Ontario, N.Y. / Livermore, Calif. — Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and Starris: Optimax Space Systems and have signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA), expanding production of LLNL’s next-generation space domain awareness technology — with Starris as the manufacturing partner that can scale to meet the needs for proliferated constellations.

The first collaborative effort of the CRADA is an ultraviolet (UV)-infrared space-domain awareness system, based on LLNL’s monolithic telescope technology, which will be the focus of a panel talk featuring Starris and LLNL leadership at the Small Satellite conference in Salt Lake City on Aug. 13.

The talk, “Ultraviolet Small Sat Opportunities for Space Domain Awareness and Monitoring,” will explore how a UV wave

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