LeoLabs, the leading provider of integrated solutions that persistently monitor activity in space to reveal threats to safety and security, today announced it was selected to support the launch and operations of the United Kingdom (UK) Space Command’s Project Tyche by delivering space tracking and monitoring, and collision avoidance services.
Tyche, scheduled to launch this summer, is a 150-kilogram research and development concept being built under the ISTARI programme. This project aims to test and demonstrate technologies that will form the UK Space Command’s first ISTARI multi-satellite intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) constellation in Low Earth Orbit (LEO). Tyche is the first concept satellite to launch under this programme.
In addition to providing Space Situational Awareness (SSA) services for Tyche, LeoLabs will also provide the UK Space Command with Space Domain Awareness (SDA) services, including persistent monitoring of selected high-interest objects.
“LeoLabs is proud to support the UK Space Command and the UK Ministry of Defence as it takes this significant step towards developing the UK’s first constellation of ISR satellites in Low Earth Orbit,” said LeoLabs CEO Tony Frazier. “We look forward to acting as a critical mission partner to the UK and its Allies for this and future missions, enabling the continued safety and security of space.”
