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We’re proud to share that the International Astronautical Federation inducted our CTO and Co-Founder Dr. Edward Lu into its Hall of Fame today during the #IAC2024 in Milan, Italy. ?? As a physicist, engineer, pilot, former NASA astronaut, inventor, educator, and serial co-founder, Ed has dedicated his career to mapping the unknown and the unseen to prevent disasters both in #space and on Earth. At LeoLabs, he leads the development of innovative technologies that identify, track, and monitor objects and activity in LEO, including potentially disastrous on-orbit collisions. While he’s well-known for his impressive achievements, Ed is also known by his colleagues and friends for his humor, honesty, and collaborative spirit—and we’re proud to have him on our team. Congratulations, Ed! Learn more about this recognition and Ed’s visionary contributions to the global space community below.

We’re excited to support Space Machines Company’s on-orbit servicing and space debris mitigation demonstration—part of the joint Australian-Indian Space MAITRI mission. LeoLabs will provide pre-mission planning, launch and early operations support, and collision avoidance services to ensure mission success. We are proud to support space partnerships across the Quad nations, which include the U.S., Australia, India, and Japan. Learn more ?? https://lnkd.in/gN7imZSC #SpaceDebris #SustainableSpace??

?? Tune in to this interview excerpt on Moore’s Law and the exponential growth in satellite launches with LeoLabs Co-Founder & CTO?Edward Lu, from the Click Here podcast by The Record from Recorded Future News. “How do we scale our ability to track twice as many objects in two years? And twice as many again? And twice as many again? Because that’s what’s happening,” Ed told host Dina Temple-Raston. “If I was an astronaut today, I’d be saying, ‘Hey, is this a risk we can reduce?’ The answer to that is ‘Yes.’ ‘Is this a risk we can avoid making larger?’ The answer to that is ‘Yes.’ And those are the things that need to happen: better tracking of debris, less creation of debris, better monitoring of what’s going on up there, faster notifications. Those are the things that will make a difference.” Catch the full clip ?? https://bit.ly/3UT64Ng ?

It was terrific to host Manish Kothari, Nick Sinai, Kiichiro DeLuca, and our newest Director the Honorable Ronald S. Moultrie who serve on the LeoLabs board in Arizona to see the newest radar in our global network. This next generation UHF direct planar array system was constructed in less than 5 months and is now tracking over 9,500 resident space objects! Massive thanks to our world class LeoLabs Radar Hardware, Software, and Global Infrastructure team for the incredible effort to get this new system online. More to come soon on the full capabilities of this sensor and how it will bring commercial innovation to #SpaceDomainAwareness and #SpaceTrafficManagement missions.

We’re proud to join U.S. Space Command’s Commercial Integration Cell (CIC). The commercial intelligence-sharing initiative is expanding from communications and Earth observation companies to now include #SpaceDomainAwareness (SDA) providers.? Many of LeoLabs’ solutions align closely with USSPACECOM mission areas, including SDA services that provide indications and warnings in low Earth orbit, serving a neighborhood watch function and analyzing threat activity. We look forward to partnering with USSPACECOM and fellow commercial CIC members to identify and respond to threats and anomalies in space.? Learn more in SpaceNews ??? https://bit.ly/4ffS7Rp??

Happy Veterans Day. Today we recognize and thank those who made sacrifices to serve and defend the U.S., its Allies, and partners. Thank you to all Veterans, including those who continue to serve the mission from industry with LeoLabs.??#VeteransDay

We’re honored to be a host company for the 2025 Patti Grace Smith Fellowship program. This organization provides a meaningful pathway into successful aerospace careers and future industry leadership for extraordinary minority students. Patti Grace Smith Fellows earn competitive summer internships at leading #aerospace institutions. We look forward to hosting a Patti Grace Smith fellow in 2025 and to sharing with them our advanced technology and passion for a safe, secure #space environment.?

We're a proud sponsor of today's National Security Space Association (NSSA) SDA Forum in McLean, Virginia. If you're attending, don't miss LeoLabs Sr. Technical Fellow Dr. Darren McKnight on an industry panel alongside Josh Hartman, Clinton Clark, Kerry Wisnosky, Hugh White, and moderator Lt. Gen. John Shaw. Dr. McKnight will share the latest risk trends in #LEO and how LeoLabs radar network and analytic capabilities are helping the U.S. and its Allies avoid strategic and tactical surprise in space.

Happening today ?? LeoLabs COO and Co-Founder?Daniel Ceperley?is at #MilSatSymposium! Don't miss his tech talk at 16:10 PT on the ways we're deploying #ArtificialIntelligence to help identify anomalous satellite operations. Dan will describe several AI-powered tools we've developed to enable U.S. and Allied government customers to more rapidly and efficiently identify, characterize, and act on threats in space.

More good news from the last day of #IAC2024! LeoLabs Staff Data Scientist Harry She was a finalist for the International Astronautical Federation's Young Pioneer Award. ?? Harry's paper on using #machinelearning and global radar data for rapid object characterization was noted as a significant contribution to the advancement of aerospace science by the IAF. Congratulations, Harry!