Company - LeoLabs
Product/Service - Vertex
- Classification
- Miscellaneous
- Category
- Space Traffic Management
Space Situational Awareness (SSA)
- Status
- Active
- First launch
- Not applicable
With a worldwide network of ground-based, phased-array radars that provide high resolution data on objects in LEO, LeoLabs is uniquely equipped to offer foundational mapping data and services to mitigate the risks of collisions. These services include rapid orbit determination, early operational support, and ongoing orbit awareness.
The Office of Space Commerce has selected three companies to participate in a pathfinder program that could lead to the incorporation of commercial data into its space traffic coordination system, (SpaceNews, 2024-01-19)
- The Office of Space Commerce is charged with establishing a civil space traffic coordination system, which it calls the Traffic Coordination System for Space or TraCSS. It is designed to take over from the Defense Department responsibilities for tracking space objects and providing warnings of potential conjunctions to government and commercial satellite operators.
- Two of the companies will provide both catalogs of objects they track in low Earth orbit — LeoLabs using its network of radars and Slingshot with its group of optical telescopes — as well as related services. The third company, COMSPOC, will provide orbit determination services. A fourth company, yet to be selected, will provide data integrity services.
News, Research, Projects and Patents
Title | Type | Date | Summary |
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Leolabs launches its global satellite monitoring and collision avoidance service | News | 2020-05-13 |