Full-stack VLEO systems. Flying today.
VLEO (Very Low Earth Orbit)
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Introducing Clarity-1: The first satellite designed to operate commercially in VLEO, redefining the limits of image resolution from space.
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We successfully made first contact with Clarity-1 at 5:11 am MT, approximately 3 hours after our SpaceX deployment. Commands and telemetry are flowing; all systems nominal. 🗣️
First contact, first mission, first satellite that will operate in VLEO - whole lotta firsts🥇
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Very happy to announce that we have been granted an official license from NOAA to sell 10cm satellite imagery commercially! spacenews.com/albedo-wins-li…
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Very soon, Clarity-1 will launch as the first commercial satellite to operate in Very Low Earth Orbit.
Beginning with 10 cm resolution imagery — previously only possible with aircraft or billion-dollar government satellites — Albedo is redefining what’s possible from space.
Find out how we're walking the VLEO walk, not just talking the VLEO talk 🚶
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We're thrilled to announce our $10M seed round led by @Initialized - appreciate the coverage @alex! techcrunch.com/2021/04/22/sa…
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What's hotter than 10cm imagery from Space?
2 meter thermal (LWIR) imagery, co-collected with 10cm visible imagery!
albedo.com/post/things-are-h…
Read on for a demonstration of use cases with this novel dataset, and we'd love to hear more ideas from you.
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- 10cm resolution imagery, matching what previously required aircraft, drones, or billion-dollar government satellites
- Built with our Precision bus, our secret to unlocking the latent potential of VLEO
- Designed, manufactured, and assembled in the US
Launching March 2025.
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𝑰𝒕'𝒔 𝒈𝒐 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆, 𝒃𝒂𝒃𝒚! Tomorrow night, Clarity-1 is launching on SpaceX's Transporter-13 mission. Peek the photo below and check us out at the top of the stack 😎 🆙
Watch the launch live tomorrow night at 11:39 pm PT here: lnkd.in/gSP78BHJ
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We are thrilled to announce our $48M Series A co-led by @Breakthrough Energy Ventures and @ShieldCapVC. It’s time to build! spacenews.com/albedo-series-…
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In the three short days since Clarity-1 launched, we have:
- Established first contact (sound up to for the 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍𝒔 🥹)
- Transitioned to Protect Mode
- Successfully commissioned our VLEO bus hardware, confirmed by our mission data of Clarity-1 tracking Pretoria, South Africa
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We’re proud to announce that Albedo has been awarded a 2.5-year Electro-Optical Capabilities Contract from NRO’s Commercial Systems Program Office (CSPO)! Our goal of providing commercial 10cm, NIIRS 7.0 imagery is one big step closer 🎆
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We wanted to start the new year off with a 🎆!
Pleased to announce our $35M Series A-1 round led by Standard Investments! Read all the juicy details in our press release: businesswire.com/news/home/2…
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Hey Nik!
We’re glad y’all are seeing positive progress on finding Sebastian. While we currently don’t have any satellites in orbit (our first one launches in about 3 months), we look forward to helping with these types of usecases once we are capturing imagery. Best of luck!
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The first Albedo SpaceDrop is a success 🪂✅
We have checked off yet another commissioning milestone and successfully completed our first on-orbit software update for Clarity-1.
This first SpaceDrop increases Clarity-1's performance, crucial for sensor and imagery calibration.
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It’s Friday, so time to ask the real, hard-hitting questions..
If our satellite were to wear pants, which way would it wear its pants? 🤔
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Clarity-1 has completed LEO commissioning and started her powered descent to VLEO — with a nice kickoff boost from one of our friendly CME's 🔥
Catch up on the latest in our monthly newsletter 👇
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Shoutout to Eric for breaking the news -
Albedo has been selected for a $12M STRATFI opportunity by AFRL! We're excited to provide AFRL with Albedo's unique dataset to inform how U.S. Government space capabilities can operate effectively in VLEO. 🇺🇸🤝🫡
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exquisite low cost
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Bringing back the American defense industrial base, one VLEO satellite at a time 🇺🇸
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Albedo is looking at Mars! 👀
Thanks to a grant from NASA’s Mars Exploration Program, we will be studying how to adapt our Earth-imaging, VLEO satellites and space-ground software systems to image the surface of the Red Planet.
