Month: October 2019

World’s first ‘next-generation’ space radar to be unveiled in Naseby. Silicon Valley start-up LeoLabs are set to unveil their first ‘next-generation’ space radar this week in Naseby, Central Otago, after two years of construction. The Kiwi Space Radar’s unveiling, it marks a key milestone in the company’s partnership with the New Zealand Government.

LeoLabs launched Kiwi Space Radar (KSR) today. As the first commercial radar to track objects in Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) smaller than 10 centimeters, the KSR aims to set a new standard for tracking threats to satellites from orbital debris. Located in New Zealand, the KSR also expands LeoLabs’ radar network to the southern hemisphere, and marks the first of a series of next generation LeoLabs radars to be deployed globally.

Space is getting increasingly crowded. There are nearly 2,000 active satellites in Earth’s orbit—and close to another 2,800 inactive ones. By 2030, there’s a good chance that number will pass 20,000. This massive increase raises the risk of collisions that could damage or destroy satellites, potentially leading to millions of dollars’ worth of losses.

Leolabs’ Kiwi space radar has been launched in Naseby. It has the ability to track objects in lower Earth orbit and is set to advance space traffic safety. Pretty cool stuff!

AUSA 2019: LeoLabs today announced a unique radar for tracking space objects, based in New Zealand to improve monitoring of satellites and debris over the Souther Hemisphere — where even DoD has limited satellite tracking ability.

Space situational awareness startup LeoLabs has completed its first radar installation outside the U.S. The Kiwi Space Radar (KSR) in New Zealand will boost the company’s ability to track objects in […]

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — LeoLabs, the Silicon Valley space mapping startup, announced Oct. 14, initial operation of the Kiwi Space Radar, the firm’s third space surveillance radar and first with updated technology to track debris as small as two centimeters in low Earth orbit.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA — Some space companies say their greatest hiring difficulty today is recruiting enough software engineers to work on their programs.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA — LeoLabs, a company using radar sites to track satellites and space debris in low Earth orbit, plans to increase its number of sites from two to six over the next few years.