An Australian software engineer says “complex” new space technology, of which she is among the first in the world to work with, will help manage the huge volume of objects orbiting in space.
Samantha Kirkwood, 24, is employed as a research and development engineer with an Australian space industry startup.
“We can actually take diagnostic images of things in orbit, from orbit, so we have cameras that are orbiting around Earth,” she said.
“From the images, we can work out of there is damage to satellites or if everything up there is working as it should be.”
Satellites watching satellites
Ms Kirkwood’s role is very new.
Her Sydney-based employer’s satellite software inspection technology only became operational in August 2022.
“We’re the first private company in the world to provide in-orbit inspection commercially,” High Earth Orbit (HEO) Robotics co-founder and chief…