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Good Morning Twitter! This year for Thanksgiving we've made some 10cm synthetic imagery. Let us know what you think.
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Did y’all know Albedo all started because of an infamous tweet from a former president?
I will not bet you that you can’t guess which one because it’s pretty obvious if you’ve ever used the internet
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We had an amazing opportunity to pitch Albedo to John Deere, and the John Deere Innovation Hub here in Austin, TX, and we won! Read about it here deere.com/en/stories/feature… Looking forward to working with the John Deere Collaborator Program!
ALT Event judges (Left to Right) Heather Bishop, Mark Fincham, and Michele Kaiser, all from John Deere, congratulate Topher Haddad, CEO/Co-founder of Albedo (Right).
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Get your first look at Albedo simulated 10cm Imagery on our blog here: albedo.com/post/albedo-simul…
More pixels are more fun!
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Actual mission data powering this visual. Precision hardware and pointing algorithms are a GO ✅🎯
Team is absolutely ripping. Stay tuned for more updates.
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A lot has happened in two weeks.
We launched Clarity-1.
Made first contact.
Transitioned to Protect mode.
Commissioned our hardware and operational modes.
Completed an on-orbit software update.
Hop aboard the rocketship or you'll get left behind 🚀
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Applying our final artistic touches to Clarity-1 🎨
Stay tuned for the 𝒇𝒖𝒍𝒍 reveal this week 📸🚀
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Thrilled to announce our @ycombinator funding - thanks for the coverage @SpaceNews_Inc! spacenews.com/introducing-al…
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Here at Albedo, we are building a distributed team with a centralized culture, built on our core values and a shared mission. Learn more about it here!
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Vegetation management around power lines is becoming increasingly important for wildfire prevention. 10cm imagery + thermal will vastly increase model accuracy for companies like @overstoryai and @LiveEO_space who use imagery and AI to automate this crucial task.
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Need the in-person version soon.
The brothers podding in full bunny suits in a satellite cleanroom would go crazy
We asked @TopherHaddad about dead satellites.
"In low earth orbit (LEO), they stay in space for 50-100 years."
"In very low earth orbit (VLEO) where @Albedo operates, it's a matter of weeks or days. It's a much more sustainable place to be."
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“we got it”
Live footage of the team making first contact after Clarity-1 launch two weeks ago.
All time vibes.
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Stoked to announce that Albedo has been approved and selected for funding by @SpaceWERXDOD for a Tactical Funding Increase (𝐓𝐀𝐂𝐅𝐈) Program
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Long week? No worries, Albedo is here to spice up your Thursday!
Check out our blog post on our new facility in Denver, CO and our updated look: albedo.com/post/albedos-new-…
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Tune in to hear us dive in with @garrytan on our story, use cases, and how you can get involved - thanks for having us on Garry! piped.video/mJ7z-5Kjz44
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After our Series A announcement yesterday, you probably have a lot of questions. @payloadspace's Q&A with our CEO, @TopherHaddad , has the answers you’re looking for. Sign up for Payload's daily newsletter on the exciting news in our industry. payloadspace.com/a-qa-with-a…
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We just announced a number (10, to be specific 😼) of open roles at Albedo! Come build a next-gen imaging and ground system with a wicked smart team that also happen to be generally fun and cool people.
Sounds pretty rad, right?
jobs.lever.co/albedo
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It’s an honor to be @BoozAllen’s inaugural space investment!
Ready to build together 🤝
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We are in the business of hard launching things — satellites and relationships (marriage) 💍🚀
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Sorry, left them off! Side effects may include:
- Unprecedented clarity
- Severe precision
- Nausea (from VLEO speeds)
- Sick photos of Earth
@FDA_Drug_Info
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This past Monday, the Albedo team revealed our integrated VLEO spacecraft, the Precision Platform. This specialized bus represents the foundation of Albedo's approach to capturing ultra high-resolution imagery, commercializing VLEO, and is now ready for the final pre-launch milestones.
As part of the reveal, US Senator @SenatorHick (CO) signed and built a section of Clarity-1's solar array! During his keynote, the Senator emphasized the "direct bearing" that Albedo's 10-centimeter imagery has on the National Security mission.
