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Vantor Secures Major U.S. Space Force Contract for Tracking

10/23/2025

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Vantor, formerly Maxar Intelligence, has a new contract with the U.S. Space Force for in-space awareness.
The company will provide high-resolution space-to-space imagery and analysis to track objects in low Earth orbit.
This capability followed a NOAA license modification in 2022, enabling intelligence on spacecraft orientation and velocity.
Vantor's satellites can image finer than 10 centimeters, and it projects in-space tracking to be a multi-million dollar venture by next year.

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Vantor, formerly Maxar Intelligence, has a new contract with the U.S. Space Force for in-space awareness.
The company will provide high-resolution space-to-space imagery and analysis to track objects in low Earth orbit.
This capability followed a NOAA license modification in 2022, enabling intelligence on spacecraft orientation and velocity.
Vantor's satellites can image finer than 10 centimeters, and it projects in-space tracking to be a multi-million dollar venture by next year.