Anduril Industries

LWIR Space Sensor

Technology demonstration

Anduril's space page lists a long-wave infrared space sensor for space-domain awareness, rendezvous and proximity operations, and missile defense, including detection of dark satellites in Earth's shadow. The page gives a nominal weight of 16.6 kg (17 kg maximum) and dimensions of 281 x 255 x 326 mm. SpaceNews on Nov. 10, 2026 and Ars Technica on Nov. 11, quoting Anduril executives, say a sensor of this kind flew on Anduril-216, an Apex-built satellite about 590 km up, and that Anduril reported an on-orbit demonstration on Nov. 10. Subramanian said Anduril is not currently selling the system as a merchant supplier and does not plan its own satellite production line. No deployed product image was available in the build manifest.

Latest update Nov 13, 2026

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Current status

Anduril's space page still describes the Apex LEO demo as launching in 2026 and does not name Anduril-216. SpaceNews and Ars say Anduril reported an on-orbit demonstration on Nov. 10, 2026.

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