Citra Space Corporation

Modular sensing and software solutions for detecting, tracking, and identifying orbiting objects to ensure safe and sustainable space operations.

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Citra Space is building ground-based assets that identify objects in space. Rideshares and reduced launch costs are making access to space easier to access than ever, space clutter and misidentification of space objects costs private industry and government millions of dollars annually in tracking, ground-station time, and mission planning. 

There are currently over 35,000 objects orbiting Earth for both civil and national security missions. Capabilities for tracking these objects have significantly improved, yet for roughly 10,000 of them, operators still lack context about what they are – an identification gap. Even for known objects, understanding their intent, behavior, and potential threat remains a separate and largely unsolved challenge – a characterization gap. Addressing both requires information from both space- and ground-based data sources. Citra's technology and mission aim to solve this challenge.

Founded in 2024 by former U.S. Space Force and Air Force officers with experience in space domain awareness and orbital warfare, Citra is headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Learn more at https://citra.space/.

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