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Risk assessment report
What a risk assessment report is for space operations
A Risk Assessment Report is a comprehensive document that evaluates the potential risks associated with a specific context, in this case, space operations and orbital activities.
The report is tailored to identify, analyze, and prioritize the risks posed by various orbital objects, such as satellites, debris, and potential threats in space.
It involves a systematic process of gathering and analyzing data from tracking systems, like SORASYS radars and SYNAPSE digital platforms, to provide high-accuracy orbital information.
The Risk Assessment Report includes detailed collision risk analysis, alert mechanisms, and offers behavioral and anomaly detection for objects in orbit.
It serves as an operational support tool for satellite maneuvers, equipping space agencies, operators, defense, and commercial entities with the intelligence needed to make informed, strategic, and security-focused decisions.
The objective is to help these entities manage space traffic effectively, ensure the safety and sustainability of space activities, and mitigate potential threats before they manifest into actual events.
The report is crucial for defense and national security agencies, civil space regulators, commercial satellite operators, and related space industry stakeholders in maintaining space domain awareness and situational awareness.
Operational value of risk assessment reports in SSA/SDA
Risk Assessment Reports turn raw space surveillance data into a decision-ready view of operational risk.
In day-to-day SSA/SDA, they help operators and authorities prioritize which conjunctions, anomalies, or behaviors require action, reduce uncertainty in maneuver planning, and document risk posture for internal governance, regulators, and insurers.
For constellation and high-tempo missions, a consistent risk assessment workflow supports scalable coordination (who acts, when, and based on which thresholds), improves safety margins, and limits avoidable propellant use by focusing maneuvers on the highest-risk events.
How Look Up supports risk assessment reporting
Look Up supports Risk Assessment Reports by detecting and tracking objects in LEO down to a few cm with centimetric accuracy using SORASYS radars, then fusing those measurements with external data in the SYNAPSE SSA digital platform.
This combination enables operators to catalogue objects, build comprehensive object ID cards, issue real-time alerts within seconds/minutes for high-interest events, and run collision avoidance predictions with a 99.9% accuracy rate.
For operational decision-making, Look Up can deliver actionable risk insights via API or interface (with an on-premises option for secure operations) and support collision warnings and tailored maneuver recommendations that account for mission constraints.
We deliver space situational awareness (SSA) and space domain awareness (SDA) solutions that help secure active satellites and ensure safe operations in the ever-growing expanse of space.