“Bridging Space-tech and Clean-tech” was the thematic of speech presented by Sirin Orbital Systems AG at the luncheon held at Shangri-La Tokyo on 3 December 2024.
The focus of this speech was on innovative clean-tech solutions inspired and empowered by space-tech, with a focus on wireless power transfer (WPT) as a resilient energy transfer method, along with technological challenges and commercial opportunities that such technologies are creating for businesses, clean-tech and terrestrial energy sectors.
The speech delivered by Sirin Orbital Systems AG at the SCCIJ’s December 2024 luncheon was well received by the 40 attendees and it got a 4.95/5 score from them, making it one of the top 3 highest-rated speeches in nearly 6 years of luncheons held in the chamber.
In line with series of Swiss-Japan workshops on the thematic “Wireless Power Transfer (WPT) and Space-based Solar Power (SBSP)“, the 3rd “Japan-Switzerland SBSP/WPT Workshop” was held at the Kyoto University Tokyo Office, Tokyo, Japan, on the 29th of November 2024. This is a joint workshop co-organized by Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere (RISH) at Kyoto University and Sirin Orbital Systems AG.
This year’s workshop had a specific emphasize on the WPT related businesses in Japan and Switzerland / Europe, with speakers from Sirin Orbital Systems AG, Panasonic, SoftBank, Aeterlink, Tokyo Metropolitan University focusing their speeches on the “WPT for Powering IoT and Computer Peripheral Devices, WPT for B5G/6G era, WPT for Air-Mobility and Drones”.
On the R&D side, the workshop provided an insightful overview on recent achievements of Japan Space Systems in cooperation with JAXA/ISAS, and their ongoing world-class long-distance WPT demonstration from an airplane to a ground-receiving system examining 5-7km distance wireless power transmission in Nagano Prefecture, Kirigamine Glider Filed. JAXA/ISAS also presented latest status of the “On-orbit experiment of HIgh-precision beam control using small SAtellite for MicrowAve power transmission (OHISAMA)” mission.
This year’s workshop had a special guest speaker from the United Kingdom, Space Solar, who provided insightful updates on the UK tailwinds and headwinds related to Space-Based Solar Power (SBSP), with the priority of “Delivering Energy Security and Powering a Net Zero Future”.
In an attempt to integrate real-world space projects into ETH Space‘s curriculum in the form of a one-semester feasibility study of a mission design, providing students with practical experience from concept to completion, Sirin Orbital Systems AG‘s proposal related to a novel mission design and payload analysis for Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO), featuring SIRIN’s innovative air-breathing propulsion system, was among one of 5 [out of 35] proposals selected by ETH Space for Autumn Semester 2024/2025.
The project Low ORbit Demonstrator (LORD) was carried out by a group of 6 talented students at ETH Zürich’s Master’s in Space Systems. All aspects of the mission were covered including Mission Requirements, Mission Design, Payload Selection and Justification, Mission Operations and Ground Segment, Project Plan and Life Cycle Assessment, and Future VLEO Applications and Market Analysis. The LORD mission was concluded to be suitable for an ESA F-Class Mission.
Sirin Orbital Systems AG was invited to speak at the World Future Forum 2024 which took place in Lisbon, 4-5 November 2024.
Organised by Allied4Future In Partnership with Taguspark – Knowledge City Ministry of Environment and Energy, Portugal Lisbon City Council, Delft University of Technology, the World Future Forum 2024 was focused on the “The Power of Technology and Finance in Shaping the Next Generation Sustainable World“.
Sirin Orbital Systems AG contributed to the panel, “Space Technologies” with subject “From Above, for All: Harnessing Space Technologies for a Sustainable Future“.
Sirin Orbital Systems AG wins the “Leading Innovation in Space” Award 👑, within a campaign launched by the World Space Week Association to spotlight space-tech companies that have demonstrated innovation generally and specifically in the area of space & climate. Over 100 companies were nominated across the world and distinguished Judges who include representatives of Lockheed Martin, Viasat, SB Global LLC, Bvndle Incorporated , Global Entrepreneurship Network chose Sirin Orbital Systems AG as the stand-out company from the lot.
