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 raised $3,200,000 in 2019 to run a satellite fleet for customers who want to put payloads in space without operating the satellites themselves.
Loft Orbital plans to operate a constellation of small condosat satellites between 50 and 150 kg that carry multiple customer payloads.
A Long March 5B variant is designed to loft 20-metric-ton modules of the planned Chinese Space Station into low Earth orbit.
LandSpace-1 is a solid-propellant rocket designed to loft 400 kg to a 500-kilometer sun-synchronous orbit and could launch later in 2018 from Wenchang, Hainan.