Vantor wins intelligence agency contract to monitor space objects

WASHINGTON — Vantor, a commercial provider of Earth intelligence, has won a $2.3 million contract from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency to provide intelligence on space objects in low Earth orbit.

The award is Vantor's third under NGA's Luno program and the first task order under the Luno framework focused on non-Earth imaging, or NEI — observations of objects in orbit rather than the Earth's surface.

The company said its system produces intelligence by converting raw satellite imagery into automated detections, classifications and alerts. After receiving a tasking request, Vantor uses software to determine when and which satellite can collect imagery of a target object, then processes the data through automated tools that deliver initial characterization of the object.