Look Up Space
Paris, FR · Founded 2022 · 170 employees on LinkedIn · 12 known investors
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Lookup Space is a space company whose team page lists its leadership across operations, engineering, product, and commercial functions. The page does not describe the specific product or service offered.
Also known as Look Up · Lookup Space · LUS
Founders & leadership
Look Up Space was founded in 2022 by Michel Friedling, Juan Carlos Dolado, and Juan Carlos Dolado Pérez.
Investors · 12
Also in the syndicate · 8
Funding
SEC filings, press & company announcements- Undisclosed amountSeries AJun 2025
ETF Partners (lead), KFUnd, Leadwind
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Company profile
researched Aug 2026Look Up (also referenced as Look Up Space) is a French company providing Space Situational Awareness (SSA) and Space Domain Awareness (SDA) products and services aimed at protecting active satellites and supporting safe operations in Earth orbit. Its offer spans three functions: detecting and tracking orbital objects, analyzing and distributing the resulting information, and supporting protective action for space assets.
The company operates two core product lines. SORASYS is a family of new-generation, ground-based surveillance and tracking radars designed to detect objects in low Earth orbit down to a few centimeters, with 24/7 observation, on-demand tasking, real-time low-latency data processing and noise-reduction algorithms. The first sensor was deployed in the south of France, at Monts-de-Randon in Lozère, and additional radars are planned on an annual cadence with the goal of reaching near-persistent and ultimately persistent detection coverage, with sensor upgrades planned through the end of the decade. SYNAPSE is a cloud-native, hybrid, dual-use, data- and IT-infrastructure-agnostic software platform that fuses data from Look Up sensors with external multi-source data, catalogues space objects and delivers services through an API or a web interface. Platform outputs include object ID cards for tracked objects, collision-avoidance predictions with a stated 99.9% accuracy rate, orbital manoeuvre detection and real-time alerts issued within seconds to minutes of high-interest events.
Beyond surveillance data, the company is developing a space operations service under the EU-supported ATLAS2 program (Acceleration Towards LEO Automatic Space Safety), linked to its surveillance network and intended to address coordinated space traffic management demand from public and private operators. Look Up also publishes a quarterly space geopolitics barometer, produced with the French magazine Le Point, whose figures on active satellite counts and constellation market share are widely cited in the press.
Founding story
Look Up Space was created in June 2022 by Juan Carlos Dolado, formerly head of the Space Surveillance Department at CNES and a recognized space debris expert, and General (2S) Michel Friedling, a fighter pilot with more than 2,400 flying hours who served as the first French Space Commander from 2019 to 2022 and authored "Space Commander - Issues, Threats and Challenges of the New Space Age" in October 2023. The founders framed the company as a response to the rapid growth of satellites and untracked debris in low Earth orbit and to European sovereignty needs in space surveillance, recruiting staff from leading French and European space and digital companies, CNES and the French Ministry of the Armed Forces.
Business model
Look Up combines proprietary hardware and software: it builds and operates its own network of ground-based SORASYS radars and sells the resulting surveillance data and derived space-safety services through the SYNAPSE platform, offered as SaaS via API or a web interface, with flexible deployment options including on-premises installation for secure or classified operations. Revenue sources described in sources include commercialization of orbital data begun in 2026, alongside non-dilutive public support such as France 2030 subsidies, French Tech Seed funding and European Union grants tied to programs including ATLAS2.
Sales of space surveillance data and space safety, security and defense services, delivered via the SYNAPSE SaaS platform through API or interface and available in on-premises deployments; the company began marketing its orbital data commercially in 2026. Development has additionally been financed by public subsidies (France 2030, French Tech Seed), an EU grant and bank debt.
Traction
The first SORASYS radar was commissioned in southern France and reported operational in May 2026, with orbital data commercialization starting in April 2026 and two more radars planned in French Polynesia. Headcount grew from more than 20 employees expected in September 2023 to more than 60 by mid-2026, with a stated target of 100 by year-end. The company's satellite-population data is regularly cited by media, and it publishes a quarterly barometer with Le Point; it is also engaged in the EU-supported ATLAS2 space operations program and in work related to the French Space Command control system.
Latest developments
In March 2026 the company's data on Starlink crossing 10,000 satellites was widely reported. In April 2026 it announced commercialization of its orbital data and expansion into the United States and the UK. In May 2026 its first radar, SORASYS-1, entered service in Occitanie. In June 2026 it published, with Le Point, the third edition of its space geopolitics barometer counting 15,711 active satellites and reported nearly €50M in new funding to accelerate its radar network, expand services and grow internationally, including two additional radars in French Polynesia and headcount growth toward 100.
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Market position
Look Up is described in press coverage as a French start-up specializing in space monitoring whose orbital data is cited by international media on constellation growth and satellite market concentration. Its 2023 seed package was reported as the second-largest Space Tech seed round in Europe and the largest in France at the time. It is classified in industry databases among Space Situational Awareness companies alongside players such as LeoLabs, Share My Space, Neuraspace, Slingshot Aerospace, Vyoma Space and Digantara.
