The company will continue to provide orbital
data and technical expertise to develop a foundational layer of the
Traffic Coordination System for Space (TraCSS)
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PARK, Calif., May 16, 2024
/PRNewswire/ -- LeoLabs, the leading provider of integrated
solutions that persistently monitor activity in space to reveal
threats to safety and security, today announced it received a
second Consolidated Pathfinder order from NOAA's Office of Space
Commerce (OSC) to inform the development of the civil-led, US
Traffic Coordination System for Space (TraCSS).
This order enables LeoLabs to continue supporting the
development of TraCSS as the OSC extends the live data
collection period of the pathfinder project. The purpose of this
extension is to explore additional opportunities to improve
performance and conduct further analysis for metric validation.
During this time, the OSC will continue to leverage LeoLabs'
in-house expertise, artificial intelligence techniques, and the
largest commercial dataset of over 20,000 objects and millions of
daily conjunction data messages.
This extension builds on the success of the previous live data
collection period, during which the team confirmed data flows and
conducted object tasking using the mission planning tool.
"Today's announcement is a positive development towards ensuring
the U.S. Traffic Coordination System for Space meets the safety
needs of the growing space economy," said LeoLabs Chief
Executive Officer Tony Frazier.
"LeoLabs is proud to deliver our commercial expertise, data, and
services to this monumental effort to rapidly deploy a U.S. civil
space traffic coordination system."
The Consolidated Pathfinder is part of a series of pathfinder
projects aimed at supporting the development of TraCSS by exploring
how commercial Space Situational Awareness (SSA) capabilities can
be tested and integrated. This order demonstrates the rapid
progress made by the US Government in developing this system and
fulfilling Space Policy Directive-3 (SPD-3), which calls for the
development of a national Space Traffic Management (STM) service
managed by a civil government agency. The US is not only
demonstrating its leadership in space safety but is also signaling
its ongoing support for the space industry by integrating
commercial solutions.
About LeoLabs (www.leolabs.space):
LeoLabs is the leading provider of integrated solutions that
persistently monitor activity in space to reveal threats to safety
and security. Through our unique global radar network and
AI-enabled data analytics platform, we collect millions of
measurements per day across more than 20,000 objects to maintain a
living map of orbital traffic. LeoLabs is transforming how
commercial satellite operators, launch providers, and government
agencies see, understand, and act on opportunities to protect and
defend their assets in space.
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