Space war: when the US Space Force organizes a battle between satellites

EXCLUSIVE. The 4th edition of our space geopolitics barometer "Le Point" - Look Up is also interested in SpaceX maneuvers, the mysterious experiments of the Chinese space plane and the explosion of the Yaogan-50-2 satellite...

SpaceX controls two thirds of all active satellites in orbit

Low Earth orbit has changed radically in recent years. In 2019, fewer than 2,000 active satellites were circling the Earth. As of last June, that number stands at 15,711, according to figures from French monitoring company Look Up. Space, long the exclusive domain of nation states, is evolving into a dense, commercial infrastructure. One company clearly dominates this space: SpaceX...

In Guyana, the European Ariane 6 rocket took off with 36 satellites on board, a record

On Wednesday, June 17, the spacecraft successfully sent new communication satellites of Jeff Bezos' Amazon Leo constellation into space…

These 5 Toulouse space companies that you have never heard of (and that are worth billions)

Toulouse, European capital of space, is first Airbus, CNES, Thales Alenia Space. Behemoths who employ tens of thousands of people and whose reputation is no longer to be made...

Reusable rockets, infernal cadences, satellites by the thousands... How SpaceX became a space giant

Founded in 2002, the company of the multi-millionaire South African Elon Musk has managed to establish itself as a major player in the sector by reducing the costs of space launches, and increasing their pace...

The Lower Orbit Becomes A Private Territory

Until seven years ago, less than 2,000 active satellites were orbiting the Earth. Today, there are 15,711...

Satellites: two-thirds of them belong to the Starlink constellation

Satellites around the earth: an unprecedented concentration in the hands of Elon Musk

More than 15,700 active satellites: Starlink now represents nearly two-thirds of Earth's orbit

The third quarterly space barometer published by Look Up in partnership with Le Point confirms the acceleration of the densification of the low Earth's orbit...

SpaceX holds two out of three active satellites in orbit

As SpaceX prepares to go public in mid-June, we publish the third edition of our exclusive space geopolitics barometer, concocted with Look Up, a Toulouse start-up co-founded by former commander of the French space forces, General Michel Friedling...

Germany pushes European military space command initiative

AMSTERDAM — A senior German military official said Europe needs a coordinated approach to military space operations and proposed the creation of a European Space Component Command hosted by Germany and open to allied participation...

Space surveillance: the first radar of the French start-up Look Up is operational!

Look Up has taken a major strategic step with the commissioning of its first space surveillance radar, SORASYS-1. Located in the south of France, this next-generation ground radar offers 24/7 monitoring and tracking of objects in low orbit with extreme precision. This includes preventing collisions in a currently very crowded orbit...

Space surveillance: Look Up markets its orbital data and settles in the United States

After the operational validation of its SORASYS-1 radar, installed in Monts-de-Randon (Lozère), the company Look Up accelerates its development and changes scale by establishing itself in the United States...

Occitanie. This huge radar unique in the world has come into service, that's what it's for

Look Up announces the commissioning of the SORASYS-1 radar, its radar scrutinizing the space installed in Occitanie recently. His data will be available in a few days...

Detecting threats in orbit: Look Up, the space surveillance start-up supported by the army and the CNES, launches in the United States

The start-up Look Up is attacking the American and British markets. While accelerating in France on the Space command control system...

From ArianeGroup to New Space start-ups, the great Franco-Japanese rapprochement in space

Ariane 6, ThrustMe... French orbital expertise opens the very closed Japanese market in search of a surveillance solution. With a plethora of agreements, during Emmanuel Macron's visit...

Already 10,000 Starlink satellites in orbit: should we fear a future "saturation" of space?

Specialized in space monitoring, the French start-up Look Up announced a few days ago that the Starlink constellation had crossed the symbolic threshold of 10,000 satellites...

Elon Musk’s Starlink has surpassed 10,000 satellites and is leaving the global competition in the dust

With over 10,000 satellites in orbit, Starlink has reached a milestone unprecedented in the history of space exploration. This rapid expansion, driven by SpaceX, is widening the gap with its competitors and raising new strategic, economic and even geopolitical questions...

Starlink has surpassed the 10,000-satellite mark and is pulling further ahead of its competitors

American billionaire Elon Musk’s Starlink constellation has passed the symbolic milestone of 10,000 satellites, opening up a considerable gap between itself and its European and Chinese competitors, according to data compiled by the French start-up Look Up, which specialises in space monitoring...

Space: With Starlink, Elon Musk has surpassed the 10,000-satellite mark in orbit

Already crowned the world’s richest man, Elon Musk is well ahead in the race to space. According to Look Up, a French start-up specialising in space monitoring, the Starlink constellation has indeed passed the symbolic milestone of 10,000 satellites – 15 times more than its European rival Eutelsat...

