ABOUT
ROOTED IN THE NORDICS
The Inio service by NGI and KSAT
The Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI) and Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT) launched Inio in 2024 to provide a designated and scalable commercial InSAR service in the Nordics.
InSAR analysis and associated services are delivered by NGI and NGI scientists who have been providing InSAR-based consulting and research for almost two decades. During this journey, NGI has built up extensive expertise and processing tools and workflows. The additional NGI expertise on ground-based remote sensing, sensor monitoring, and geotechnical consulting results in a truly comprehensive service.
The Inio Team
Inio was formed upon its great people that share a common passion for remote sensing. We work as a close team with people from both NGI and KSAT towards for the same goal - our mission - to expand the value and use of InSAR in the Nordics and globally. To achieve this, the team is comprised of different roles ranging from InSAR scientists, project managers, key account holders, and scientific developers.
30+
People working directly on Inio from NGI and KSAT
100+
Number of internal expert consultants and data analysts contributing to the Inio service
15+
Years delivering InSAR analytics for geotechnics
Get to know some of our passionate InSAR scientists
Dyre Dammann
(PhD) Head of Remote Sensing
NGI
Dyre Dammann (PhD) is the coordinator of Inio and has a background developing satellite-based applications for different stakeholders with a particular focus on InSAR.
Regula Frauenfelder
(PhD) Technical Expert
NGI
Regula is an experienced InSAR scientists with a broad background within natural hazards and remote sensing-based applications for controlling risk and to mitigation measures.
Gard Høivang
Scientific developer
NGI
Gard is a scientific developer with a M.S. in machine-learning-based interpretation of radar data. Gard is responsible for building our ML-based analytics of InSAR data.
Georgia Karadimou
EO Project Manager
KSAT
Georgia Karadimou is an experienced InSAR scientist with a background in geology and is a key driver behind Inio.
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Mehdi Darvishi
(PhD) Project Scientist
NGI
Mehdi has several years experience with InSAR and ground-based measurements of surface displacement based on GNSS.
Sean Salazar
(PhD) Senior Scientist
NGI
Sean is a remote sensing scientist experienced with InSAR and long-term ground-based interferometric monitoring of unstable areas. He is also an expert with mobile data acquisition and GNSS.
Malte Vöge
(PhD) Senior Specialist
NGI
Malte Vöge (PhD) is an experienced InSAR and computational scientist building up the core of the Inio processing chain.
Benjamin Lange
(PhD) Senior Scientist
NGI
Benjamin is an expert SAR scientist with a broad experience within integration of data from different platforms. Benjamin is responsible for integration of hyperspectral imagery within our InSAR projects.
A POWERFUL PARTNERSHIP
Satellite data for InSAR analyses provided by KSAT
Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT) provides highly reliable communication services between space and ground based on an extensive global network of ground stations. KSAT is based in Tromsø, Norway, but with sites and antennas around the world.
KSAT is closely tied to the InSAR delivery through a close partnership with NGI. KSAT delivers services derived from an extensive portfolio of commercial satellites including both Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) and high-resolution optical satellite data. Combined with the perfectly positioned global ground station network, KSAT offers a unique end-to-end solution on coverage, resolution, price and monitoring frequency, delivered in just minutes after acquisition. This can be particularly important for early detection of critical movement.
OUR MISSION
Connecting Nordic competence and infrastructure for remote sensing
Inio is a global service providing remote sensing solutions to help understand and protect the earth we live on. This land monitoring service was developed by world-leading providers of geotechnical expertise (NGI) and earth observation (KSAT) both of whom share common roots in the north.
Our Journey So Far
