Project Rover’s first phase, Kiwi, involved building and testing eight reactors between 1959 and 1964.
One plaque on each EscaPADE probe features Rocket Lab's motto 'Non Sufficit Hic Orbis' and images of an American Eagle and a New Zealand Kiwi.
LeoLabs began scanning the skies over the Southern Hemisphere in 2019 with the two radars that make up the Kiwi Space Radar.
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.
LeoLabs operates space radars in New Zealand (Kiwi) and Costa Rica as part of its rapid deployment model for building radars.
The Kiwi Space Radar, unveiled in 2019, enabled LeoLabs to observe objects as small as 0.02 m.
LeoLabs’ Kiwi Space Radar began tracking objects as small as two centimeters in 2019.
LeoLabs completed construction of the Kiwi Space Radar to track objects in low Earth orbit as small as two centimeters.
LeoLabs completed construction of the Kiwi Space Radar on New Zealand’s South Island and is obtaining data for testing and calibration.
The Kiwi Space Radar expands LeoLabs' radar network to the southern hemisphere.
The Kiwi Space Radar operates at a higher frequency than LeoLabs’ earlier sensors and was designed to track an estimated 250,000 additional objects down to two centimeters in size.
LeoLabs plans to include data from the Kiwi Space Radar in its products and services by the end of the year.
The Kiwi Space Radar was designed to track an estimated 250,000 additional objects down to 0.02 m in size.
The Kiwi Space Radar provides an automated search capability to discover objects and events in low Earth orbit.
The Kiwi Space Radar operates at a higher frequency than LeoLabs' earlier sensors.
LeoLabs states that the Kiwi Space Radar will enable thousands of new satellites to safely use low Earth orbit.
On 2019-10-14, LeoLabs began initial operation of the Kiwi Space Radar.
LeoLabs introduced the Kiwi Space Radar on 2019-10-14.