NorStar Space Data Inc.
The threat of orbital debris impacting an operating satellite or manned spacecraft is a significant cause for concern to today's space community and a national concern for Canada's space assets. With the years, Canada's and world's Space Situational Awareness (SSA) needs are exponentially growing. To date, the U.S. military maintains the world's most extensive orbital tracking network, . Canada is actively contributing to this international space surveillance system through programs such as SAPPHIRE and NEOSSat. 
 To improve significantly the response to the international SSA needs, NorStar Space Data Inc. (NSDI) is pursuing the development of a constellation of LEO satellites equipped with hyperspectral sensors called NorthStar. With NorthStar, it is estimated that at least 95% of all the objects in the range from 1cm to 10 cm not currently tracked will be able to be tracked and their trajectories accurately determined. In addition, the trajectory knowledge of larger, non-operational 