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The Starlink team commanded the satellites into a safe-mode where they flew edge-on to minimize drag and worked with the Space Force’s 18th Space Control Squadron and LeoLabs to provide updates based on ground radars.
Darren McKnight is a senior technical fellow at LeoLabs and a member of the International Academy of Astronautics’ Space Debris Committee who assessed moderate confidence that the Yunhai-1 (02) event was a collision and identified the impactor size as likely 1–0.1 m.
LeoLabs is a private company based in California that uses ground-based radars to monitor low Earth orbit.
Newest members endorsing the SSC include Space Micro Inc., Astro Dynamic Ltd., Slingshot Aerospace, LeoLabs Inc., and ClearSpace.
LeoLabs was alerted early on 2021-11-15 that something was happening in low Earth orbit.
LeoLabs is tracking 17,000 space objects with phased array radars located in Alaska, New Zealand, Texas, and Costa Rica.
LeoLabs expects the debris cloud to spread into a shell around Earth similar to the aftermath of China’s 2007 antisatellite test and the 2009 collision of an Iridium satellite with a defunct Russian satellite.
LeoLabs initially detected six radar returns where there used to be one satellite after the Cosmos-1408 event and later reported seeing at least 30 distinct objects.
LeoLabs’ ground-based radars tracked Cosmos-1408 as a single object three times a day until detecting multiple objects at 11:20 a.m. Eastern on 2021-11-15, indicating the breakup occurred within the preceding day.
New Zealand has worked with LeoLabs to host space tracking radars located in the country.
Each new LeoLabs radar increases the frequency of observation of individual satellites and pieces of orbital debris, leading to more accurate data and improved ability to assess potential collisions.
When completed in 2022, the West Australian Space Radar will expand LeoLabs' total number of space radars to ten.
LeoLabs operates space-tracking radars in Alaska, Texas, and Costa Rica.
LeoLabs' global radar network produces the world's largest number of low Earth orbit observations.
LeoLabs' catalogue currently tracks approximately 17,000 objects in low Earth orbit.
LeoLabs announced plans in June to install two space-tracking radars in the Azores archipelago.
With its expanding space radar network, LeoLabs intends to track 250,000 objects.
LeoLabs was founded in 2016 with executive intent to establish a network of radars at six sites around the world.
LeoLabs plans to deploy radars at 24 locations around the world.
When completed in 2022, the West Australian Space Radar will expand LeoLabs' total number of radar sites to six.