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LeoLabs, Inc., late last year received an award to provide data and services to the U.S. Department of Commerce to support the development of a U.S. civil-led Space Traffic Management (STM) system.
Under this contract, LeoLabs will provide the firm’s operationally proven tracking and conjunction alert data products for a subset of Resident Space Objects (RSOs), including both real-time and archived data sets.
The Department of Commerce will use these orbital data products to support testing and evaluation of a prototype STM system.
This agreement demonstrates leadership in STM and marks significant progress by the Department of Commerce toward fulfilling Space Policy Directive-3 (SPD-3), which calls for the development of a new national STM service managed by a civil government agency.
This contract was issued as a sole-source award, providing the Department of Commerce access to LeoLabs space safety services that are currently used for more than 60% of operational satellites in LEO
“We are honored to be selected by the Department of Commerce to provide high accuracy tracking and conjunction alert data products for its Space Traffic Management system,” said Dan Ceperley, LeoLabs CEO and co-founder. “The traffic in LEO is growing exponentially, driven by commercial innovation and economic opportunity. Our space operations infrastructure is the only system designed to scale with that growth. LeoLabs was founded to drive innovation in Space Traffic Management, therefore we look forward to working with the US Government on this effort to ensure the continued success of the space industry.”