"AIRMO's core technology is a sensor payload that combines a short-wave infrared (SWIR) pushbroom spectrometer with a proprietary micro-LiDAR system. The company says this is the first time a sensor of this type and power has been miniaturised for deployment on a small satellite."
"The LiDAR component corrects for atmospheric variables, aerosols, wind patterns, that degrade the accuracy of spectrometer-only systems. Together, AIRMO claims the combination delivers roughly twice the accuracy of existing satellite monitoring solutions, enabling detection of methane plumes from single sources as small as a leaking vehicle, from 500 kilometres up."
"AIRMO, a Berlin and Luxembourg-based startup building space-based greenhouse gas monitoring technology, has closed a €5 million seed round to fund its first satellite launch in 2027 and expand its existing airborne operations across Europe, the Middle East, and Central Asia."
AIRMO, a Berlin and Luxembourg-based climate-tech startup, closed a €5 million seed round led by Ananda Impact Ventures to fund its first satellite launch in 2027 and expand airborne operations across Europe, the Middle East, and Central Asia. The company has developed a miniaturized sensor payload combining short-wave infrared spectrometry with proprietary micro-LiDAR technology, marking the first deployment of such sensors on small satellites. The LiDAR component corrects for atmospheric variables and aerosols, delivering approximately twice the accuracy of existing satellite monitoring solutions. This enables detection of methane plumes from single sources as small as a leaking vehicle from 500 kilometers altitude. The first satellite, built with Bulgarian manufacturer EnduroSat, targets early 2027 launch as the foundation for a planned 12-satellite constellation.
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