OroraTech
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OroraTech is a German aerospace start-up company providing wildfire monitoring by employing nanosatellites. It was founded in 2018 as a spin-off from the MOVE-II CubeSat project and WARR at the Technical University of Munich (TUM). The headquarters are in Munich, Germany.[1]
History
OroraTech was founded after the idea had been developed during the MOVE-II CubeSat project at the TUM. Starting as a spin-off in January 2017, the company was incorporated as Orbital Oracle Technologies GmbH (short: OroraTech) in September 2018.[2] Since OroraTech’s technology is based on academic research at the TUM, TUM professors Ulrich Walter, a former astronaut, and Alexander W. Koch act as advisors to the company.[3]
Technology
OroraTech operates a software platform for the detection and monitoring of wildfires based on measuring thermal-infrared radiation from space. The company is using data from existing satellites and develops their own constellation of 3-U CubeSats with thermal-infrared cameras to further improve temporal and spatial resolution of fire detection.
The software platform is providing different base maps and overlays for vegetation, fire risk, and weather data. Fire detections are clustered and evaluated for false positive rejection using a learning algorithm. At the current stage, the platform uses data from twelve satellites in polar and geostationary orbits, including such by NASA, ESA, and EUMETSAT.[4] In early 2020, the platform had around 100 active users.[5]
The satellite technology is based on research from the MOVE-II project at the Chair of Astronautics (LRT) at the TUM. During the project, a 1-Unit CubeSat was launched with SpaceX in December 2018.[6] OroraTech's nanosatellite, based on the original CubeSat, is being developed to reach 10 cm x 10 cm x 34 cm in size, weighing around 1.2 kg,[7] and will be launched to Low Earth Orbit (LEO) at a height of 600-700 km.[8] The satellite features an uncooled thermal-infrared imager for space applications,[9] and GPU-accelerated on-orbit processing to reduce downlink latency and bandwidth for quicker wildfire alert dissemination.[10]
Programs and Achievements
OroraTech has taken part in the following programs:
- Google for Startups Accelerator[11]
- German Accelerator[12]
- ESA Business Incubation[13]
- EXIST[14]
- Plug and Play Brazil[15]
- SME Instrument Phase 1[16]
The company also achieved prizes at the European Student Challenge 2018 of House of Mentors[17] and the StartUp Night! of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi).[18]
References
- ^ Gläsemann, Andrea (2019-06-27). "Aus dem Weltall Feuer löschen" [Quenching Fire from Space]. Forbes (in German). Wien. Retrieved 2020-07-18.
- ^ Höpner, Axel (2019-08-12). "Wie die Ororatech-Gründer mit Nano-Satelliten Waldbrände früher entdecken wollen" [How the Founders of OroraTech Want to Detect Wildfires Earlier]. Handelsblatt (in German). Düsseldorf. Retrieved 2020-07-18.
- ^ Grübler, Thomas (2020-05-06). "Munich NewSpace Start-Up OroraTech Closes Seed Financing Round". OroraTech (press release). Munich. Retrieved 2020-07-19.
- ^ Nikolic, Momcilo (2020-07-21). "Waldbrände: OroraTech mit globalem Frühwarnsystem aus dem All" [Forest Fires: OroraTech with Global Earyl-Warning System from Space]. derbrutkasten (in German). Wien. Retrieved 2020-08-07.
- ^ Pieper, Konstantin (2020-02-18). "OroraTech revolutioniert die globale Waldbranderkennung" [OroraTech is Revolutionising Global Forest Fire Detection] (PDF). Raumfahrt Concret, Issue 111 (in German). Neubrandenburg: Iniplu 2000. Retrieved 2020-07-19.
- ^ "MOVE-II CubeSat: Student Technology in Space". move2space.de. Lehrstuhl für Raumfahrttechnik (TUM). 2020-08-07. Retrieved 2020-08-07.
- ^ Gläsemann, Andrea (2019-06-27). "Aus dem Weltall Feuer löschen" [Quenching Fire from Space]. Forbes (in German). Wien. Retrieved 2020-07-18.
- ^ "Orbital Oracle Technologies (orora.tech): Advanced CubeSat Constellation for Global near real-time Weather Forecasting". www.esa.int. European Space Agency. 2018-09-27. Retrieved 2020-07-19.
- ^ "Orora Technologies". www.nanosats.eu. Nanosats Database. 2020-04-11. Retrieved 2020-07-19.
- ^ "Technology". ororatech.com. OroraTech. 2020-08-07. Retrieved 2020-08-07.
- ^ Röder, Marie-Sophie (2020-04-10). "2 Startups aus Deutschland sind im Google-Förderprogramm für nachhaltige Entwicklung dabei" [2 Startups from Germany are Part of the Google Accelerator for Sustainable Development]. Business Insider. Berlin. Retrieved 2020-07-19.
- ^ "Meet Our Companies". www.germanaccelerator.com. German Entrepreneurship GmbH. 2020-08-07. Retrieved 2020-08-07.
- ^ "Orbital Oracle Technologies (orora.tech): Advanced CubeSat Constellation for Global near real-time Weather Forecasting". www.esa.int. European Space Agency. 2018-09-27. Retrieved 2020-07-19.
- ^ "ororatech (overview)". www.exist.de. BMWi. 2018-09-01. Retrieved 2020-07-19.
- ^ "Plug and Play Accepts 21 Startups for its first Batch in Brazil". www.plugandplaytechcenter.com. Plug and Play Tech Center. 2020-04-22. Retrieved 2020-07-19.
- ^ "The first commercial CubeSat Constellation for early detection and real time monitoring of wildfires across the entire globe". cordis.europa.eu. European Commission. 2019-12-09. Retrieved 2020-08-07.
- ^ "INTERVIEW MIT THOMAS, BJÖRN, RUPERT UND FLORIAN VON TEAM „ORORA.TECH"". thesophomore.de. The Sophomore. 2018-10-08. Retrieved 2020-08-07.
- ^ Fresenius, Tobias (2019-10-10). "Dritte StartUp Night! Luft- und Raumfahrtindustrie im BMWi" [Third StartUp Night! Aerospace Industry at BMWi]. BMWi (press release). Berlin. Retrieved 2020-08-07.