OroraTech, founded in 2018 and headquartered in Munich, Germany, is a NewSpace company specializing in global wildfire detection and monitoring from space. It utilizes a constellation of nanosatellites equipped with thermal-infrared cameras to provide real-time data and alerts to first responders, governments, and industries. OroraTech partners with organizations like Spire Global, Isar Aerospace, and Rocket Lab to enhance its capabilities and expand its satellite network, aiming to improve wildfire management and climate-related applications.
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Rheinmetall ICEYE Space Solutions pulls Reflex Aerospace, OroraTech, constellr, and LiveEO into a German space cluster.
NASA’s 14 Commercial Satellite Data Acquisition awardees include Airbus DS Geo, GHGSat, Hydrosat, ICEYE US, ImageSat International, Kuva US, Muon Space, Orbital Sidekick, OroraTech USA, Planet Labs Federal, PlanetiQ, SATLANTIS US, Tomorrow.io, and Wyvern.
NASA’s Commercial Satellite Data Acquisition contract awardees include Airbus DS Geo Inc., GHGSat Inc., Hydrosat Inc., ICEYE US Inc., ImageSat International, Kuva US Inc., Muon Space Inc., Orbital Sidekick Inc., OroraTech USA Inc., Planet Labs Federal Inc., Space Sciences and Engineering LLC doing business as PlanetiQ, SATLANTIS US, Tomorrow Companies Inc. doing business as Tomorrow.io, and Wyvern Inc.
NASA contract awardees include Airbus DS Geo Inc., GHGSat Inc., Hydrosat Inc., ICEYE US Inc., ImageSat International, Kuva US Inc., Muon Space Inc., Orbital Sidekick Inc., OroraTech USA Inc., Planet Labs Federal Inc., Space Sciences and Engineering LLC doing business as PlanetiQ, SATLANTIS US, Tomorrow Companies Inc. doing business as Tomorrow.io, and Wyvern Inc.
The image associated with Rheinmetall Iceye Space Solutions shows constellr, LiveEO, OroraTech, and Reflex Aerospace as partners or participants.
FOREST-16, FOREST-17, FOREST-18, and FOREST-19 are four thermal infrared satellites built by Germany’s OroraTech for global wildfire monitoring.
Exolaunch deployed four satellites for German wildfire-monitoring startup OroraTech.
Spire Global partnered with OroraTech to develop the WildFireSat wildfire detection payloads and data handling system.
Spire Global has worked with OroraTech on a commercial wildfire-detection constellation and built 20 cubesats for the company.
Eight of the 20 cubesats Spire Global built for OroraTech launched in March 2025.
Spire Global was working with German startup OroraTech to provide the wildfire-monitoring payloads for WildFireSat.
The Canadian Space Agency signed a Can$72 million contract with Spire Global and OroraTech for the WildFireSat mission.
OroraTech can detect fires as small as four meters by four meters.
OroraTech was co-founded in Munich by Martin Langer after he studied aerospace engineering at the Technical University of Munich.
OroraTech had 14 spacecraft in orbit as of March 2025.
OroraTech’s constellation monitors more than 407 million hectares daily.
OroraTech designs its own thermal sensors, manufactures and operates its own satellites, and delivers processed intelligence through its Wildfire Solution platform.
A Rocket Lab Electron mission called Finding Hot Wildfires Near You deployed eight OroraTech satellites in a single launch.
NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang featured OroraTech’s satellite AI in his CES 2025 keynote.
Greece signed a €20 million contract with OroraTech in 2025 for a dedicated national wildfire early warning system built on commercial satellite data.