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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Orbitworks is a joint venture formed in 2024 between US-based Loft Orbital and UAE-based Marlan Space.
Loft Orbital’s on-orbit infrastructure features a high-performance processing architecture that supports edge computing and lightweight AI application deployment.
Loft Orbital will provide on-orbit infrastructure for JPL’s AI software under the Federated Autonomous MEasurement (FAME) project.
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory selected Loft Orbital to host and fly demonstrations of artificial intelligence software for near-real-time Earth observation data processing without human intervention.
Arianespace won an 18-launch contract in 2022 to loft Amazon Leo satellites.
Arianespace won an 18-launch contract in 2022 to loft Amazon Leo satellites.
Loft Orbital is running parallel work cells to absorb mission variance without ripple-effect disruptions.
EnduroSat, Aerospacelab, Loft Orbital, and Open Cosmos have raised $400 million of private capital in the last eighteen months.
Loft Orbital operates the EarthDaily satellites.
Loft-EarthDaily was the largest payload on the CAS500-2 rideshare mission and consisted of 6 Airbus Arrow satellites.
Loft will lead a consortium with Thales Alenia Space and Tekever France for France’s sovereign space-based radar imaging capability.
Loft won a multi-year contract worth up to tens of millions of euros from the French Space Agency (CNES) for deployment of an Earth Observation constellation in France.
Earlier this year, Loft won a French government contract to build France’s first sovereign space-based radar imaging capability.
Loft will partner with Magellium Artal Group on the French Earth Observation constellation program.
The CAS500-2 mission payload will include six EarthDaily satellites manifested by Loft Orbital.
The six-satellite mission is part of Loft Orbital’s campaign to deploy more than 20 satellites, including two full constellations, within 18 months.
Loft Orbital expects the campaign to effectively double its on-orbit fleet.
Loft Orbital has deployed AI-enabled satellite operations for more than ten customer missions.
In 2024, Loft Orbital and Marlan Space established Orbitworks.
Loft Orbital will launch six Earth observation satellites this quarter for EarthDaily Analytics’ global imaging constellation.