Nominated companies were assessed on the “novelty of the technology, cross-sector innovation, scalability, global impact, collaborative partnerships, and sustainability with a long-term vision“.
“Sirin Orbital Systems AG stands out for its ground-breaking Space-based Solar Power (SBSP) and Wireless Power Transfer (WPT) technologies. Their potential to revolutionize global energy systems and their focus on sustainability makes them the strongest contender.”
World Space Week 2024, “Leading Innovation in Space” Award Statement
We warmly congratulate highlighted innovative companies within the space sector – including GHGSat (Canada), 4Earth Intelligence (UK), SkyFi (USA), Airbus (France), Maxar Technologies (USA), Solaren (USA), SkyPower (USA), Mitsubishi Electric (Japan), Envision Solar (USA), Rocket Lab (USA), D-Orbit (Italy), CisLunar Industries (USA), Exolaunch (Germany), SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation (Japan), NorthStar Earth & Space (Canada), Hydrosat (USA), Descartes Labs (USA), BlackSky (USA), SatSure (Switzerland), Planetary Technologies (Canada), SpaceX (USA), Prometheus Fuels (USA), ICEYE (Finland), Global Thermostat (USA). – who are actively contributing to climate change mitigation, shortlisted in this campaign by the World Space Week Association.
It is to proudly announce that Sirin Orbital Systems AG has generated a creative technical solution for protecting fauna from being exposed to RF Wireless Power transfer (WPT) beams. This novel concept – subject to a patent – guarantees the continuos operation of WPT links (i.e. no need to shutdown the wireless power links), and at the same time protects birds, insects, etc. from being exposed to high-power electromagnetic radiations.
This innovation revolutionizes the WPT application areas and shortens time-to-market for WPT products, as it enables safe and reliable high-power wireless power beaming for different short- to long-range terrestrial uses and also for space-to-ground applications in the context of Space-based Solar Power (SBSP), where wildlife in the vicinity of rectenna sites is of an utmost concern.
Our safe and reliable WPT technological concepts will fundamentally change the way and where we generate Clean Energy, manage and distribute it to end-users.
Sirin Orbital Systems AG is honoured to become a Corporate Partner of Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS), and a member of Space Specialist Group (Space SG) at RAeS. The Royal Aeronautical Society, also known as the RAeS, is a British multi-disciplinary professional institution dedicated to the global aerospace community. Founded in 1866, it is the oldest aeronautical society in the world.
Sirin Orbital Systems AG, through this partnership, will benefit from unique networking opportunities provided by RAeS across industry, academia and government and also its promotion across the global aerospace and aviation community.
Sirin Orbital Systems AG was featured on Research and Markets ‘s June 2024 expert market report on Energy Future Opportunities and Leader Index 2024-2035, together with major stakeholders including Airbus, Northrop Grumman, Solaren, Solestial, Space Solar, Thales Alenia Space and Virtus Solis .
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Thanks to five years of intense R&D on high-efficiency Wireless Power Transfer (WPT) systems, in summer 2024, Sirin Orbital Systems AG launched the first phase of target product development based on its low- to mid-range power (<W to W)WPT technologies. The intended products and their commercializations rely on direct customer orders and external/internal investments. SIRIN envisages three phases of WPT-tech development depending on the application areas, power- and range-level requirements of clients.
Sirin Orbital Systems AG’s WPT-tech were initially designed for European Space Agency (ESA) space missions, which are now mature to be implemented as breakthrough concepts for diverse terrestrial applications, enabling battery-free electronic devices and unlocking restrictions imposed by wires and battery life-time.
Sirin Orbital Systems AG is filing 5 (five) new patent applications in Summer 2024 to fully protect its innovative chemical micropropulsion technology which utilizes water and metal-powder as propellants. These patents are each addressing a critical detail of the technology, which is matured at TRL4 in July 2024 and is aiming to achieve TRL6 by 2025-2026 with the support of the Swiss Space Office (SSO) and the European Space Agency (ESA)’s General Support Technology Programme (GSTP).
First Patent Priority Date: 15.07.2024 Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property (IPI), Bern