The company positions its radar-based approach as able to detect and track centimeter-class objects that other solutions miss in LEO, with high repeatability of observation, precise orbital solutions, availability insensitive to atmospheric conditions and very high responsiveness. Its SYNAPSE platform is presented as sovereign, secure, hybrid and dual-use, agnostic to data sources and IT infrastructure, and deployable on-premises for secure operations. Its founding team combines senior French civil and military space backgrounds: a former first commander of French Space Command and the former head of CNES's space surveillance department, who is an academician of the International Academy of Astronautics and has published over fifty scientific articles on space debris surveillance and tracking.
Technology
A network of new-generation ground-based surveillance and tracking radars (SORASYS) capable of detecting low Earth orbit objects down to a few centimeters, with 24/7 observation, on-demand measurements and tasking, high revisit rates, real-time low-latency processing and noise-reduction algorithms; and SYNAPSE, a cloud-native multi-source data fusion platform developed under a France 2030 call that ingests Look Up sensor data, fuses it with external data, catalogues space objects and provides space safety and security services including object ID cards, anti-collision algorithms, manoeuvre detection and rapid alerting. The platform is described as hybrid, dual-use, secure and agnostic to data sources and IT infrastructure.
Go-to-market
The company sells directly to institutional and private customers through demo requests and platform access, supported by public programs and defense relationships in France, including work on the Space Command control system and backing from the French armed forces and CNES. It has expanded into the United States and the United Kingdom, and builds visibility through a quarterly space geopolitics barometer published with Le Point and widely relayed data on constellation growth.
Government and defense organizations seeking real-time orbital intelligence and space domain awareness, civil agencies monitoring space traffic and orbital sustainability, commercial satellite operators managing collision risk, and insurers assessing risk and liability for space assets.
Geography
Headquartered in France and described in press coverage as a Toulouse-based start-up, with its first operational radar at Monts-de-Randon in Lozère, southern France. Two additional radars are planned for French Polynesia. In April 2026 the company established a presence in the United States and targeted the British market, and it is associated with Franco-Japanese space cooperation discussions on surveillance solutions.
History
The company was founded in June 2022 by Juan Carlos Dolado, former head of the Space Surveillance Department at French space agency CNES, and General (2S) Michel Friedling, the first commander of the French Space Command from 2019 to 2022. In June 2023, one year after creation, it announced a €14M funding package (€7M private, €7M public) to build the SORASYS radar demonstrator and the SYNAPSE platform, and expected to exceed 20 employees by September 2023. The first radar sensor was deployed in the south of France with operations targeted for 2025; SORASYS-1, at Monts-de-Randon in Lozère, was reported operational in May 2026. In June 2026 the company, by then referring to itself as Look Up rather than Look Up Space, announced a Series A-led package of nearly €50M and stated headcount above 60 with a target of 100 by year-end. In April 2026 it began marketing orbital data and established a presence in the United States while also targeting the United Kingdom.
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Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
Timeline · 7
launches, deals, and filingsLook Up published the third edition of its quarterly space barometer in partnership with French magazine Le Point, reporting 15,711 active satellites in low Earth orbit and SpaceX ownership of roughly two-thirds of them.
Look Up commissioned its first space surveillance radar, SORASYS-1, installed at Monts-de-Randon (Lozère) in the south of France, providing 24/7 detection and tracking of objects in low Earth orbit.
Following operational validation of the SORASYS-1 radar, the company began marketing its orbital data and set up operations in the United States, also targeting the British market.
Look Up reported, based on data it compiled, that SpaceX's Starlink constellation had passed 10,000 satellites in orbit, roughly 15 times the fleet of European rival Eutelsat.
Proceeds from the Series A financing are intended to fund deployment of two further radars in French Polynesia, expanding the company's tracking network beyond its single operational radar in France.
As part of its roughly €50M funding package, the company received €15M from the European Union as non-dilutive funding, alongside an unspecified amount of debt from several banking institutions.
One year after its creation, Look Up Space announced a €14M raise made up of a €7M private financing round and €7M in public subsidies granted under France 2030 and French Tech Seed. The proceeds were earmarked for developing the SORASYS space surveillance radar demonstrator and the SYNAPSE multi-source data fusion platform by the end of 2024.
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Look Up Space do?
- French space situational awareness company operating SORASYS ground radars and the SYNAPSE data-fusion platform to track objects in low Earth orbit.
- Who founded Look Up Space?
- Look Up Space was founded by Michel Friedling, Juan Carlos Dolado, Juan Carlos Dolado Pérez in 2022.
- Who are Look Up Space's investors?
- Look Up Space's investors include ETF Partners, Expansion Ventures, Karista, Kfund.
- Where is Look Up Space headquartered?
- Look Up Space is headquartered in Paris, FR.