# Look Up
*commercial . companies*

French space domain awareness company founded 2022, headquartered in Toulouse (with Paris office). Co-founded by Gen. (Ret.) Michel Friedling (former head of French Space Command, 2019-2022) and Juan Carlos Dolado (former CNES space surveillance head, member of IAA Space Debris Committee). Products: SORASYS ground-based surveillance and tracking radar network for LEO; SYNAPSE hybrid digital platform for space traffic management and SSA/SDA. SORASYS-1 operational in Lozere, France as of April 2026. Total funding EUR 64M across three rounds: EUR 14M (2023, seed/France 2030), then Series A (ETF Partners led), then EUR 50M round closed June 2025. EIC Fund and BPIFrance backed.

## Specifications
- **country**: France
- **website**: https://www.lookupspace.com
- **operator domains**: ["lookupspace.com"]
- **founded year**: 2022
- **entity type**: company
- **last verified date**: 2026-05-29
- **verified by**: sw
- **claim status**: unclaimed
- **attributes**: {"kind":"commercial","country":"France","website":"https://www.lookupspace.com","operator_domains":"[\"lookupspace.com\"]","founded_year":2022,"description":"French space domain awareness company founded 2022, headquartered in Toulouse (with Paris office). Co-founded by Gen. (Ret.) Michel Friedling (former head of French Space Command, 2019-2022) and Juan Carlos Dolado (former CNES space surveillance head, member of IAA Space Debris Committee). Products: SORASYS ground-based surveillance and tracking radar network for LEO; SYNAPSE hybrid digital platform for space traffic management and SSA/SDA. SORASYS-1 operational in Lozere, France as of April 2026. Total funding EUR 64M across three rounds: EUR 14M (2023, seed/France 2030), then Series A (ETF Partners led), then EUR 50M round closed June 2025. EIC Fund and BPIFrance backed."}

## Editorial
Look Up (formerly Look Up Space) is a French space domain awareness company founded in 2022, headquartered in Toulouse with a Paris office.[^lookupspace-about] The company was co-founded by General (Ret.) Michel Friedling, who led the French Space Command from 2019 to 2022, and Juan Carlos Dolado, former head of space surveillance at CNES and a member of the IAA Space Debris Committee.[^lookupspace-about]

Look Up develops two main products: SORASYS, a ground-based radar network for surveillance and tracking of LEO objects, and SYNAPSE, a hybrid digital platform for space traffic management and space situational and domain awareness (SSA/SDA).[^lookupspace-website] The first SORASYS radar station, SORASYS-1, became operational in Lozere, France in April 2026.[^lookupspace-50m-blog] The company has raised a total of EUR 64 million across three rounds: EUR 14 million in 2023 under France's France 2030 programme, a Series A led by ETF Partners, and a EUR 50 million round closed in June 2025 backed by the EIC Fund and BPIFrance.[^lookupspace-50m-blog][^lookupspace-spacenews][^lookupspace-eustartups]

## Sources
- [lookupspace-website] | Look Up corporate website | https://www.lookupspace.com | tier=operator-marketing | accessed=2026-05-29
- [lookupspace-about] | Look Up About page | https://www.lookupspace.com/about | tier=operator-marketing | accessed=2026-05-29
- [lookupspace-50m-blog] | Look Up secures EUR 50M funding announcement, June 2025 | https://www.lookupspace.com/blog/look-up-secures-eu50-million-in-funding-to-accelerate-the-global-deployment | tier=operator-press | accessed=2026-05-29
- [lookupspace-spacenews] | SpaceNews: French SSA company Look Up raises 50 million euros | https://spacenews.com/french-ssa-company-look-up-raises-50-million-euros/ | tier=third-party | accessed=2026-05-29
- [lookupspace-eustartups] | EU Startups: Look Up lands EUR 50M, June 2025 | https://www.eu-startups.com/2025/06/french-spacetech-startup-look-up-lands-e50-million-to-tackle-space-collisions-with-radar-tech/ | tier=third-party | accessed=2026-05-29

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