Loft Orbital is a space infrastructure-as-a-service provider that simplifies access to space for organizations. They build and operate satellites, flying customer payloads and handling missions end-to-end. Loft Orbital's key offerings include standardized satellite platforms, payload integration services, and mission control software, serving customers like NASA, Microsoft, and the US Space Force. Associated keywords include: space infrastructure, hosted payloads, satellite missions, and space-as-a-service.
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Ten of the more than 15 satellite buses Loft Orbital ordered are intended for customer EarthDaily Analytics of Canada.
EarthDaily Analytics’ constellation will use modified OneWeb satellite platforms that Loft Orbital recently ordered from Airbus.
On 2022-01-18, EarthDaily Analytics agreed to a $150,000,000 deal with condosat operator Loft Orbital to build, launch, and operate the Earth-observation satellites on EDA’s behalf.
The POET payload rode to orbit on a Loft Orbital satellite that launched 2022-06-30 on the SpaceX Transporter-2 rideshare mission.
The POET system can task Loft Orbital’s YAM-3 satellite to point at a specified region and direct an electro-optical imaging payload to collect an image in response to a user request.
Jupiter 3 is a high-throughput GEO satellite for North America that an undisclosed launch provider is slated to loft in the second half of 2022.
EarthDaily Analytics selected condosat operator Loft Orbital on 2022-01-18 to build, launch, and operate a fleet of 10 Earth-observation satellites on its behalf.
Loft Orbital ordered more than 15 Arrow-derived satellite buses from Airbus to scale up its condosat business.
Loft Orbital will use modified OneWeb satellite platforms ordered from Airbus for EarthDaily Analytics’ constellation.
Loft Orbital will handle spaceflight operations for EarthDaily Analytics and provide systems that enable EarthDaily Analytics to operate the imaging payloads and downlink data directly to its cloud-based ground segment.
Loft Orbital will integrate EarthDaily Analytics’ imaging payloads with satellite buses derived from the Arrow platform used by OneWeb for its broadband constellation.
Airbus has been contracted to supply Loft Orbital with more than 15 satellite platforms derived from the Airbus Arrow platform.
Airbus has been contracted by Loft Orbital to modify the Arrow platform to make it suitable for a wider range of longer-lifetime missions and applications.
Airbus has been contracted to supply Loft Orbital with more than fifteen satellite platforms derived from the Airbus Arrow platform.
The Loft Orbital project with support from Airbus relies on French suppliers for more than 60% of the value created in France.
Loft Orbital will use the initial procurement from Airbus to deliver services to customers who have ordered based on a few tens of satellites.
Loft Orbital contracted Airbus to modify the Arrow platform to make it suitable for a wider range of longer-lifetime missions and applications.
Loft Orbital will use the initial procurement from Airbus to deliver services to customers who have ordered services based on a few tens of satellites.
More than 60% of the value of the Loft Orbital project with Airbus is being created in France.
Loft Orbital plans to use its initial Arrow procurement to deliver services based on a few tens of satellites and to offer larger constellation services to governments and companies worldwide.