Tag: space domain awareness
Chinese satellite in a rare retrograde orbit leaves 43 tracked fragments
US tracking counts 43 fragments after a Chinese satellite in a rare retrograde orbit breaks apart.
Allied radar net watching geostationary orbit gains Wales outpost
Construction at the Welsh site of the allied deep space radar network is scheduled to begin in April 2027.
Australia leans on a university telescope to track what’s in orbit
The ADF trials UNSW's Viper telescope for ground-based space surveillance.
Pentagon slow to organize its $124M commercial data buying
A GAO audit finds $123.9M in Space Force commercial data buying with little coordination.
NorthStar reloads its orbital watch with 11 sensors on Kepler relays
NorthStar will fly 11 optical tracking sensors on Kepler relay satellites by 2028 after its first four spacecraft failed.
LeoLabs books $20M from Space Force for its transportable Scout radar
A $20M Space Force agreement moves LeoLabs from selling orbital data into selling radar hardware.