HEO delivers on-demand, high frequency imagery and insights on the most important assets in space. We are building out a network of non-Earth imaging (NEI) sensors by partnering with Earth observation satellite constellations and launching our own cameras as hosted payloads to achieve proliferation of NEI sensors across all orbits in the Earth-Moon system. HEO deploys highly autonomous software to inspect satellites at scale for government, defence, and commercial customers. We are headquartered in Australia with offices in the UK and USA.
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Hiranya Jayakody
Co-founder and CTO
I started off as an electronics engineer (University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka), worked a bit in the telecommunication industry, and then moved on to do a PhD in mechatronics engineering at UNSW Sydney. For my PhD, I developed robust control algorithms which enhanced the performance of UAVs and space robots. After completing the PhD, I spent a year as a postdoctoral research fellow developing image processing solutions for the agricultural industry.
In 2016, my career took a turn when I co-founded HEO Robotics with Dr. William Crowe (www.heo-robotics.com), with the aim of imaging stuff in space by deploying cameras in space. We currently help commercial, government, and defence organisations to visually inspect their satellites and other space objects they care about using space-based camera systems.
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