Digantara’s spacecraft tracking dashboard. Photo: Dignatara

Launch integrator SEOPS is working with space surveillance startup Dignatara to offer a post-launch tracking service that helps satellite operators identify their satellites after launch. SEOPS announced the new service on Aug. 11 during the Small Satellite Conference in Utah.  

SEOPS explained it can often take 24- to 48-hours to make contact with a satellite after launch, especially during rideshare missions — a problem this service aims to change. The company is bundling Dignatara’s satellite tracking capability into its standard mission services agreements. SEOPS will offer its launch integration customers two months of in-orbit safety of flight services, including early satellite identification, custody, and collision avoidance services for no additional cost. 

SEOPS noted this is unique for a launch service provider to include on-orbit services in its offering.

Dignatara, based in India and Colorado, provides monitoring of space objects as small as 5 centimeters with a growing sensor network of ground and space-based sensors. Earlier this year, Dignatara launched Mission SCOT, a space-to-space surveillance satellite. 

“It’s unacceptable to us that in 2025, with all the tools and access available, satellite operators are still forced to wait, struggle to make first contact, or operate in an elevated risk posture after launch,” SEOPS CEO Chad Brinkley said in a release. “By integrating Digantara’s services directly into our launch offering, we’re giving operators the tools they need to reduce risk, improve responsiveness, and safeguard their missions from day one.”