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 satellites serve as platforms for hardware and software technology demonstrations.
Kestrel will serve as a compute resource for Loft Orbital's virtual missions.
Colossus sent GPUs into low-Earth orbit in March 2023 on Loft Orbital’s YAM-6 mission.
Colossus’s onboard processor technology helps enable Loft's Virtual Mission service.
Loft's Virtual Mission service allows customers to access in-space data.
Mynaric was selected by Loft Federal to supply CONDOR Mk3 terminals to NExT, the SDA’s Experimental Testbed.
SkyServe and Loft Orbital have partnered on Mission Denali to deploy SkyServe STORM on the YAM-6 satellite.
YAM-6 is Loft Orbital’s first spacecraft capable of performing software-configurable “virtual missions” that enable the spacecraft to be reconfigured to perform different missions based on customer requirements.
Loft Orbital is partnering with SkyServe to leverage Earth observation and edge computing capabilities on a newly launched satellite.
Loft Orbital and SkyServe announced their partnership on 2024-03-19.
SkyServe will use Loft Orbital’s YAM-6 spacecraft to demonstrate artificial intelligence capabilities by analyzing optical and hyperspectral imagery collected by the satellite.
Loft Orbital Federal, LLC of Golden, Colorado was awarded a contract to provide flight and payload integration services.
Blue Origin, Galactic Enterprises, Loft Orbital Federal, and Momentus Space are also among the awarded companies.
Loft Orbital launched YAM-6 on Transporter-10, its first virtual mission-enabled satellite for customizable imaging applications.
Loft Orbital Federal, LLC of Golden, Colorado was awarded a contract to provide services through demonstrated commercial capabilities.
The Long March 5 can loft 14,000 kg into geosynchronous transfer orbit.
AOS sold 30 Arrow-derived satellite buses to Loft Orbital, a San Francisco-based operator that buys satellite buses from multiple vendors and outfits them with payloads.
Developers using Microsoft’s Azure Orbital space edge can deploy software apps to Loft satellites using Loft-specific satellite APIs to access onboard sensors and compute platforms.
Loft Orbital has built a product stack over the past two years that enables developers to deploy software apps to Loft satellites as virtual missions.
Loft Orbital provides a Software Development Kit (SDK) that includes a defined framework, documentation, and APIs for developing virtual-mission apps.