Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has been awarded a $341 million contract by the U.S. Space Force (USSF) Space Systems Command (SSC) to develop, test and deliver a Deep-Space Advanced Radar Capability (DARC) in support of its Space Domain Awareness (SDA) mission. DARC will augment the military’s space surveillance network as an additional sensor with […]
Space Radar
NASA’s Commercial Data Acquisition Program With Airbus Expands
NASA has expanded the Commercial Smallsat Data Acquisition Program (CSDAP) to include Airbus as the first radar data provider to NASA’s community of researchers and scientists for evaluation to determine the utility for advancing NASA’s science and application goals. Airbus will provide them with a comprehensive catalog of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Earth observation data […]
U.S. Space Radar Could Be Installed In the U.K.
From the U.K’s Guardian publication is a published article that discusses an American space force plan that is being considered to develop a global monitoring system that is able to track objects up to 22,000 miles from Earth from radar stations that would be established in the US, UK and Australia. The head of the […]
LeoLabs’ Next Space Radar Site Will Be In The Azores
LeoLabs, Inc. has revealed that the Azores is the location selected for the company’s next space radar. As a strategic addition to LeoLabs expanding global constellation of LEO sensors, the Azores Space Radar will go operational in the first half of 2022. LeoLabs’ Azores Space Radar investment also reflects alignment with Portugal’s goals at the […]