LeoLabs completed construction in 2019 of its Kiwi Space Radar to track objects in low-Earth orbit as small as two centimeters. The new radar is located in the Central Otago region of New Zealand's south island.

LeoLabs, the Silicon Valley space mapping startup, announced Oct. 14, initial operation of the Kiwi Space Radar, the firm’s third space surveillance radar and first with updated technology to track debris as small as two centimeters in low Earth orbit.

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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...