And, of course, the mic drop from @dansgoldin: “This is a really big deal, and you've done a really good thing, the whole team here. I don't think people understand the importance of VLEO, and its potential, because cost, performance, and safety are all involved"
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Honored to have such esteemed individuals on our Strategic Advisory Board! We’re excited to lean on their expertise in supporting the US Government and the national security mission.
payloadspace.com/exclusive-a…
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Ever wonder how we’re doing the whole VLEO thing?
We go into all of the challenges, including: solar flares, atomic oxygen, and optimal decision making while flying around Earth at 16,000 mph.
albedo.com/post/surviving-an…
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I'm a 24 satellite constellation under development, trying to bring 10cm resolution imagery to the commercial market, make satellite imagery more accessible, usable, and beneficial to the planet and our lives.
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4 years in 🎉, 4 months to launch! 🚀
This past weekend, @Albedo turned 4 years old.
5 years ago, President @realDonaldTrump tweeted a satellite image that - based on its 10 cm resolution - experts concluded was from a top secret reconnaissance satellite.
2 years ago today, that same image was officially declassified by NGA.
People speculate that those satellites cost taxpayers $1B-$2B each.
In 4 months, Albedo’s first satellite Clarity-1 will launch into VLEO and capture 10 cm resolution. Our Clarity satellites are $15M each to build.
In 2 years, the target for completion of @DOGE, I'm hopeful that Albedo's innovation is being leveraged to its fullest - for our Nation, our Allies, and our tax dollars 🇺🇸
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The Albedo team managed to take a few hours away from the busyness of launch prep to celebrate getting Clarity-1 to the launchpad.
We don’t need much help get the good times rolling, but some launch jackets may have helped 😏
Look good, feel good, launch good 🚀
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Stoked to share that we're #hiring! Come join us and make aerial-quality imagery from space a reality: jobs.lever.co/albedo
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We're excited to support the @climateTRACE mission of transparent, standardized emissions reporting in every country. You can see in this thermal image how only two of these four towers is active, and @wattTime can use the heat signature to calculate accurate carbon emissions.
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2023 is going to be a big growth year for us. We have new engineering positions open in GN&C, Assembly/Integration/Test, radiometric calibration, mechanical, software, and more on the way! Check them out here: jobs.lever.co/albedo
Oh, and we'll be needing a recruiter :)
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Our goal at Albedo is to cultivate the people and technology in our industry to the greatest societal good. We developed our core values to try to help us stay on the right heading, and we'd love for you all to be involved. Read up on our core values here albedo.com/post/our-core-val…
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What’s all this fuss about “VLEO” and how does it relate to capturing 10cm imagery? Let @TopherHaddad break it down for you:
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We are hiring as well, on the software side we've got a Principle Software Engineering and Senior Software Engineering roles available. That @Mapbox imagery expertise could come in handy as we build the systems to make imagery available to the world! jobs.lever.co/albedo
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We are #hiring a systems engineer and communications engineer. Come join the team and help us get these satellites to space! jobs.lever.co/albedo
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Put me in, coach! 🫡
Experts warn U.S. falling behind in satellite imaging race: ‘We’ve gone backwards’ spacenews.com/experts-warn-u…
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Thanks for the shout out @Mapbox! Looking forward to collaborating and accelerating the rate of change in our industry. Lets get out there and do our best work!
The world of satellite imagery is changing rapidly. See what trends ‘pixel people’ like Bill Morris, Geospatial Software Engineer at Mapbox, are tracking in 2023: buff.ly/3wDKPSJ #satelliteimagery #geospatial #gischat
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Holiday season in the 𝑩𝒆𝒅𝒐 lab 🎄🎁
This year we went all-in on one, big present under the tree..
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𝑻-1 𝑴𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒐 𝑳𝒂𝒖𝒏𝒄𝒉: The Bedo team is firing on all cylinders ahead of delivering Clarity-1 to the SpaceX launch pad 💥
Check out our latest newsletter:
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𝓑𝓮𝓭𝓸 📸 🖼️ from the past few months:
@TopherHaddad letting investors know they should get in on Albedo now at the Payload Investor Summit
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Proud to be included in such fantastic company! 🤩
#GlobalTop100Geo 2023 edition is here!
Check out the best geospatial companies in the world.
geoawesomeness.com/global-to…
#networking #geospatial #business
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We’re honored to be included in @TechCrunch’s 11 favorites for this YC batch!
