Space startups eye opportunities in the orbital surveillance market
Top Stories Tamfitronics Rendering of Atomos Space's Quark in-space servicing vehicle. Credit: Atomos SpaceWASHINGTON Space startups are vying for a slice of the growing market for enhanced space domain awareness (SDA) in geostationary orbit, with some firms exploring options to retrofit existing satellites with new surveillance capabilities.Atomos Space, an in-space transportation and logistics startup, is planning two missions to GEO where its servicing vehicle will attach SDA payloads developed by Katalyst Space onto commercial telecom satellites.This move comes as the U.S. military seeks to augment its space surveillance capabilities, particularly in GEO orbit 22,000 miles above the Earth’s equator. where its most valuable spacecraft operate and where adversaries are also deploying new systems.Top Stories Tamfitronics Quark servicing vehicleWilliam Kowalski, co-founder and chief operating officer of Atomos Space, told SpaceNews the company plans to launch...
