Chris Gates

Technical Director LeoLabs

Chris Gates is a Technical Director at LeoLabs Federal. He has 17 years of experience designing, developing, operating and maintaining national security ground and space systems. He is deeply familiar with space protection concepts, national and commercial capabilities, concepts of operations, threats and constraints that will have implications for commercial services during conflict. Chris has a Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering and a Master of Engineering in Project Management, both from the University of Maryland.

Day 1: 22 MAY

11:30 Scaling for a New Generation of Threats in LEO

  • SDA threat landscape – most lethal, most likely
  • Tracking in-orbit threats with proximity operations
  • Augmenting national SDA assets with commercial infrastructure

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