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 integrating, launching, and operating ten satellites for EarthDaily’s constellation.
Loft Orbital plans to launch what it describes as the world’s first operational constellation dedicated to AI and edge computing on orbit within the next 12 months.
Loft Orbital has flown more than 25 missions across a range of payloads and applications.
Loft Orbital maintains facilities in San Francisco, Golden, Colorado, and Toulouse, France.
Loft Orbital was founded in 2017 in San Francisco by Alexander Greenberg and CEO Pierre-Damien Vaujour.
Loft Orbital plans to launch a 10-satellite constellation in the second half of 2026.
Loft Orbital customers deploy software applications onto Loft-operated satellites without building, launching, or operating their own spacecraft.
Loft Orbital partnered with Helsing to deploy a multi-sensor satellite constellation for real-time intelligence processing.
Alexander Greenberg previously worked in business development at Spire Global and as an aerospace management consultant at Avascent before co-founding Loft Orbital.
Loft Orbital became the prime contractor for a French defense reconnaissance asset under the DESIR contract.
Loft Orbital sells computing capacity in orbit instead of satellite hardware.
On February 18, 2026, Loft Orbital signed a deal with Australia’s SmartSat CRC to deploy an edge-AI wildfire detection application onto existing on-orbit infrastructure.
On February 2, 2026, Loft Orbital launched a dedicated AI for Space business unit.
In January 2026, CNES awarded Loft Orbital-led consortium a €50 million contract to build DESIR, France’s first sovereign synthetic aperture radar satellite demonstrator.
In December 2024, Loft Orbital partnered with Esper to fly next-generation hyperspectral sensors on Loft satellites.
Loft Orbital closed a $170 million Series C round in January 2025, bringing its total funding to more than $326 million.
Sextant Alpha flew aboard Loft Orbital’s virtual mission infrastructure.
Loft Orbital closed a $170 million Series C in 2025.
Brian Taylor founded Lux Aeterna in 2024 after building satellites for SpaceX Starlink, Amazon Project Kuiper (now Amazon Leo), and Loft Orbital.
Loft Orbital and the SmartSat Cooperative Research Center signed a contract to deploy a wildfire detection application to on-orbit satellites.