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Space Situational Awareness & Traffic Management

Space situational awareness (SSA) and space traffic management (STM) encompass tracking the 44,000+ cataloged objects in orbit, predicting close approaches, and coordinating maneuvers to avoid collisions. The sector is critical for the long-term sustainability of the orbital environment.

Key Metric

About 40,000 objects tracked by space surveillance networks, about 11,000 of them active payloads (ESA Space Environment Report 2025)

Checked 10 October 2026. Source

Companies in This Sector

5 tracked

Market Leaders

LeoLabsGlobal radar network tracking LEO objects (over 25,000 objects tracked)

Anduril (ExoAnalytic Solutions)Network of 400+ telescopes for space tracking; ExoAnalytic acquired by Anduril in 2026

Challengers

Slingshot AerospaceAI-powered SSA analytics and global optical sensor network

Emerging

Kayhan SpaceAutonomous spaceflight safety and space traffic coordination software

Privateer SpaceCo-founded by Steve Wozniak; Wayfinder tracks space debris and spacecraft

Key Trends

→Constellation growth driving collision-avoidance events: Starlink reported 207,152 avoidance maneuvers from December 2025 to May 2026
→AI and automation applied to conjunction screening and space traffic coordination
→Commercial SSA data feeding government programs such as the Office of Space Commerce's TraCSS
→Space sustainability rules tightening, e.g., the FCC 5-year post-mission deorbit rule