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    LeoLabs provides a launch and early orbit tracking service using its global radar network to rapidly locate and identify payloads after launch. This helps satellite operators establish early communications and transition to routine operations. The service tracks objects with radars around the world, identifies payloads within 1-2 passes, and provides fitted orbital elements and data to operators, often within hours of launch. It also includes 30 days of ongoing tracking and monitoring to support the full mission.

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    LeoLabs provides a launch and early orbit tracking service using its global radar network to rapidly locate and identify payloads after launch. This helps satellite operators establish early communications and transition to routine operations. The service tracks objects with radars around the world, identifies payloads within 1-2 passes, and provides fitted orbital elements and data to operators, often within hours of launch. It also includes 30 days of ongoing tracking and monitoring to support the full mission.

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    LeoLabs provides a launch and early orbit tracking service using its global radar network to rapidly locate and identify payloads after launch. This helps satellite operators establish early communications and transition to routine operations. The service tracks objects with radars around the world, identifies payloads within 1-2 passes, and provides fitted orbital elements and data to operators, often within hours of launch. It also includes 30 days of ongoing tracking and monitoring to support the full mission.

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    LeoLabs Launch and Early Orbit

    Rapid Payload Tracking and Identification Support for Early Mission Operations The LeoLabs Global Radar Network

    For satellite operators, launches often represent the most difficult and stressful LeoLabs owns and operates a growing
    phase of their missions. Multiple vital objectives must be accomplished in a brief network of ground-based, phased
    period of time, including successfully locating their satellites and establishing array radars to track objects in LEO.
    initial communications. Certain types of missions, including rideshares with We are building a network that will
    provide:
    dozens of payloads belonging to multiple owner-operators, can further amplify
    these challenges. Additionally, even after payloads are identified and cataloged, ● A constellation of radars located
    cross-taggings and misassociations can occur leading to further confusion. As a strategically around the world for
    optimal tracking coverage
    result, operators have needed to dedicate key personnel to these
    resource-intensive efforts for days or weeks, putting critical projects on hold ● Ability to reliably track objects
    during these all-hands-on-deck processes. down to 2cm in size
    ● A total predicted LEO catalog of
    These are the challenges that LeoLabs addresses with its new Launch and Early 250,000+ objects with revisit rates
    of 10+ times per day for prioritized
    Orbit service, a first-of-its-kind capability in the space industry to provide
    objects
    commercial radar tracking support for newly launched payloads during the
    crucial first hours and days of mission operations. The service provides rapid
    assistance for payload location and identification so operators can establish
    communications with their satellites and transition to routine mission operations
    as quickly as possible.

    Poker Flat Incoherent Scatter Radar


    (Alaska)

    Midland Space Radar (Texas)

    Using the LeoLabs global network of phased-array radar systems, along with a
    suite of in-house tools and algorithms specifically designed to support fast asset
    Kiwi Space Radar (New Zealand)
    tracking and data processing, we generate orbit data products and send them
    directly to satellite operators often within just hours of launch. This eliminates the
    need to rely on objects being added to the public catalog prior to receiving the
    first TLEs, which can often take several days or weeks for complex missions.

    Costa Rica Space Radar


    https://leolabs.space sales@leolabs.space @leolabs_space (Costa Rica)
    A Dedicated Service for Rapid Asset Identification Continued Support

    LeoLabs Launch and Early Orbit is available today to satellite operators LeoLabs support doesn't stop with
    worldwide, supporting launches of any size or complexity including large Launch and Early Orbit. All operators
    subscribing to this service will also
    rideshare missions. The service includes:
    receive 30 days of our Tracking and
    Monitoring service, which provides
    Pre-launch coordination - LeoLabs coordinates with satellite operators and high precision state vectors and
    launch providers (if required) to obtain launch nominals and predicted orbit ephemerides delivered daily. Tracking
    insertion parameters for all payloads to schedule our radars for tracking. and Monitoring begins where Launch
    and Early Orbit ends, providing full
    mission coverage and a seamless
    Early Orbit Tracking - LeoLabs radars are operated in search mode to track all transition into routine mission
    deployed objects immediately following launch. High accuracy measurements operations.
    are collected including range, doppler, radar cross section (RCS), and
    distribution data. Payloads are often identified within the first 1-2 radar passes,
    depending on orbit geometry. Subsequent radar passes can further improve
    accuracy of initial results.

    Orbit Products - LeoLabs processes the tracking data through our algorithms
    for payload association and initial orbit determination to produce:
    ● Fitted TLEs or state vectors corresponding to the payloads deemed most
    likely to be yours, delivered rapidly after each radar pass.
    ● Data plots and visual aides showing all detected payloads and the relative
    distribution and spacing, with object labels for additional insights.

    Identification Support - LeoLabs works directly with operators to help predict


    which payloads on rideshare missions are theirs, and delivers orbit products for
    those objects. If there is any ambiguity, we can also provide orbit products and
    distribution analyses for surrounding payloads to aid in establishing
    communications.

    Don't leave mission success to chance. Contact us today to learn more about Inform, Serve, and Secure LEO.
    Launch and Early Orbit and LeoLabs other commercial services supporting
    operational safety of flight.

    https://leolabs.space sales@leolabs.space @leolabs_space

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