Catch the @ycombinator pregame show with @nmasc_ @alex and @DannyCrichton
Full episode here: link.chtbl.com/_yYVSFTN
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Have you seen our new and improved ‘sletter? That’s short for newsletter, but infinitely more fun to say.
Stay tuned and subscribe for the next 12 months. A little birdie told me there’s a launch in there at some point?
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Ever wondered what “NIIRS” meant, but it’s been an embarrassingly long time since you should have asked?
Read our latest blog post for a primer on image quality, how the NIIRS scale works, and what you can and cannot see from space (with data)
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Spence makes a few excellent points in this short article — very worth the 3 minute read
Eyes in the sky: The increasing importance of very low Earth orbit (VLEO) for national security spacenews.com/eyes-sky-incre…
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As the finishing touch to our launch and early customer announcement this week, we are proud to announce that Kathryn Tobey is joining the @Albedo Board of Directors!
Read more about her rare breadth of technical expertise and National Security experience in the article!
Albedo takes Earth observation up close and personal from very low Earth orbit tcrn.ch/3RtX1jQ
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On-orbit software upgrades are exceedingly tricky and hard to get right.
From the start, Clarity-1 was designed with this capability built in, so updates in orbit would be as standard as any other device update - allowing our software teams to iterate and maximize Clare 💪
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Version 1 of our merch store is now up and running, get in on the first run of Albedo merch at albedo-stuff.com/. Let us know what stuff you'd like to see from us in the future. Null Island shirt?
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HUGE congrats to the entire @relativityspace team on what they’ve achieved with the Terran 1 launch! Big day for the launch sector and an even bigger day for 3D printing (literally 😅)
Today’s launch proved Relativity’s 3D-printed rocket technologies that will enable our next vehicle, Terran R. We successfully made it through Max-Q, the highest stress state on our printed structures. This is the biggest proof point for our novel additive manufacturing approach. Today is a huge win, with many historic firsts. We also progressed through Main Engine Cutoff and Stage Separation. We will assess flight data and provide public updates over the coming days. #GoodLuckHadFun
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ALT Trevor Mahlmann
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Did you know that the US’ first spy satellite, CORONA, helped reveal that our estimates of the Soviet nuclear capabilities were way off?
Over 50 years later, we’re seeing a boom in national interest startups attempting to help the US maintain that same competitive edge.
Hear @TopherHaddad @KaiKloepfer and Rebecca Gevalt from @dcodethegov discuss dual-use technology, the revitalization of the American defense industrial base, and navigating highly politicized issues
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Fantastic @EquityPod this morning - and yes, we are hiring remote in the US for now and would consider space-based roles depending on the time zone.. tcrn.ch/3gvimbb
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Well said @stromgade!
Yes, they will be classified as tier 3 per the new US rules : "Section 960.6(a)(3): Tier 3: Tier 3 consists of systems that are capable of producing unenhanced data that are not available from any sources. Essentially, Tier 3 consists of entirely novel capabilities."
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August ‘sletter is live, baby!
Slick content of engineering progress: dual sensors, VLEO bus structure, glowing solar arrays, and TESTS. Plus, a lot of unsolicited analogies no one asked for — what’s not to love?
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We're looking to providing that same quality of imagery (10cm) from Space, and will be partnering with SkyFi when this is available. This will be available globally, not just in major US cities. Aerial quality imagery from space is on the way!
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Our Strategic Advisory Board just got even more stacked! We are privileged to announce the addition of LTG Patrick O’Reilly, US Army (Ret) and Rick Ambrose as advisors.
Read more here: businesswire.com/news/home/2…
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Excited to join the fam! Fantastic blog post from @brettdg, and we wrote one as well at albedo.space/blog
Excited to welcome the @albedo_space team to the Initialized family!
Check out @brettdg's blog post to learn more about why we invested and give them a follow.
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We're hiring a full-time recruiter! We would love for you to apply, and help us fill out our amazing team. check it out here: jobs.lever.co/albedo/2b00cd6…
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We architected and built our Precision Platform spacecraft to collect 10cm resolution with first principles thinking.
The result? An extensible base module for collecting the highest resolution data, native to the harsh realities of VLEO.
And we’re just getting started with visible + thermal..
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Great Article in @SpaceNews_Inc discussing VLEO orbits and the benefits for companies like Albedo:spacenews.com/how-low-can-sa… Comes ask us about it, we'll be around @GEOINTsymposium all week.
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