Helsinki-based startup ReOrbit is preparing for the first demonstration of its software-enabledsatellite.
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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.
This virtual replica can also be used to train operators and plan flight procedures.
ReOrbit has already secured its first customer for the tech being developed under the UKKO programme.
The firms ultimate goal is to make Earth observation data and insights more accessible.
Alongside ReOrbits software-defined satellites, startups are building everything fromrocketsandspace-based solar plantsto moon rovers.
Story bySion Geschwindt
Sion is a freelance science and technology reporter, specialising in climate and energy.
