See. Know. Decide.
AWARESST is building an integrated Space Surveillance & Tracking capability from the UAE, connecting ground-based optical observation, orbital analysis and operational decision support.
About
A UAE-based space technology company developing an integrated Space Surveillance & Tracking architecture, from ground-based optical observation to operational decision support.
Awaresst Space Technologies Limited is a UAE-based space technology company in Masdar City, Abu Dhabi, developing Space Surveillance & Tracking (SST) capability focused initially on ground-based optical observation and the wider observation-to-decision technical chain.
From its base in Abu Dhabi, AWARESST is developing capability in optical satellite observation, orbit determination and orbital state refinement, custody maintenance, conjunction support, space debris and event monitoring, SST data products and sensor integration. SST is the observation and tracking foundation that feeds broader Space Situational Awareness (SSA); the two are related but not interchangeable.
Earth orbit is becoming more populated, more dynamic and more operationally consequential. Spacecraft maneuver, objects fragment and orbital states evolve continuously, while the information used to understand them can become outdated between observations. The challenge is therefore not simply knowing that an object exists, but knowing where it is, how confidently its state is understood, how that knowledge is changing and when another observation is required.
AWARESST approaches that challenge as an end-to-end problem, and is developing its capability against the full chain. Observation requirements become sensor tasking. Observations become measurements. Measurements refine orbital states and uncertainty. Continued observation maintains custody. Refined orbital knowledge supports prediction, conjunction and event assessment, and ultimately informed operational and institutional decisions.
The objective is larger than producing individual measurements. It is to build sustained technical capability that strengthens mission awareness, space safety, national capacity and the evidence base required for responsible long-term use of the orbital environment.
United Arab Emirates
Built in the UAE.
Technical capability, operational expertise, data systems and long-term Space Surveillance & Tracking capacity are being developed within the UAE space ecosystem.
AWARESST’s operational model is not geographically constrained to a single location. Observation infrastructure can be deployed, hosted or accessed according to technical requirements, with selected international partnerships and distributed observation capabilities extending coverage where operationally valuable.
What cannot be seen cannot be protected.
Continuous custody is what keeps an object observable, predictable and therefore protectable.
Offerings
These are the technical areas AWARESST builds around. Capability development begins with ground-based optical observation and extends progressively through orbital analysis, custody, prediction and decision support.
Optical Observation
Ground-based optical satellite tracking: tasked optical observations of resident space objects, survey and follow-up passes, astrometry and photometry. The technical foundation of the capability.
- Tasked optical observations
- Survey and follow-up campaigns
- Astrometric and photometric measurement
- Custody maintenance passes
Orbit Determination
Satellite orbit determination and orbital state estimation from observed arcs: state refinement, propagation, covariance and uncertainty characterization, and manoeuvre detection.
- Orbit determination from tasked arcs
- State propagation and covariance analysis
- Orbital uncertainty characterization
- Manoeuvre detection and verification
Conjunction Assessment
Capability development in satellite conjunction assessment: close-approach analysis, collision-risk support, CDM follow-up observation and post-manoeuvre reassessment.
- Screening support against catalogued objects
- Conjunction Data Message (CDM) follow-up observation
- Close-approach and collision-risk analysis
- Post-manoeuvre risk re-assessment
Event Monitoring
Observation and analysis for when the orbital environment stops behaving as catalogued: space debris monitoring, fragmentation and breakup events, re-entry monitoring and orbital anomaly investigation.
- Re-entry monitoring
- Fragmentation and breakup observation
- Space debris and orbital fragment monitoring
- Orbital anomaly investigation
Data Delivery
Standards-based SST data products designed to integrate into operator systems: CCSDS Tracking Data Messages, tracklets, astrometric and photometric measurements and state-related products.
- CCSDS TDM generation
- Tracklets and astrometric measurements
- Photometric time series
- Orbital data products and data exchange
Sensor & Systems Integration
Optical sensor integration and station-level capability development, from telescope systems and tracking control to imaging sensors, timing, acquisition and orbital-analysis workflows, forming the integrated observation infrastructure the capability is being built around.
- Optical telescope systems and sensor integration
- Mount, tracking control and acquisition systems
- SST processing pipelines and orbital-analysis workflows
- Distributed observation networks and data exchange
Shared orbital knowledge enables coordinated action.
Operators, agencies and regulators can coordinate effectively only when custody, conjunction understanding and decision support are grounded in a current and credible record of the orbital environment.
Observation changes the outcome.
What is observed, when it is observed, and how well it is understood can materially change the options available before an orbital event unfolds.
Knowledge changes outcomes
Custody holds and the encounter geometry is credible. A controlled manoeuvre resolves the conjunction with margin.