solving the global food problem through space-borne
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History in short
202020192016 2017 20182012
First Finnish satellite being built (Aalto-1)
Reaktor Space Lab founded
First Finnish satellite launched (Aalto-1)
Reaktor Hello World launched
Four on-going ESA projects (W-Cube, Sunstorm, APEX, NCP-1)
First Finnish satellite ordered by ESA (W-cube)
High-res HSI imager prototype developed
High-res HSI imager satellite development started
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First version of visual range HSI onboard
Infra-red HSI imager onboard
W-Cube: 75 GHz millimeter wave in-orbit demo
Sunstorm: Miniature x-rayspectrometer in-orbitdemo
Reaktor Hello World: World’ssmallest IR spectral camera in orbitsince 2018
UPCOMING: Hera asteroidmission
Our Unique Value Proposition
We will be the No. 1 global source for actionable green data for ensuring food
for mankind in a sustainable way.
Global ecological challenge
20502010
10Bpeople in
2050
56%increase in food demand
2010
2050
With current production ratio, agriculture requires +6 000 000 km2
,an area larger than the Amazon rainforest
50%of Earth’s vegetated landused by agriculture
Source: World Resources Institutehttps://www.wri.org/publication/creating-sustainable-food-future
-67%decreased emissions to meet the global goals
20502020
13 GtCO2
4 GtCO2
Climate change causing challenges to existing farmlands:
• Pests• Diseases• Adaptability• Drought
To induce changes, one needs to have comprehensive, global and daily data on vegetation and soil!
Hyperspectral imaging• Every pixel in an image is a spectrum =>
hyperspectral camera produces data ‘cubes’
• One then extracts distribution of subtances by means of statistical algoritms and AI
• Currently used widely especially with drones and airplanes, Senop and Specim produce such cameras in Finland, VTT very active in development
• Typical applications areas: precision agriculture, fertilizer optimization, crop type mapping, seed development, phenotyping, disease detection and many more
Reference
Single band
Analysis
Our approach
Constellation of small hyperspectralsatellites to provide global, daily data
Comparable performance to previous larger scientific satellites
Miniature hyperspectral imagers
High ground resolution (20 m) with good enough SNR
Advanced (AI/ML) analytics
Extensive ground truth data
Affordable service
Can hyperspectral data help?”Bringing yields of the 16 major crops to within 95% of their full potential yield would increase global production by 58%” (Foley et al. 2011)
Space-based data
Drone-based dataIncreased yield
+30%*
By precision farming and anomaly detection
Decreased costs-10%*
By reducing fertilizers, pesticides and manual monitoring work
+15%*Reduced environ-mental impactBy improving N-efficiency at least 15 percent.
Better qualityPrecision farming has been proven to provide better crop quality, for example higher protein content
*depends on crop and currently used practices
- Multi- and hyperspectral sensors
- Limited coverage
- High costs per sqkm
- Multispectral data widely available (f.ex. Sentinel-2)
- Hyperspectral data not so much
- High coverage and global
- Low costs per sqkm
Suitable for high value crops
Suitable for global agricultural use
So where do you need “AI”?Lots of Data
Multiple instruments
Atmosphe-ric effects
Weather
Lighting compen-
sationPerspec-
tive
Evolving plants
Crop and soil cross-
effects
Pheno-typing
…And multitude of applications!
Hyperspectral-enabled agri services
Advanced crop nutrition
- Improved biomass estimation
- Crop type and variety Fertilizer content in vegetation and soil
- Soil properties
Precision watering
- Soil properties- Soil and vegetation
moisture content- Weather forecasts*- Soil sensors*
Optimized seed selection, planting and
harvest
- Soil properties- Crop type and variety- Vegetation cover- Biomass estimation- Harvest time
optimization
Early warning crop protection
- Crop type and variety mapping
- Disease detection- Pest detection- Soil contamination- Weather forecasts*
*Through cooperation partners
Please contact:
Jarkko AntilaCEOReaktor Space LabEspoo, Finland
Phone: +358 50 529 88 76Email: [email protected]
Want to know more?
Confidential 2020
Hyperspectral imaging in news:https://spacenews.com/op-ed-is-hyperspectral-the-next-earth-observation-frontier/
Company website:https://reaktorspace.com/
Reaktor Hello World mission:https://reaktorspace.com/reaktor-hello-world/