The reservation agreement covers 48 OroraTech thermal payloads on future Eutelsat LEO satellites, with an option for an additional 48 sensors in the future.
OroraTech and Eutelsat
OroraTech and Eutelsat Group
PARIS and MUNICH, Sept. 09, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Eutelsat and OroraTech today announced a strategic partnership to deploy OroraTech thermal infrared payloads across Eutelsat’s future Low Earth Orbit (LEO) infrastructure. Under the agreement, OroraTech has reserved capacity for 48 payloads, with an option for an additional 48 in the future, creating a pathway towards up to 96 thermal sensors on Eutelsat satellites.
The partnership brings together complementary French and German capabilities: Eutelsat’s large-scale European LEO infrastructure and OroraTech’s operational thermal intelligence technology, payloads, and analytics platform. It represents a major step toward a sovereign European thermal intelligence layer capable of delivering increasingly persistent and low-latency monitoring of the Earth.
“This partnership is about moving from satellites to infrastructure,” said Martin Langer, CEO of OroraTech. “Eutelsat has built a unique European LEO infrastructure, while OroraTech has built the world’s leading operational thermal intelligence capability. By combining both, we create a credible path toward persistent, low-latency thermal intelligence at global scale – built in Europe and available to European sovereign customers.”
Jean-François Fallacher, Chief Executive Officer, Eutelsat commented: “The severe wildfires experienced in France, Germany, and elsewhere in Europe this summer highlight the growing threat facing communities and the environment. We are pleased to work with OroraTech to embark its detection technology aboard our future satellites and contribute to efforts to identify fires earlier. This partnership will also extend the use of our LEO satellites into an important new area, complementing the role our connectivity can play in supporting emergency teams on the ground.”
For OroraTech, the agreement provides three key strategic advantages:
- Scale: a path from today’s constellation to industrial-scale deployment, materially increasing revisit rates and reducing detection latency.
- Capital-efficient growth: hosted payloads allow OroraTech to scale its sensing network without having to finance and launch a dedicated spacecraft for every sensor.
- Resilience and sovereignty: the deployment further diversifies OroraTech’s constellation across multiple platforms while anchoring a significant part of future expansion in European infrastructure.
Because OroraTech’s payloads continuously collect thermal data, the same infrastructure can simultaneously support multiple customers and applications – from wildfire and critical infrastructure monitoring to maritime awareness, environmental intelligence, and security applications. Each additional payload therefore increases the value of the overall network rather than serving a single customer or geography.
The announcement, made at the International Space Summit in Paris, also highlights the growing strategic importance of French-German cooperation in space. By combining large-scale European satellite infrastructure with sovereign sensing technology, both companies aim to demonstrate how Europe can scale critical capabilities through industrial collaboration rather than duplicating entire vertically integrated systems.
About OroraTech
OroraTech is a global intelligence-as-a-service company leveraging thermal data for wildfire management and detection. Their Wildfire Solution platform is powered by high-resolution thermal data from its proprietary and public satellite system, which is trusted worldwide for revolutionizing wildfire detection. Since 2022, OroraTech has established the world’s largest satellite network dedicated to wildfire management, delivering real-time situational awareness and prompt risk alerts. The cutting-edge system detects fires of any scale, day or night, ensuring timely action. Founded in 2018, OroraTech is headquartered in Munich, Germany, with operations in the United States, Greece, Australia, Brazil, and Canada. A dedicated team of over 180 experts is committed to delivering innovative solutions for a sustainable future.
About Eutelsat
Eutelsat is a global leader in satellite communications, delivering connectivity and broadcast services worldwide. Eutelsat was formed through the combination of the Company and OneWeb in 2023, becoming the first fully integrated GEO-LEO satellite operator with a fleet of 31 Geostationary (GEO) satellites and a Low Earth Orbit (LEO) constellation of more than 600 satellites. Eutelsat addresses the needs of customers in four key verticals of Video, where it distributes around 6,300 television channels, and the high-growth connectivity markets of Mobile Connectivity, Fixed Connectivity, and Government Services. Eutelsat’s unique suite of in-orbit assets and ground infrastructure enables it to deliver integrated solutions to meet the needs of global customers. The Company is headquartered in Paris and Eutelsat employs more than 1,600 people across more than 75 countries. Eutelsat is committed to delivering safe, resilient, and environmentally sustainable connectivity to help bridge the digital divide. The Company is listed on the Euronext Paris Stock Exchange (ticker: ETL) and the London Stock Exchange (ticker: ETL). www.eutelsat.com
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