Look Up
Overview
Builds and operates a proprietary global network of purpose-built space-surveillance radars, monetizing the resulting orbital catalogue through data contracts, collision-avoidance and Space-Operations-as-a-Service subscriptions to governments, defense and satellite operators.
Moat: The only European private operator of a purpose-built LEO surveillance radar, giving sovereign non-US orbital data — reinforced by founders drawn directly from French Space Command and CNES space surveillance, plus France's first national radar-data procurement contract.
Business
Primary customers
- Government: CNES
Sectors
Space Situational Awareness · Space Traffic Management · Defense & Security
Key Products
- SORASYS-1operational
LEO surveillance radar in Lozère, France, detecting and tracking objects to 2,000 km.
First flight: 2026-04-15
- SORASYS 2A / 2Bdevelopment
EU-funded radars in French Polynesia extending southern-hemisphere coverage.
- SYNAPSEoperational
Digital space-situational-awareness platform; used to analyze the July 2026 Qianfan fragmentation event.
- ATLAS²development
Automated collision-avoidance service, ground-segment interface built with Skynopy.
Near-term Catalysts
- 2026
CNES national data-purchase contract live since 2026-05-20
France's first national procurement of space-surveillance radar data — first recurring institutional revenue and a reference customer for other states.
- 2026-2027
French Polynesia radars (SORASYS 2A/2B) deployment
The step from a single-site sensor to a genuine global catalogue.
- 2030
Target: seven interconnected radars by 2030
Company roadmap goal, not yet contracted.
Top Risks
- Radar deployment is capex-heavy and slow across remote sites, so €50M can be consumed before recurring revenue scales.
- LeoLabs already operates a mature multi-site global radar network.
- Revenue concentrated in EU/French public and defense budgets with long procurement cycles.
Recent Milestones
- 2025-06-12
Announces ~€50M in total financing, one of the largest European space-tech Series A rounds of the past decade
- 2026-04-15
SORASYS-1 declared operational; US expansion announced
- 2026-05-20
CNES national data-purchase contract goes live — France's first national procurement of space-surveillance radar data
- 2026-06-18
Skynopy selected for the ATLAS² automated-collision-avoidance ground-segment interface
What investors should know
Q1What makes Look Up different from other space-tracking companies?⌄
Q2Who founded it?⌄
Q3What is the CNES contract?⌄
Q4How does it plan to scale?⌄
Q5Who are the competitors?⌄
Peers
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Press Release
- Look Up — funding announcement · 2025-06-12
- Look Up — CNES data service activation · 2026-06-03