{"id":14751,"date":"2024-04-09T10:15:29","date_gmt":"2024-04-09T10:15:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/TheNextWeb=1405538"},"modified":"2024-04-09T10:15:29","modified_gmt":"2024-04-09T10:15:29","slug":"finnish-startup-to-launch-software-defined-satellite-with-esa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/?p=14751","title":{"rendered":"Finnish startup to launch \u2018software-defined\u2019 satellite with ESA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Helsinki-based startup ReOrbit is preparing for the first demonstration of its \u201csoftware-enabled\u201d satellite<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

This marks the next phase of the ESA\u2019s UKKO programme, which works with ReOrbit <\/span>to develop and test next-gen tech for Earth observation satellites<\/span>. (Fun fact: Ukko is <\/span>the god of the sky, weather, harvest, and thunder in Finnish mythology).<\/span><\/p>\n

ReOrbit\u2019s first in-orbit demonstration satellite is scheduled for launch in the <\/span>second quarter of 2025.<\/span> It will be a crucial test of the startup\u2019s avionics and software stack, designed to create an internet-of-things network in space.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe aim to enable the next generation of more modular, inter-connected missions,\u201d said the company\u2019s CEO and Founder, Sethu Saveda Suvanam. <\/span><\/p>\n

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The idea is to turn satellites into intelligent, interconnected platforms that don\u2019t just relay information from space<\/a> to Earth, but also from space to space. This would enable satellites to network, communicate with each other and make the delivery of  space-related data more efficient, said the company.<\/span><\/p>\n

Internet-of-things in space<\/b><\/h2>\n

ReOrbit is building two core products, \u201cMuon\u201d and \u201cGluon.\u201d The former is a flight software stack that acts like an operating system for the satellite. It can be added into any existing satellite body. <\/span><\/p>\n

Gluon on the other hand is an actual satellite platform equipped with optical communications terminals (OCTs) for space-space and space-ground links. <\/span><\/p>\n

Muon includes a full digital twin of the Gluon platform, which aims to give customers insight into capital requirements at a mission\u2019s early stages. This virtual replica can also be used to train operators and plan flight procedures.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI strongly believe that initiatives like ReOrbit\u2019s Ukko \u2014 that leverage highly advanced flight software and, hence, transform the future of technology in space \u2014 open a host of opportunities in space applications, particularly in the Earth Observation domain,\u201d said Daniele Romagnoli, commercial EO system engineer at ESA and InCubed officer of the UKKO programme.<\/span><\/p>\n

ReOrbit has already secured its first customer for the tech being developed under the UKKO programme. Contingent on the success of next year\u2019s demonstrator, India-based KaleidEO plans to combine ReOrbit\u2019s software with its AI models. The firm\u2019s ultimate goal is to make E<\/span>arth observation data and insights more accessible. <\/span><\/p>\n

Founded in 2019, ReOrbit raised $7.4mn last year in an oversubscribed seed funding round. <\/span>Investor interest in space tech<\/span><\/a> has piqued in recent years, as an industry once solely led by governments increasingly becomes dominated by private companies competing to come to market. <\/span><\/p>\n

Alongside ReOrbit\u2019s software-defined satellites, startups are building everything from <\/span>rockets<\/span><\/a> and <\/span>space-based solar plants<\/span><\/a> to moon rovers.     <\/span><\/p>\n

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