Luxembourg-based start-up SkyfloX has received the go-ahead from the European Space Agency (ESA) to start the final phase of the ESA co-funded pilot deployment project to develop services using its revolutionary aircraft-based Earth observation system ORCA. SkyfloX, an alumnus of the European Space Agency’s Business Incubation Programme (ESA BIC), successfully finalised the first phase [...]
SkyfloX and partners have entered a European Space Agency contract to validate and assess plastic marine litter remote detection, paving the way for a consistent marine litter service using SkyfloX’s revolutionary constellation ORCA (Optical and Radio frequency Constellation on Aircraft). The AIR-SOS (AIRborne & Satellite Observation Strategies for marine litter monitoring) study aims to [...]
The SpaceHack is a new 24-hour hackathon event powered by Technoport and InTech that aims at exploring the potential of future space industry ideas and turn these into concepts. This event is hosted at the Technoport, Belval (SkyfloX main offices) and sponsored by the Luxembourg Space Agency (LSA). SkyfloX was one of the 5 [...]
Sillicon Valley touring Europe! SkyfloX had the honor of being invited to attend the Global Venture Summit in Belval, where more than 100 VCs and over 200 Business Angels, corporate leaders and policy makers meet and are exposed to the best and most innovative local start-up companies.
SkyfloX was invited to present the ORCA concept at the AI & Big Data for Innovation Summit in Brussels, organised by Forum Knowledge 4 Innovation and Knowco-Collabwith. The summit aimed to evaluate any particular regulatory barriers faced by start-ups in the fields of AI and Big Data, funding challenges, or need for specific incubation support services. [...]
Esch/Belval, Luxembourg, 15 October 2019 – Luxembourg-based start-up SkyfloX has signed a multi-million Euro contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) Business Application Programme to co-fund the development of services using its revolutionary aircraft-based Earth observation system ORCA. Full press release here
In between two iconic Concorde aircraft, SkyfloX will be exposing at the Paris Air Lab, part of the Paris Air Show at le Bourget airport on the 21st of June. Located in the "Protect" zone, you can find us at booth S4. We will furthermore pitch ORCA between 9:30 and 10:00AM! Image courtesy of [...]
The ‘Eyes on Earth’ Roadshow in Darmstadt will demonstrate how the European Union’s Copernicus satellite programme helps us all better understand our planet; and creates jobs and business opportunities. The event, which will include an expo area with interactive tools, business presentations, interactive masterclasses dedicated to real business cases (e.g. how to deal with [...]
SkyfloX' General Director Dr Emmanuel Rammos, in his quality as ESA Senior Advisor Emeritus, is the Course Director in the course 'Satellite Communications and Navigation: Technologies, Markets and Applications'. This course gives a complete introductory overview of satellite communications and navigation. The target audience is graduates and young professionals with an engineering and/or financial [...]
SkyfloX had the pleasure to expose at the Joint Communication Board meeting of the European Space Agency on the 15th of May, at the "Abbaye de Neumünster" in Luxembourg City. As we are supported by ESA under the ARTES programme, we had the opportunity to meet all delegations in person and share the latest [...]