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LeoLabs first revealed ties with New Zealand in 2018 when it announced plans to build the Kiwi Space Radar.
LeoLabs first revealed ties with New Zealand in 2018 when it announced plans to build the Kiwi Space Radar.
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 will invest in relationships across Europe while constructing the Azores Space Radar as part of its market entry into the region.
LeoLabs will invest in relationships across Europe while constructing the Azores Space Radar as part of its market entry into the region.
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 to build out multiple radar sites concurrently beginning in 2021.
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.
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’ 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.
The Series B round brings LeoLabs’ total funding to more than $100,000,000 and the company intends to deploy more than six radars.
The Costa Rica Space Radar provides equatorial coverage for low-inclination orbits, enabling full coverage of low Earth orbit (LEO) for LeoLabs.
LeoLabs plans to expand its radar network to track small debris in low Earth orbit.
LeoLabs unveiled a service on 2020-05-13 to help commercial and government satellite operators avoid collisions with debris and other satellites in low Earth orbit.
LeoLabs plans to expand its radar network to track small debris in low Earth orbit.
LeoLabs plans to install radars at three additional sites in the next couple of years, including one near the equator and additional sites a little further north and a little further south to improve coverage of large constellations at higher inclinations.
LeoLabs plans to increase its number of radar sites from two to six over the next few years.
LeoLabs plans to increase its number of radar sites from two to six over the next few years.
LeoLabs and the New Zealand Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment signed a memorandum of understanding in 2018 to work together on various projects.
LeoLabs developed the Space Regulatory and Sustainability Platform, the world's first dedicated regulatory platform for Low Earth Orbit, as a joint initiative with the New Zealand Space Agency.