LeoLabs Senior Technical Fellow Dr Darren McKnight speaks to the The Atlantic about collision risk in space, sharing details on the February 23rd conjunction between two non-maneuverable satellites in LEO — just one example of a potential “Big One.”

The Department of the Air Force’s innovation hub, AFWERX, has awarded LeoLabs a contract to demonstrate a new radar system aimed at tracking objects in very low Earth orbit (VLEO), the company announced Wednesday.

Commercial space situational awareness provider LeoLabs has secured a U.S. Air Force small-business contract to develop a new generation of space radar better able to track objects in very low Earth orbit (VLEO).

LeoLabs announced plans June 13 to build a new type of radar under a $1.245 million AFWERX contract. The S-band 2-D Direct Radiating Array will be particularly adept at tracking rocket launches and spacecraft in very low Earth orbit (VLEO), Dan Ceperley, LeoLabs founder and chief operating officer, told SpaceNews.

Hiding in the sun, launching mini satellites and radar absorbent materials are just some of the tricks nations are using to hide their military satellites in orbit.

LeoLabs visualizations illustrating the growth of objects in LEO are utilized in this analysis of the future of conflict in space.

Russia launched a satellite into space in February 2022 that is designed to test components for a potential antisatellite weapon that would carry a nuclear device, U.S. officials said.

All five contractors — COMSPOC, Kayhan Space, LeoLabs, Slingshot Aerospace, and SpaceNav — received new orders, bringing total “spending over the course of the Consolidated Pathfinder to $15.5 million,” according to an announcement by the Office of Space Commerce.

LeoLabs Sr Technical Fellow Dr Darren McKnight provides insights and analysis to Bloomberg on risk in space and active debris removal efforts.

Government IT projects are known for being challenging, and one of the biggest currently underway is the US effort to forge a civil space traffic coordination platform.