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Albedo will collaborate with the NRO to provide near- and long-term electro-optical remote sensing capabilities via modeling, simulation, and data evaluation.
Albedo plans to provide Nighttime Imaging (NTI), Non-Earth Imaging (NEI), and video using its commercial thermal long-wave infrared (LWIR) sensor capabilities.
Albedo aims to improve the current best commercial NIIRS rating from 5.6 to NIIRS 7.0 for visible imagery.
Albedo plans to provide native 0.1 m per pixel visible imagery from its VLEO satellites.
The National Reconnaissance Office signed agreements on 2023-12-05 with Airbus U.S. Space and Defense, Albedo Space, Hydrosat, Muon Space, and Turion Space for the Strategic Commercial Enhancements program.
Albedo Space plans to operate satellites in very low Earth orbit to gather ultra-high-resolution visible imagery and high-resolution thermal infrared imagery, and to provide nighttime imaging, non-Earth imaging, and video.
American firms Skeyeon, Earth Observant, and Albedo have raised funding for VLEO satellite plans.
Albedo is a Colorado startup founded in 2020 that initially planned to collect 10-centimeter-resolution optical imagery from telescopes in very low Earth orbit.
The U.S. Air Force National Air and Space Intelligence Center is funding Albedo’s infrared technology under a $1,250,000 contract.
The U.S. Air Force is working with Albedo under a separate $1,250,000 contract to integrate Albedo imagery tasking with government systems.
Albedo has raised $58,000,000 for refrigerator-size satellites scheduled to begin launching in 2025.
Albedo won two Small Business Innovation Research contracts valued at $1,250,000 apiece.
Albedo opened a facility in Broomfield, Colorado on 2023-06-08.
Albedo is preparing to launch its first satellite into very low Earth orbit to collect high-resolution optical and thermal imagery in 2025.
Albedo raised $48,000,000 in a Series A funding round in 2022.
Albedo unveiled a new website on 2023-06-08.
The 2023-04-27 contract was the second $1,250,000 Air Force SBIR contract awarded to Albedo in the last year.
Combining simultaneously collected 10-centimeter optical imagery with Albedo’s native two-meter long-wave infrared imagery increases effective resolution and the analytical insights that can be gained.
Albedo raised $48,000,000 in a Series A funding round in 2022.
AFWERX, the U.S. Air Force innovation arm, awarded a Small Business Innovation Research contract funding Albedo’s work to mature its infrared imager technology through aerial flights and lab work.