LeoStella is a state-of-the-art company that specializes in designing and manufacturing small satellites (smallsats) cost-effectively and at scale. As a joint venture between Thales Alenia Space and BlackSky, LeoStella focuses on transforming constellation construction to meet the growing demand for efficient satellite production. Their primary product is small satellite buses, like the LS-300, and they have partnerships with companies like Loft Orbital, BlackSky, and Safran, and also works with the Space Development Agency (SDA). LeoStella aims to provide agile solutions for various missions, delivering critical space infrastructure for government and commercial clients.
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LeoStella selected InnoFlight to develop and deliver its next-generation Flight Computer Processing Unit (FCPU) and Payload Interface Electronics (PIE).
LeoStella is partly owned by Earth-imaging operator BlackSky and manufactures satellites for BlackSky.
LeoStella is a specialized satellite constellation design and manufacturing company based in Tukwila, Washington.
NorthStar previously ordered three larger SSA satellites from Thales Alenia Space in cooperation with LeoStella that are now targeting launch in the second quarter of 2023.
On 2022-04-12 Astra Space, Inc. and LeoStella entered a contract for Astra to provide multiple Astra Spacecraft Engines for LeoStella satellites.
Astra sold multiple Astra Spacecraft Engines to LeoStella under the 2022-04-12 agreement.
The sale of thrusters to LeoStella is part of Astra’s Phase 2 strategy to productize core space technologies.
Astra Space announced on 2022-04-12 an order of electric thrusters by LeoStella.
LeoStella, a joint venture of Thales Alenia Space and Spaceflight Inc., builds satellites in Tukwila, Washington.
LeoStella was under contract to build a bus for a Loft Orbital satellite that Loft plans to deploy in the first half of 2022.
Loft Orbital ordered additional buses from LeoStella after securing undisclosed customers looking to fly payloads in 2023.
Loft Orbital is currently flying two condosats with buses built by LeoStella and Blue Canyon Technologies.
Loft Orbital contracted LeoStella’s LEO-100 satellite bus for its YAM-5 mission, which is scheduled to launch in 2022.
Loft Orbital ordered another batch of small satellite buses from LeoStella after securing undisclosed customers seeking to fly payloads in 2023.
LeoStella operates a continuous manufacturing model that builds schedule buffers between supply chain parts and production need dates.
The LEO-100 satellite buses procured by Loft Orbital are based on LeoStella’s existing product line of ESPA-class buses.
LeoStella’s factory in Tukwila, Washington is designed to maximize efficiency while remaining scalable to meet accelerating market demand.
LeoStella, a joint venture between BlackSky and Thales Alenia Space, built the bus for Loft Orbital’s YAM-3 satellite that launched on the same June rideshare mission as YAM-2.
Loft Orbital ordered multiple LEO-100 buses from LeoStella in a 2022-01-06 announcement following a funding round in which Loft Orbital raised $140,000,000 led by BlackRock.
LeoStella built the bus for Loft Orbital’s YAM-5 satellite, which plans to launch in the second quarter of 2022.