About
Awaresst Space Technologies Limited, operating as AWARESST, is an Abu Dhabi-based space technology company developing Space Surveillance & Tracking capability from the United Arab Emirates.
SST is the observational discipline of detecting, tracking and characterizing resident space objects. It is the measurement foundation on which broader Space Situational Awareness (SSA) depends, rather than a synonym for it: SST produces the tracking data and refined orbital states from which situational awareness is assembled.
An increasingly unforgiving orbital environment
Earth orbit is becoming more crowded, more dynamic and more operationally consequential. Active spacecraft share orbital regimes with defunct satellites, rocket bodies and fragments. Spacecraft manoeuvre. Objects break apart. Atmospheric drag reshapes trajectories, and new launches continuously alter the environment.
Propagation and orbital modelling remain essential. But propagated knowledge becomes increasingly dependent on the quality and recency of the observations behind it, and observational coverage remains incomplete.
An orbit calculated yesterday is an estimate of where an object should be.
Observation tells us where it actually is.
Where orbital knowledge decays, the effects are operational: collision risk, loss of custody, unnecessary avoidance manoeuvres, mission disruption, additional debris generation and risk to the orbital infrastructure that institutions and economies depend on.
The technical challenge is maintaining knowledge of an object’s state, its uncertainty, its behaviour, its custody — and when another observation is required.
Building the capability to see what is actually happening
AWARESST is building Space Surveillance & Tracking capability from the UAE, connecting optical observation, orbital analysis and operational decision support into an increasingly integrated technical chain.
Ground-based optical observation forms the foundation of AWARESST’s sensing strategy, with capability development progressing toward integrated optical observation infrastructure combining telescope systems, sensor control, acquisition, processing and orbital analysis.
Building the physical and digital layers required for sustained optical SST operations.
Observation infrastructure and telescope systems; sensor tasking, station control and acquisition; processing pipelines and data systems; orbit determination, state estimation and custody workflows — and the operational expertise that sustains them.
Satellite and constellation operators, government and institutional stakeholders, research organisations, and the wider space ecosystem responsible for coordination and long-term stewardship of the orbital environment.
AWARESST exists to reduce the distance between what is predicted to be happening in orbit and what is actually happening.
From observation to decision
Each stage feeds the next. The chain is only as strong as its weakest link, so the capability is built against the whole of it rather than a single stage.
Requirement
What needs to be known.
Observation planning
When and how it can be measured.
Acquisition
Sensors acquire the target.
Measurement
Observations and external data become validated measurements and tracklets.
Refinement
Measurements refine orbital states and constrain uncertainty.
Custody
Continued observation enables reacquisition and maintains custody.
Decision support
Refined orbital knowledge supports prediction, event assessment and informed decision-making.
Refined orbital knowledge supports prediction, event assessment, conjunction understanding and operational decision support.
Optical observation is the foundation; integrated SST operations are the destination.
The objective is larger than producing individual measurements. It is to build sustained technical capability that strengthens mission awareness and space safety, builds national technical capacity, protects orbital infrastructure and provides the evidence required for responsible long-term use of the orbital environment.