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Zak Kirstein served as head of strategy for Loft Federal, the government business of Loft Orbital.
The Loft–SmartSat CRC demonstration aims to validate sovereign Earth observation capabilities for the Australian government and wildfire-fighting agencies.
Loft Orbital is partnering with SmartSat Cooperative Research Center to demonstrate an AI-powered wildfire detection software on Loft Orbital satellites.
Chris Daywalt of Loft Orbital projected a kinetic intercept from space in 2032.
Muon Space added senior leadership hires from the US Space Development Agency, Raytheon, and Loft Orbital.
Tekever is a member of the DESIR consortium alongside Loft Orbital and Thales Alenia Space.
France commissioned Loft Orbital on January 21, 2026 to develop the nation’s first sovereign synthetic aperture radar satellite.
Loft Orbital is the consortium lead and is responsible for the satellite bus and the ground control segment for the DESIR mission.
CNES awarded a contract to a consortium led by Loft Orbital to develop a synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery demonstrator.
Loft Orbital is the prime contractor for the DESIR project and is responsible for the satellite and the ground control segment.
CNES awarded a contract to a consortium led by Loft Orbital to develop the DESIR (Démonstrateur des Éléments Souverains en Imagerie Radar) synthetic aperture radar imagery demonstrator.
The DGA’s International Defence Companies Notebook 2026, published in December 2025, lists DESIR as having been entrusted to Loft Orbital in June 2025.
Loft Orbital expects the DESIR operational phase to last at least two years.
The DESIR mission will leverage Loft Orbital’s experience in hosting commercial and government payloads for rapid orbital deployment.
Loft Orbital aims to put the demonstration SAR satellite into service by mid-2029.
Loft Orbital assembled a consortium of French companies to complete the SAR demonstration contract.
The spacecraft will be built on Loft Orbital’s standard Longbow bus designed for rapid payload integration and on-orbit software updates.
France selected Loft Orbital to develop the nation’s first sovereign Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite under a contract announced on January 21, 2026.
Loft Orbital’s stated platform concept is the ability to fly any payload on any platform, deploy on any cloud, and rely on any ground station network.
The DESIR agreement is the first time Loft Orbital will act as prime contractor for the French government.