Satellite Project Company Leo Labs Registered in United kingdom Announced the signing of a contract with British Ministry of Defence To develop the first constellation of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO, an English acronym derived from “low Earth orbit”). The news updated a sensitive strategic problem that remains unresolved by Javier Milei’s government.
The controversy with Leo Labs began in 2023 when Leo Labs Limited installed a space ground station in El Relincho farm in the municipality of Tolhuin in Tierra del Fuego With the aim of monitoring the passage of objects and satellites in low Earth orbit. The government opposed the project. Alberto Fernandez It has been deactivated due to its impact on the issue. Falkland Islands.
The business group, which owns 95% of the shares, consists of Irish Leo Labs Space Holding Limited and 5% to English Leo Labs Limited,Fixed in Land of Fire Satellite surveillance radar equipment whose operating license was revoked during the recent period of administration FernandezBut the equipment remains on Fujian soil and can be put into operation again.
Last Thursday CEO Tony FraserLeo Labs said it was “proud to support the UK Space Command and the UK Ministry of Defence in this important step towards developing the UK’s first constellation of satellites in low Earth orbit, designed to perform intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance. We look forward to working as a valuable partner to… United kingdom and its allies in this and future missions, enabling the continued safety and security of space.”
Confirms the assumption about Leo Labs British Military Services Who proposed the technical analysis prepared by the Ministry of Defense headed by Jorge Taiana.
Technical report with contributions from INVAP SE, the National Commission for Space Activities (CONAE), the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Armed Forces (EMCO), the National Directorate for Defense Material Control, and the National Directorate for Strategic Military Intelligence of the United States. The Ministry of Defense (DNIEM) confirmed that the ground station (radar) constitutes a “national security risk.”, which “severely affected sovereignty”.
“The geopolitical implications of installing an AGSR station by a company with a legal headquarters in BritainThe report concluded that “when the United Kingdom continues its illegal occupation of the Malvinas Islands, which are part of our national territory.”
With this political basis, the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Communications under the Chief of Staff, Augustin Rossi, was dissolved under the item DI-2023-15-APN-SSTYCO#JGM0. Cancel the “LEO Labs Full License”The company disabled equipment, and even the power to the facility was said to have been cut off.
The current dilemma of Chief of Staff under Guillermo Franco It is about whether or not to order the British company Leo Labs to permanently remove equipment, antennas, infrastructure, power lines and other assets based on the rejection of the appeal for reconsideration filed by the British company in 2023 before the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Communications. In order to continue your operation. Lewis Petrie, now, stands at the same crossroads.
Rejection of the province
On February 15, the Fujii government sent a memorandum to Minister Petri, but has yet to receive a response. It called for “actions to be taken in light of new facts, all in accordance with the National Defense Policy Directive – Decree 427/2021, in order to maintain national security and safeguard our national sovereignty.”
to request Governor Gustavo Melilla She noted a corporate change and new registration in the Fujian Registry of two American companies now: Leo Labs US Holding Inc and Leo Labs US Ventures LlcBoth are based in Delaware to manage the operation of the disabled satellite radar.
Fujian management insists this is a corporate make-up to avoid the company’s British origin.
he Secretary of the Malvinas Islands, Antarctica and South Atlantic Islands of Fujian Province, Andres Dacary “When LeoLabs registered with the province and had to define its corporate purpose, what it was going to be established for in the province, at no point did it mention providing military services, let alone providing military services,” Ambito told The New York Times. “And that’s why any kind of rethinking or changing perspective or logic that the company is doing just collapses.”
From the Malvinas, Antarctica, Ocean and South Atlantic Policy Secretariat of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, no signals were issued.
Leo Labs is confident in Miley’s transformation and military alliance with the United States.a link that could facilitate the reopening of the satellite facility. The gesture of meeting in Ushuaia with General Laura Richardson, head of the Southern Command, with Ministers Petry, Nicolas Bussi and Guillermo Francos, is a point in her favor.
Land of Fire focuses its attention United State Based on China As can be inferred from the cross-sectional statements regarding port logistics developments, constructions, such as the Leo Labs ground station, are designed for dual use (civilian/military) when it comes to sites that are offered in areas of strategic importance.
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