Maxar Secures NOAA Approval to Provide Non-Earth Imaging Services to Government and Commercial Customers
Maxar Technologies (NYSE:MAXR) announced that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has modified its remote sensing license. This allows Maxar to utilize non-Earth imaging (NEI) capabilities with its current and future WorldView Legion satellites to collect images of objects in Low Earth Orbit (LEO). The company aims to assist government and commercial customers with space domain awareness (SDA) and space traffic management (STM) needs. The NEI capability will be deployed in 2023 with early adopters, addressing the growing risks associated with the increasing number of space objects.
- Maxar's NEI capability enhances its competitive edge in the space industry.
- The license allows for improved services in space domain awareness and traffic management.
- High-resolution imaging can attract new government and commercial contracts.
- Increased market competition as more companies may develop similar capabilities.
- Regulatory challenges or delays in deployment could impact operational timelines.
Through this new license authority,
“Maxar’s NEI capability has been licensed at a pivotal time for the space industry, when the rapid proliferation of space objects is creating an increasingly crowded Low-Earth Orbital environment, creating new risks for government and commercial missions,” said
The ability to provide high-resolution imagery of space objects is more important than ever. There are more than 4,800 active satellites on orbit today, and Euroconsult estimates that 17,000 more satellites 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.
NEI can help address these challenges by bringing more transparency to the near-Earth space domain, thus helping operators better protect and maintain their assets.
- SDA: Helping identify and characterize space objects, as well as assess the operational environment for space operations.
- STM: Supporting on-orbit collision risk assessment and maneuver planning, end-of-life verification and controlled de-orbit collision avoidance.
- Ongoing satellite operations: Assist operators with navigation safety, asset health assessments and defunct satellite monitoring.
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National security missions: Providing support for the
U.S. government and its allies.
The company will begin deploying its NEI capability in 2023 with a select group of early adopters who need to understand and characterize space objects at scale.
To learn more about this capability, visit www.maxar.com/non-earth-imaging.
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