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Tracking objects in space from a farm in Costa Rica

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Updated

LOCATION: FILADELFIA, COSTA RICA

These panels can track small objects in space

They monitor debris in Low Earth Orbit

The data the radar collect protects satellites from collisions

and helps keep astronauts in space safe

The panels are connected to servers in San Francisco

NAME: DANIEL CEPERLEY, CEO AND FOUNDER OF LEOLABS:

"This is the most advanced commercial radar in the world for tracking space objects. It's for a few reasons ... This radar was designed to track very small pieces of debris. It turns out there are about 250,000 pieces of debris in space that are two centimeters in size and larger. They aren't tracked today and they threaten satellites. In space, where everything moves so quickly, at approximately 8 kilometers per second that even if a tiny pieces of debris hit your satellite, it can destroy it.