LeoLabs announced on October 19 that it plans to build two phased array radars in Western Australia, the sixth site of silicon valley startup Global Space Tracking Network. The Western Australia site was chosen because of its ability to monitor a view of launch trajectories from Asia, which can be captured during satellite launch deployment, and because it can also monitor satellites and space debris flying over the southern hemisphere. The data collected by LeoLabs is used to provide service agreements to satellite operators, government regulators, defense agencies and insurance companies.
LeoLabs Mapping and Analysis Platform for Western Australian Space Radar Conceptual Perspectives
Western Australia is LeoLabs' second site in the Southern Hemisphere, the first in New Zealand, which operates two S-band radars capable of detecting objects as small as 2 cm in diameter in low Earth orbit. In addition, LeoLabs operates radar in Alaska, Texas and Costa Rica. LeoLabs announced plans to install two space-tracking radars in the Azores in June.
When LeoLabs was founded in 2016, it intended to build a radar network at six locations around the world; by 2021, the company planned to deploy radar at 24 locations around the world. For each new radar, LeoLabs increases the frequency with which it observes individual satellites and orbital debris. The increased frequency produces more accurate data and improves the company's ability to assess potential collisions. LeoLabs currently tracks about 17,000 objects in low Earth orbit. With its ever-expanding space radar network, the company intends to track 250,000 objects.
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