Company Profile

The European Awareness Research Laboratory for Space C. Früh (EARLY-SPACE) was founded at the beginning of 2010 as a spin-off of the Optical Astronomy group of the Astronomical Institute of the University of Bern. Its company office is located in Bern, nearby the university and the Zimmerwald observatory.


The growing company is based on a broad and deep knowledge of optical observations of space debris in geostationary and high eccentricity orbits.




Board

Board EARLY-SPACE
Carolin Früh
Dr. phil.-nat. Dipl.-Phys.
Owner
Experience:

Research in astrodynamics, object correlation and characterization, Software development for ESA Space Debris Telescope processing (image processing, catalogue correlation), optical observation planning manager Zimmerwald Observatory.


Thomas Schildknecht
Prof. Dr.
Scientific Consultant and Proxy Holder
Experience:

Several decades of research experience in optical space surveillance, including the planning, operation and scientific exploitation of observation programs at the Zimmerwald Laser Ranging and Astrometry Telescope (ZIMLAT), near Bern, and the ESA Space Debris Telescope at Tenerife, Spain.