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An analysis by LeoLabs found that the 2007 Chinese ASAT test and the November Russian ASAT test accounted for nearly 40% of all high-risk conjunctions in space in the first four months of 2021.
LeoLabs is a seven-year-old company based in Menlo Park, California that operates a worldwide network of ground-based radars for LEO monitoring.
LeoLabs provides customers with messages when potential collisions are detected and screens planned maneuvers to ensure they do not lead to conjunctions.
LeoLabs is investing in analytics and tools to deliver timely updates on critical events in low-Earth orbit as its sensor network proliferates around the world.
LeoLabs operates phased array radars in Alaska, New Zealand, Texas, and Costa Rica.
Japan’s Ministry of Defense awarded the LeoLabs contract through ITOCHU Aviation Co., Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of ITOCHU Corporation.
LeoLabs operates a commercial network of phased array radars that generates the largest number of LEO observations among commercial and government SSA networks.
LeoLabs and ITOCHU Aviation are partnered to provide the contracted services to the JASDF and plan to grow their partnership in the future.
The contract with the JASDF delivers satellite and orbital debris tracking and collision avoidance services powered by LeoLabs' global network of phased array radars.
LeoLabs received a multimillion-dollar contract to provide low Earth orbit (LEO) data and services to the Japan Air Self Defense Force (JASDF).
LeoLabs characterizes its infrastructure as a large, distributed network of radar sensors designed to provide continuous, fast-revisit LEO tracking data.
LeoLabs plans to add four more radars by the end of 2022 at additional sites in Australia and the Azores.
LeoLabs has a multimillion-dollar contract dated 2022-05-24 to provide space domain awareness data, services, and training to the Japan Air Self Defense Force.
LeoLabs provides visualization capabilities that can display more than 19,000 objects in low Earth orbit.
LeoLabs estimates that a major collision in LEO could reduce the average lifespan of spacecraft in the 650–1,050-kilometer altitude range by 10%.
LeoLabs is partnering with the National Security Space Association and members of the space industry in the SIFU campaign to provide immediate humanitarian aid to the people of Ukraine.
LeoLabs operates a network of radars to track objects in low Earth orbit.
LeoLabs established a phased-array radar facility in Costa Rica in 2021 to begin tracking objects as small as two centimeters.
The Starlink team worked with the U.S. Space Force’s 18th Space Control Squadron and LeoLabs to provide updates on the satellites using ground radars.
LeoLabs CEO Daniel Ceperley reported that low Earth orbit contains approximately 3,000 active satellites, 15,000 pieces of large debris, and about 250,000 pieces of small debris.