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LeoLabs currently operates six phased-array radars at sites in Alaska, Texas, New Zealand, and Costa Rica.
The Azores S-band phased-array radar will improve the timeliness and accuracy of LeoLabs’ global coverage by adding capability at longitudes where the company does not currently operate radars.
LeoLabs is working closely with the Portuguese Space Agency and the Azores regional government on the Azores Space Radar project.
LeoLabs plans to expand its global network of space-tracking radars to the Azores archipelago, an autonomous region about 1,500 km off Portugal’s Atlantic coast.
LeoLabs intends its data to support future debris removal services by highlighting the riskiest satellites or pieces of debris and helping companies like ClearSpace and Astroscale build removal business cases.
LeoLabs, based in California, tracks space debris in low Earth orbit using advanced machine learning analytics and a network of ground-based phased array radars.
LeoLabs has raised over $100,000,000 in total capital.
LeoLabs’ stated goal is to establish a global constellation of ground-based radars.
LeoLabs intends to build out multiple radar sites concurrently beginning in 2021.
LeoLabs closed a $65,000,000 Series B financing round jointly led by Insight Partners and Velvet Sea Ventures.
LeoLabs plans to accelerate the global deployment of next-generation radars for tracking small debris and satellites in Low Earth Orbit.
LeoLabs operates space radars in New Zealand (Kiwi) and Costa Rica as part of its rapid deployment model for building radars.
LeoLabs raised $65,000,000 in a Series B financing round on 2021-06-03 to accelerate deployment of its global radar network and expand space situational awareness services.
LeoLabs estimates there are about 250,000 objects with diameters between 2 and 0.1 m that are large enough to cause damage but too small to be tracked by the U.S. Space Surveillance Network.
LeoLabs intends to create a global infrastructure that tracks everything from 2-centimeter debris to spent rocket stages to support next-generation space operations and space sustainability.
LeoLabs will shift from building a single radar at a time to building multiple radars concurrently.
The Series B round brings LeoLabs’ total funding to more than $100,000,000 and the company intends to deploy more than six radars.
LeoLabs will expand its staff to hire software and data-science experts to monitor increased activity in low Earth orbit.
LeoLabs originally planned to establish phased-array radars at six sites.
LeoLabs’ most recent S-band radars deployed in New Zealand in 2019 and Costa Rica in 2021 are designed to track objects as small as 0.02 m in diameter.