Space operations company Saber Astronautics has welcomed French aerospace firm HEMERIA to its Responsive Space Operations Centre Space Domain Awareness (RSOC SDA) Marketplace.
The RSOC is Saber Astronautics’ mission operations and space traffic support program, which operates from the Australian Space Agency’s headquarters at Adelaide’s Lot Fourteen.
Space Domain Awareness is the ability to track, interpret and predict activity in space. As the number of satellites and debris objects in orbit continues to grow, these capabilities are becoming increasingly important for safe and sustainable space operations.
Saber Astronautics’ RSOC SDA Marketplace connects customers, including satellite operators, governments and defence organisations, with a network of commercial sensor and data providers. This now includes HEMERIA, which provides Low Earth Orbit space situational awareness data using ground-based radars.
The addition of HEMERIA highlights how South Australia’s space ecosystem continues to attract international partners and expertise, supporting the development of advanced space capability from Adelaide while strengthening global collaboration across the sector.
CEO of Saber Astronautics Dr Jason Held said HEMERIA’s mature and highly capable European radar service is a significant addition to the RSOC.
“Its extensive daily volume can provide valuable additional coverage for our customers, and we are delighted to welcome HEMERIA and deepen our friendship with the French and European space communities,” Dr Held said.
HEMERIA maintains an independent catalogue of more than 15,000 objects and generates more than 200,000 measurements each day, supporting active satellite and debris monitoring. It uses a growing network of SYRAH radars, survey radars based on the same technology as GRAVES, the French Air Force radar and heritage from ONERA, which is the French Aerospace Lab.
Chairman of HEMERIA Nicolas Multan said he’s proud of the cooperative partnership formed with Saber Astronautics.
“By combining our respective data, technologies and expertise, we are strengthening our collective ability to make space operations safer and more resilient,” Mr Multan said.
“I strongly believe that international cooperation, built on trusted and complementary capabilities, is essential to better protect critical assets in orbit and ensure the sustainable use of space.”
The Adelaide-based RSOC also provides global, follow-the-sun operations for civil and defence flights and served as the Pacific night shift for US Space Command’s Joint Commercial Operations program for nearly four years.
