Tyche is the first satellite built under UK Space Command’s ISTARI program. Photo: SSTL

LeoLabs was selected to support the launch and operations of the United Kingdom Space Command‘s Project Tyche to deliver space tracking and monitoring and collision avoidance services.

Tyche is the first satellite built under UK Space Command’s ISTARI program. The satellite is scheduled to launch this summer and will  test and demonstrate technologies that will form the ISTARI multi-satellite intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) constellation in Low-Earth Orbit (LEO). Surrey Satellite Technology SSTL is building the satellite. 

LeoLabs will provide space situational awareness (SSA) services for Tyche, along Space Domain Awareness (SDA) services for UK Space Command, including persistent monitoring of selected high-interest objects.

“LeoLabs is proud to support the UK Space Command and the UK Ministry of Defence as it takes this significant step towards developing the UK’s first constellation of ISR satellites in Low Earth Orbit,” said LeoLabs CEO Tony Frazier. “We look forward to acting as a critical mission partner to the U.K. and its allies for this and future missions, enabling the continued safety and security of space.”