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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Loft Orbital ordered more than 15 satellite buses from Airbus in a deal announced on 2022-01-14.
LeoStella was under contract to build a bus for a Loft Orbital satellite that Loft plans to deploy in the first half of 2022.
The Loft Orbital–Airbus project relies on French suppliers with more than 60% of the value being created in France, according to French minister Bruno Le Maire's position on the project.
Loft Orbital expects to receive the Airbus-built satellite buses in 2023.
Loft Orbital secured $140,000,000 in a funding round completed in October that was led by BlackRock.
A separate Loft Orbital satellite slated to launch toward the end of 2022 will use a bus supplied by Blue Canyon Technologies.
Loft Orbital buys satellite buses from multiple vendors and outfits them with payloads flown on behalf of customers.
Loft Orbital ordered additional buses from LeoStella after securing undisclosed customers looking to fly payloads in 2023.
Loft Orbital is currently flying two condosats with buses built by LeoStella and Blue Canyon Technologies.
Loft Orbital contracted LeoStella’s LEO-100 satellite bus for its YAM-5 mission, which is scheduled to launch in 2022.
Loft Orbital ordered another batch of small satellite buses from LeoStella after securing undisclosed customers seeking to fly payloads in 2023.
The LEO-100 satellite buses procured by Loft Orbital are based on LeoStella’s existing product line of ESPA-class buses.
LeoStella, a joint venture between BlackSky and Thales Alenia Space, built the bus for Loft Orbital’s YAM-3 satellite that launched on the same June rideshare mission as YAM-2.
Loft Orbital ordered multiple LEO-100 buses from LeoStella in a 2022-01-06 announcement following a funding round in which Loft Orbital raised $140,000,000 led by BlackRock.
Loft Orbital plans to place a large order of satellite buses to build inventory and will seek to procure buses from multiple partners.
Loft Orbital operates satellite infrastructure and provides payload-hosting services that give customers operational control over hosted payloads.
LeoStella built the bus for Loft Orbital’s YAM-5 satellite, which plans to launch in the second quarter of 2022.
Loft Orbital Solutions, Inc. and LeoStella, Inc. extended their production agreement to secure multiple additional LEO-100 satellite buses from LeoStella.
Loft Orbital used LeoStella’s LEO-100 satellite bus for its YAM-3 mission, which launched earlier 2022.
By using common bus designs across its missions, Loft Orbital reduces technical and schedule risks for its customers.