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Shifting market sands: LeoLabs moves to sell new mobile space radar directly to allies

LeoLabs also intends to deploy multiple Scout-S mobile phased array radars to fill gaps in its current network of 12 larger radar facilities around the globe.

China dumping more rocket bodies in space, endangering low Earth orbit satellites: Report

Three Chinese rocket bodies have exploded over the last four years, creating dangerous debris that "will linger for decades to centuries, potentially colliding with other space objects," LeoLabs study author Darren McKnight told Breaking Defense.

LeoLab’s new, mobile space-watch radar to participate in Valiant Shield exercise

The new Scout-S radar will remain operational after Valiant Shield ends July 1, and already is contributing data to LeoLab's space monitoring network, the company said.

AST, Kayhan, LeoLabs team to demo capability to reduce Space Force satellite tracking times

The goal of the collaborative effort was to show that commercial data can help close the time lag between when a satellite is released into orbit from a rocket to when the Space Force can reliably track it and put the trajectory coordinates into the military's catalog of space objects, said Kayhan CEO Siamak Hesar..

AFWERX taps LeoLabs to demo radar for monitoring sats in very low orbits

Dan Ceperley, the company's chief operating officer, told Breaking Defense that VLEO — typically defined as between 150 and 350 kilometers in altitude — is increasingly being used, including by Russia and China. 

Hide and seek: Despite sharper eyes on the heavens, sneaky sats can still find shadows

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.

Space Force sees potential value from DoC commercial sat tracking data

"I would imagine that as Department of Commerce continues to mature this concept, we will definitely want to take advantage of what they're doing," said Vice Chief of Space Operations Gen. Michael Guetlein.

LeoLabs: Russia, China time suspicious space activity for some US holidays

The company said that on Thanksgiving, for instance, a Russian satellite's sub-satellite — in a Matryoshka-style — released yet another satellite, in what a LeoLabs analysis said could've been timed for fewer American eyes on the sky.

Debris from ASAT tests creating ‘bad neighborhood’ in low Earth orbit: Analyst

Russian and Chinese anti-satellite tests are responsible for "pretty much 20 percent" of "conjunction" warnings, that is predictions that two space objects are likely to collide, in 2022, said the State Department's Eric Desautels.

LeoLab’s newest space tracking radar expands Indo-Pacific coverage

"More geographic coverage helps revisit rates, so we see satellites more frequently. Which is quite critical," LeoLabs CEO Dan Ceperley told Breaking Defense.

LeoLabs debuts collision risk assessment software for space insurers

"It’s a new and encouraging step in the right direction in terms of space domain awareness and a welcome collaboration within the industry," said Denis Bensousan, of London-based insurance firm Beazley.

DoD, Commerce sign framework for space monitoring cooperation

"I'm happy to announce that with our partners at the DoD, we've signed a memorandum of understanding of agreement that will drive our mutual work," Don Graves, Commerce deputy director, told the second public meeting of the National Space Council, chaired by Vice President Kamala Harris.

LeoLabs to provide space monitoring service to Japan MoD

"It's a big acknowledgement that [Low Earth Orbit] is expanding rapidly. It's of national importance. It's of commercial importance. And there's a need to have more eyes on the sky," CEO Dan Ceperley told Breaking Defense in an interview.

Surprise Russian ASAT test shows need to ‘scale’ space tracking, LeoLabs says

While Russia's Defense Minister has claimed that debris from the ASAT test doesn't endanger the US and Russian crew on the ISS, the laws of physics beg to differ.