{"id":31420,"date":"2022-12-05T12:04:20","date_gmt":"2022-12-05T12:04:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2022\/12\/05\/maxar-wins-noaa-nod-to-track-satellites-space-junk-as-launches-surge\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:43:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:43:13","slug":"maxar-wins-noaa-nod-to-track-satellites-space-junk-as-launches-surge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/c2-comms\/satellites\/2022\/12\/05\/maxar-wins-noaa-nod-to-track-satellites-space-junk-as-launches-surge\/","title":{"rendered":"Maxar wins NOAA nod to track satellites, space junk as launches surge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WESTMINSTER, Colorado \u2014Maxar Technologies, a provider imaging and geospatial intelligence services, said the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration approved a modification of a remote sensing license to enable non-Earth imaging, or NEI, for its constellation of on-orbit satellites to track objects in space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Through this new authority, Maxar will collect and distribute images of objects across Low Earth Orbit \u2014 the area ranging from 200 to 1,000 kilometers (121 to 621 miles) in altitude \u2014 to both government and commercial customers, the company said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ability to provide high-resolution imagery of space objects is more important than ever. There are more than 4,800 active satellites<\/a> on orbit today, and Euroconsult estimates that 17,000 more will be launched in the next decade. At the same, it is estimated that there are millions of pieces of space debris in LEO, and an impact from even the smallest piece of debris can cause significant damage to a satellite in orbit.<\/p>\n\n\n\t