Welcome back from the Living Planet Symposium in Vienna! In this episode, Torsten Kriening sit down with Dr. Martin Langer, CEO and CTO of Ororatech, one of Europe’s standout NewSpace startups delivering real-time thermal Earth observation to fight wildfires and build resilience.
Ororatech operates the largest private fleet of thermal satellites in orbit—10 and counting. But as Dr. Langer emphasizes, space is just the infrastructure. The mission? Bring usable, actionable data to non-space stakeholders—from fire brigades to forest managers, insurers, and even hotel operators.
Topics discussed:
• Earth intelligence in the age of planetary-scale risks
• The two biggest barriers to satellite data access (spoiler: it’s not just the tech)
• Meeting users outside the space bubble
• The evolution of thermal data: from fire detection to land/sea surface temperature analysis
• Ororatech’s path to trustworthiness and agility
• What’s next for thermal imaging? (He’s not revealing all—yet.)
This is space data meeting ground truth, delivered via smartphones and user-friendly interfaces—not raw pixels or orbital jargon.
