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 is a San Francisco-based company building a small fleet of multipurpose satellites to carry payloads and provide services for customers that do not want to buy or fly their own satellites.
Loft Orbital has secured multiple satellite buses from LeoStella as part of an ongoing series of procurements.
Hydrosat’s first satellite mission, VanZyl-1, is fully funded, is under construction, and is scheduled to launch with Loft Orbital in 2022.
Spaceflight Inc. signed new launch agreements with Astrocast, Canon Electronics, Capella Space, GeoJump, HawkEye 360, Orbit Fab, Loft Orbital, NASA, NearSpace Launch Inc. / Inter-Modal Holding LLC, Portland State Aerospace Society, Space Products and Innovation (SPiN), Spacemanic, University of Toronto Aerospace Team, Xona Space Systems, and several undisclosed U.S. government organizations.
The full list of New Symphonie collaborators includes AEROSPACELAB, ANYWAVES, AVIO, CAILABS, DE-CIX, EXOLAUNCH, EXOTRAIL, FRESNEL ALLIANCE, GOMSPACE, GREENERWAVE, INTEGRASYS, KSAT, LOFT ORBITAL, QEST ANTENNA TECHNOLOGY, SATCONSULT, SECURE-IC, SENER, SITAEL, TESAT, and TRANSATEL.
Spaceflight has signed new launch agreements with Astrocast, Canon Electronics, Capella Space, GeoJump, HawkEye 360, Orbit Fab, Loft Orbital, NASA, NearSpace Launch Inc., Inter-Modal Holding LLC, Portland State Aerospace Society, Space Products and Innovation (SPiN), Spacemanic, University of Toronto Aerospace Team, Xona Space Systems, and several undisclosed U.S. government organizations.
Hydrosat expects to launch its first sensor aboard a SpaceX rocket in 2022-10-01 with Loft Orbital serving as the satellite bus provider and integration partner.
Loft Orbital launched the YAM-2 satellite on 2021-06-30 into a 525 km sun-synchronous orbit from Cape Canaveral, Florida on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
Loft Orbital launched its YAM-2 satellite on 30 June into a 525 km sun-synchronous orbit from Cape Canaveral, Florida on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
The YAM-3 satellite is part of a broader contract for LeoStella to build and integrate satellite buses for several upcoming Loft Orbital missions.
LeoStella delivered its first satellite to Loft Orbital Solutions Inc.
LeoStella will produce multiple satellites on ESPA-class buses for Loft Orbital’s upcoming missions, including YAM-3 and YAM-5.
Loft Orbital is executing several YAM missions scheduled to launch throughout the next 24 months.
Loft Orbital is a San Francisco-based startup that buys satellite buses and leases space onboard the buses to customers who do not want to fly their own satellites.
SDA’s fifth payload is hosted on a commercial satellite built by Loft Orbital called YAM-3.
Hydrosat is flying a multi-spectral and thermal infrared mission with Loft Orbital on a SpaceX Falcon 9 in 2022.
Hydrosat’s inaugural mission, VanZyl-1, is scheduled to be mounted on a Loft Orbital satellite and launched in early 2022 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
Loft Orbital won a Phase 2 Small Business Innovation Research contract from the U.S. Space Force on 2021-05-05 to support development of an edge computer that can analyze data in space.
Under the SBIR Phase II contract, Loft Orbital will develop a next-generation onboard processor to support customer and third-party massless payloads onboard spacecraft.
Loft Orbital has been awarded a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research contract by AFWERX sponsored by the U.S. Space Force Space and Missile Systems Center’s Portfolio Architect office.