Dragonfly Aerospace, Leading developer of optical systems and satellite solutions, announced partnership with Australian company Latconnect 60. In the framework of Dragonfly's collaboration will provide three newest chameleon swir (Shortwave infrared) scanners for a future satellite group Swirsat, The launch of which is scheduled in 2026 year. The project is supported by the Australian Space Agency and the Western Australia Government.
Scanners will be made in South Africa, and then integrated into Latconnect satellites 60 in Australia. This cooperation will improve the possibility of remote sensing of land, providing accurate geospatial data for different industries.
New Swir Technology opportunities
IN 2024 the year Dragonfly Aerospace introduced Chameleon Swir, By expanding the line of their cameras. Swir technology allows you to shoot outside the visible spectrum, providing benefits, such as shooting through smoke or haze-analyzing spectral data, inaccessible to traditional optical cameras.
Chameleon Swir solves such tasks:
- Methane monitoring: Ensuring control over greenhouse gas leaks, ecological stability.
- Accurate agriculture: providing detailed information on soil status, plants and water use to increase yields.
- Crisis management: Improving coordination during natural disasters, such as fires, floods or spills of oil.
- Mineral intelligence: Analysis of spectral data to find minerals.
Partnership for innovation
Dragonfly Aerospace guidance emphasizes, What is a partnership with Latconnect 60 aimed at introducing innovative solutions in remote probing of land. Thanks to Chameleon Swir, the company plans to provide users with quality data to solve key problems in different industries.
LatConnect 60 thinks, that launching Swirsat satellites will open up new opportunities for accurate monitoring, In particular, carbon emissions, and will promote the development of the geospatial data industry.