LeoLabs To Extend Space Debris Tracking With Costa Rican Radar Site

Kiwi Space Radar in New Zealand was LeoLabs’ first S-band phased-array system.
Credit: LeoLabs
Space situational awareness provider LeoLabs is to locate its fourth space radar in Costa Rica. The Central American site will host the company’s second S-band, phased-array radar, able to track debris down to 2 cm in low Earth orbit. The COVID-19 pandemic has slowed construction, but LeoLabs...
Graham Warwick

Graham leads Aviation Week's coverage of technology, focusing on engineering and technology across the aerospace industry, with a special focus on identifying technologies of strategic importance to aviation, aerospace and defense.

Subscription Required

 

LeoLabs To Extend Space Debris Tracking With Costa Rican Radar Site is published in Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, an Aviation Week Intelligence Network (AWIN) Market Briefing and is included with your AWIN membership.

Already a member of AWIN or subscribe to Aerospace Daily & Defense Report through your company? Login with your existing email and password.

Not a member?  Learn how you can access the market intelligence and data you need to stay abreast of what's happening in the aerospace and defense community.