New Space & Supply Chains

The data available from space-based Earth observation—gathered by a wide range of satellites across various wavelengths—now opens up fantastic opportunities for developing new, globally available applications and services.

Supported by the ESA Space Solutions program, OmegaLambdaTec is developing new, innovative business applications using space data. This brings us full circle to our scientific origins in satellite-based astrophysics—with the sole difference that, for our New Space applications, the telescopes are pointed toward Earth rather than away from it.

OUR SERVICES AT A GLANCE

Applications using satellite-based AIS vessel data from all commercial ships worldwide.
Sentinel data analysis and signal extraction
Carbon monitoring from space
Health monitoring and risk analyses for forest areas
Digital Supply Chain Applications
Forecasting of ship arrival times
Supply Chain Scenario Simulations

REAL-WORLD USE CASES WE’VE SUCCESSFULLY DELIVERED

SequOIA-CAM – Satellite-based CO2 tracking and optimization tool

Key Challenges and Goals

The path to global climate neutrality is still long and arduous. In addition to the reduction of CO2 emissions, the carbon storage capacity of vegetation also plays a critical role in the climate balance. The declared goal of the SequOIA-CAM solution is to transparently measure this storage capacity of forests and green spaces, track it over time and optimize it for the future.

Further information on SequOIA-CAM: https://business.esa.int/projects/sequoia-cam

*Fig.: Visualization of a carbon storage map for a forested area in the Harz region using the SequOIA-CAM solution.*

OLT-Solution

Automated Sentinel data processing pipeline
Derivation of various indices for measuring soil moisture, tree heights, tree types, etc.
Automated forest health check and risk profiles for, e.g., bark beetle infestation
Creation of maps showing spatially resolved carbon storage capacity
Automated change detection for visualizing temporal changes in all measured variables

Benefit

Transparent and independent carbon monitoring
Review of the implementation and effectiveness of forest and tree planting initiatives
Statements on forest health across the entire area and derivation of trend analyses
Optimization proposals for climate-resilient tree planting

SPECTRO-FIT – end-to-end Digital Supply Chain Services

Key Challenges and Goals

As a result of the Corona pandemic, global goods supply chains have become significantly more volatile and susceptible to disruption, which often leads to delivery bottlenecks and disrupted production processes. The goal of SPECTRO-FIT is to ensure improved supply chain transparency through end-to-end mapping of the digital supply chain, enable transport cost optimization, improve predictions of goods arrival times, and model and minimize the impact of disruptions using scenario simulations.

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*Illustration of end-to-end supply chain monitoring using the SPECTRO-FIT solution, featuring the capability to simulate relevant supply chain disruptions.*

OLT-Solution

Automated analysis of AIS ship data for satellite-based container monitoring
Linking all supply chain data sets from origin to destination
Prediction models for transit time and estimated time of arrival at the destination
Scenario simulator framework for assessing the effects of, for example, port closures, storms, or significantly altered capacity requirements.

Benefit

End-to-end supply chain transparency from the production site to storage at the distribution center.
Optimization of transport costs
Improved cargo time-of-arrival predictions
Szenarien-Simulationen von möglichen Supply Chain Störungen oder veränderter Kapazitätsanforderungen