Starlink has surpassed the 10,000-satellite mark in orbit

American billionaire Elon Musk’s Starlink constellation has passed the symbolic milestone of 10,000 satellites – 15 times more than its European rival Eutelsat – according to Look Up, a French start-up specialising in space monitoring, which told AFP...

Space: Starlink has surpassed the 10,000-satellite mark in orbit, leaving all its competitors behind

American billionaire Elon Musk’s Starlink constellation has passed the symbolic milestone of 10,000 satellites – 15 times more than its European rival Eutelsat – according to Look Up, a French start-up specialising in space monitoring...

Starlink has surpassed the 10,000-satellite mark in orbit

The Starlink constellation, owned by American businessman Elon Musk, has passed the symbolic milestone of 10,000 satellites – 15 times more than its European rival Eutelsat, according to Look Up, a French start-up specialising in space monitoring...

Iran: a powerful space component behind the American strike

Three questions for Michel Friedling, former Space Commander in the French Air and Space Force, founder and CEO of Look Up and the consulting firm Dragonfly Partners...

Look Up deploys its radars in Polynesia for sovereign space surveillance

The start-up Look Up, specializing in space surveillance, has signed an agreement with Tahiti Nui Telecom to install two radars in French Polynesia. This project, supported by the CNES and the armies, will strengthen European space autonomy...

Space barometer: the overwhelming dominance of American satellites

With 14,389 satellites active in January 2026, ten times more than in January 2016 and twice as many as in January 2023, the orbit race still has an exponential trajectory, in line with that observed in our first barometer published in October 2025...

Russian espionage in orbit: Luch Olymp retired, and then?

The Russian spy satellite Luch Olymp, launched in 2014 and famous for spying on several sensitive French and Western satellites, was placed at the end of October 2025 in cemetery orbit, several hundred kilometers above the geostationary orbit (36,000 km above sea level), according to information provided to the Point by the Toulouse start-up Look Up, co-founded by General Michel Friedling*, former commander of the French space forces...

Start-ups to watch in 2026 in the Hauts-de-France region

In a tense environment for start-ups, fundraising has been less frequent and less generous in 2025...

Occitanie Trophies of Moci 2025: Relief Applications, Spherea, Vortex I.O, Anywaves, Look Up Space

After Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Brittany, Provence Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Corsica, Occitanie! At an event organized on November 25 in Toulouse, as part of the Occitanie Export Tour...

Space surveillance: Lozère joins the race for European autonomy

Look Up has just successfully completed operational testing of Sorasys 1...

Look Up successfully completes operational testing of its first space surveillance radar

Look Up has successfully completed operational testing of SORASYS 1, France’s first space surveillance radar designed and operated by a startup, deployed in Lozère...

French Tech 2030: space in the spotlight

Announced on November 6 by Minister of Economy Roland Lescure, the new French Tech 2030 program promotion has filled up in the French New Space sector...

This enormous radar based in Lozère has passed its first tests, which is good news for Europe

This is a first success that promises more to come. A huge space surveillance radar installed in Lozère a few months ago has successfully completed its operational tests...

SSA: First tests successful for Look Up

On November 7, French start-up Look Up, which specializes in space traffic monitoring, announced that it had successfully completed the first tests of its first sky surveillance radar, Sorasys 1...

Look Up Space provides France with a space surveillance network

Following successful testing, the French start-up will commission the first of seven radars in its global network at the end of 2025...

“We are seeking to create the future Dassault Systèmes”: start-ups that want to preserve France's sovereignty

The 80 winners of the French Tech 2030 program were announced on Thursday. They reflect the government's new technological priorities...

2025 PROMOTION OF THE FRENCH TECH 2030 PROGRAM

France has always been a nation of pioneers, builders, and inventors. From Pascal to Pasteur, from Concorde to Ariane, our history is marked by the audacity of those who dared to push the boundaries of what is possible...

Industrialization of satellite constellations: access to space facing the risk of saturation

Space traffic is experiencing a dramatic acceleration under the impetus of telecommunications mega-constellations...

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That's the number of satellites orbiting above our heads, as of October 1, compared to less than 2,000 six years ago...

The new spatial order

Powers. Le Point and Look Up publish their first Space Barometer. Number of satellites, megaconstellations, espionage maneuvers: a new geopolitical balance of power is emerging...

From Monts-de-Randon, Look Up Space watches over space and remains committed to its people

Since 2022, an innovative young company has been raising the profile of Lozère on a European and international scale...

Start-ups shape the future of space in Toulouse

The city's ecosystem is seeing the development of businesses led by a young generation of entrepreneurs who are shaking up the sector...

