German startup Vyoma has picked six-year-old Belgian venture Aerospacelab to build a second small satellite for its proposed space debris-monitoring constellation.

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Since no one group controls space, the open sharing of space situational awareness (SSA) data is critical to ensure safe space operations.

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Space situational awareness company Privateer acquired geospatial data analysis firm Orbital Insight in a deal announced May 6.

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With a growing presence in space, we must also have a growing focus on and consideration of space safety and new risks.

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Scout Space, a five-year-old startup developing satellite safety technologies, announced Jan. 18 that Philip Hover-Smoot, its former chief counsel, is stepping up as chief executive officer.

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The United States has agreed with the Philippines to strengthen cooperation on space situational awareness and space-based maritime domain awareness in the latest series of actions Washington has taken to strengthen ties with Asia-Pacific countries to counter China.

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The Space Force is investing in new sensors and technologies to better characterize objects in orbit, but is not taking full advantage of commercially available data and services, says a new report by the Government Accountability Office.

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U.S. Space Command and the Australian Defence Space Command on April 20 signed an enhanced space cooperation memorandum of understanding.

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Canada’s Department of National Defence is moving ahead with a new microsatellite project for space domain awareness. 

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With one commercial space traffic coordination pilot project successfully completed, the Office of Space Commerce is considering ways to do a similar project in the more challenging environment of low Earth orbit.

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Slingshot Aerospace announced Dec. 6 it has raised $40.8 million in a Series A2 funding round.

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The growth of space situational awareness (SSA) capabilities worldwide, intended to better track satellites and debris in orbit, could instead create confusion for satellite operators, one official warned.

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Companies in the space domain awareness market are eager to work with the Space Force but need a clearer picture of future demand

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The Space Surveillance Telescope, declared operational Sept. 30, will join the network of sensors used by the United States, Australia and other allies to track objects in orbit

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Space logistics startup TransAstra announced an agreement Sept. 27 with telescope manufacturer Celestron to develop a space-qualified version of a popular ground-based telescope.

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Maxar Technologies has received regulatory approval to use its satellites to monitor the space environment and sell that data commercially.

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Saber Astronautics announced Sept. 5 the U.S. Space Force has extended the company’s contract to develop a space domain awareness tool designed for satellite operators.

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Space startups Privateer and Scout are "looking into how we can best combine our capabilities."

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Slingshot Aerospace announced Aug. 3 it has acquired Numerica’s space-tracking business and UK space data firm Seradata

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Startup Scout Space won a Phase 2 Small Business Innovation Research contract from the U.S. Space Force to augment military systems with commercial data from space-based sensors

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In light of Russia’s reckless behavior, which even endangered its cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station, the U.S. and European roles in space governance become more imperative.

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Satellite operator SES announced March 31 it is working with Canadian startup NorthStar Earth & Space on developing space situational awareness (SSA) data products to support its fleet of communications satellites.

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South Australia’s Oculus Observatory, which opened Dec. 9, houses the first in a planned global network of passive radars to track objects in orbit.

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“What we urgently need is ‘eyes’ to look at what’s happening in outer space,” said ROK Air Force Col. Park Ki-tae, inaugural chief of the air force’s Space Operations Center, during the Seoul International Aerospace and Defense Exhibition 2021.

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