Robert Wall
October 28, 2025

Aurore

Credit: Thales

The French government has given Thales the nod to provide a next-generation, ground-based space surveillance radar to track spacecraft and debris in low Earth orbit. France on Oct. 24 placed the order with Thales for the Aurore radars to track objects in low Earth orbit. The system is to replace the…

Robert Wall

Robert Wall is Executive Editor for Defense and Space. Based in London, he directs a team of military and space journalists across the U.S., Europe and Asia-Pacific.

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