Michel Friedling (Look Up Space): Radars, Look Up Space wants to make space safer

Michel Friedling, founder of Look Up Space, was François Sorel's guest on the daily Tech & Co program on Monday June 16. He discussed the challenges of securing orbital activities, on BFM Business...

Look Up raises €50m to become a world leader in space surveillance

Specializing in the security of orbital activities and space infrastructures, the Toulouse-based start-up, created in 2022, continues to deploy its global radar network...

French SSA company Look Up raises 50 million euros

Look Up, a French space situational awareness company, has raised nearly 50 million euros ($57.6 million) to continue development of a radar network to track space objects...

Space defense company Look Up reaps 50 million in funding

The entity intends to expand its radar network, accelerate its international expansion and develop advanced management services...

Space surveillance: Look Up raises €50 million from European funds

The start-up, founded in 2022 by former French Air Force general Michel Friedling and Juan Carlos Dolado Perez, former head of space surveillance at CNES, will be able to build the radar stations needed to decipher space...

He develops a sovereign solution for monitoring civil and military operations.

To address security and sovereignty issues, both for civilian and military needs, Juan Carlos Dolado Pérez co-founded the start-up Look Up Space in 2022...

"How did I succeed?" with Michel Friedling, co-founder of Look Up Space

Business leaders look back on their careers and reveal the inside story behind their greatest successes...

Look Up: the French start-up revolutionizing space debris monitoring

Created by a former Air Force general, this application promises to detect and reference the tiniest pieces of debris in space in real time. Revolutionary...

This revolutionary radar built in Lozère will soon be monitoring space, its satellites and its debris

It's a world first: a space surveillance radar is being built on the Margeride plateau in Lozère...

Orbital environment: out of control?

The milestone of 10,000 active satellites orbiting the Earth was passed at the beginning of the summer. Surveillance of near space is becoming more important than ever. But European resources remain limited...

With this sensor, Lozère becomes the master of space security

The small village of Rieutort-de-Randon (population 800) has been selected to host an innovative sensor capable of detecting even the smallest space debris. Developed by Toulouse-based start-up Look Up Space, the prototype installed in Rieutort will be operational in March 2025...

Look Up Space to secure space activities from Lozère

The Toulouse-based start-up headed by General Michel Friedling is developing an ultra-high-tech sensor capable of detecting the smallest pieces of debris in space. A major challenge for European sovereignty...

Tracking space debris: what you need to know about the project by French start-up Look Up Space

In the Toulouse region, French start-up Look up Space aims to help clean up space debris using a high-tech radar...

10,000 active satellites in orbit, according to Look Up Space

Look Up Space announces a major milestone in space history with the passing of the milestone of 10,000 active satellites in orbit this month. On June 19, 2024, Look Up Space counted 10,019 active satellites, two-thirds of which (6,646) belong to Starlink, the constellation of SpaceX, the company founded by Elon Musk...

Look Up Space, the start-up that wants to secure space activities

A French startup founded in Toulouse in 2022, Look Up Space is part of the New Space ecosystem. Its specialty: space surveillance. Yohann Bauzil, the company's Director of Security and CIO, sheds some light on the subject...

More than 10,000 satellites now in orbit

On June 17, French start-up Look Up Space published this edifying figure: circumterrestrial space now boasts over 10,000 active satellites. With a colossal daily risk of collision...

The French start-up that makes space safe

Clogged with ever-increasing debris, low-Earth orbit is reaching saturation point in places. Look Up Space is developing ultra-efficient radars to “clean up” the debris...

Look Up Space: the startup that wants to secure space activities

This Monday morning, we're looking to the sky. And like Asterix and Obelix, it's all about making sure it doesn't fall on our heads. The Gaulish village is called Look Up Space, a start-up that wants to secure space activities...

Juan Carlos Dolado Pérez heads Toulouse-based start-up Look Up Space to monitor space debris

[Portrait] Juan Carlos Dolado Pérez and General Michel Friedling have set up a start-up to monitor space debris from 2024...

Michel Friedling: “There are now almost 10,000 satellites in orbit”

For the former space commander, European space surveillance capabilities are insufficient, given the risks and threats...

Look Up Space: The French company aiming to make space sustainable

Finding space... in space! We speak to General Michel Friedling, founder of Look Up Space, the French start-up that's developing a solution to better navigate Earth's increasingly cluttered lower orbit...

French Tech: Look Up Space

This Wednesday, April 12, Michel Friedling, former French army commander and founder of Look Up Space, spoke about the Look Up Space spacetech company, whose mission is to avoid collisions between satellites and debris in space, on the Good Morning Business program, presented by Laure Closier and Christophe Jakubyszyn...