be hosted onboard Sidus Space’s LizzieSat-3.
This agreement is the second between HEO and Sidus Space, with Sidus Space’s LizzieSat-2 hosting HEO’s HOLMES-004 on the same Bandwagon-2 launch.
Sidus Space partnered with HEO (USA), a subsidiary of HEO, an Australian space technology company.
HEO Robotics currently has access to 33 satellites and is building toward deploying 2,500 cameras to provide ubiquitous and on-demand coverage of all Earth orbits.
HEO Robotics secured seed funding in 2021 to build its HEO Inspect software suite and currently derives the majority of its revenues from government customers.