LeoLabs announced initial operation in 2019 of the Kiwi Space Radar. It is designed to track objects in low Earth orbit as small as two centimeters across.

Silicon Valley startup LeoLabs announced plans July 22 to construct a phased-array radar in Costa Rica to track objects as small as two centimeters in low inclination orbits.

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Debra Werner is a correspondent for SpaceNews based in San Francisco. Debra earned a bachelor’s degree in communications from the University of California, Berkeley, and a master’s degree in Journalism from Northwestern University. She is a recipient...