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GM space fans, some personal news: we're in space! 🚀🛰️
Our first mission, Rock & Lopen, successfully launched and deployed into orbit on Friday afternoon. We’ve made contact, marking a milestone in our journey towards the world’s first 3D-imaging satellite constellation.
Rock & Lopen represent a major step forward in our derisking schedule, as well as a testament to our speed – we went from concept sketches to space-qualified hardware in 6 months (and from 0 to LEO in <9 months).
S/O @SpaceX for the smooth trip to orbit. We need to stop playing this deployment clip on loop and get back in the saddle – there’s more work to be done
Huge shout out to the team. Stay tuned for what comes next!
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Hello world, and new followers, we're Array Labs.
What we're building is non-obvious, but once it clicks, it clicks. That's why we are so thrilled to have had the opportunity and privilege of partnering with @packyM
Props to him for putting in the reps and burning the candle on both ends for this one. In this 13K-word beast of an essay, Packy masterfully gives Array Labs' story — so far — the signature @notboringco treatment. We're impressed by his ability to map (ha) our technical roadmap and thesis against the wider world of tech + Silicon Valley.
On that note, we're looking to bring on engineers from all stripes of the tech world. So if what we're building sounds not boring to you, don't be a stranger → jobs.lever.co/arraylabs.io
A real-time, 3D map of the world is the holy grail of earth observation.
With it:
- AV companies could build cars that drive themselves anywhere.
- Climate researchers could build more accurate models.
- AI companies could train models on point clouds of the whole Earth.
- The DoD could track movements in the South China Sea at any time, in any weather.
The uses of such a map are limited only by the human imagination.
But holy grails are, by definition, difficult to obtain. The map doesn’t currently exist.
Enter @ArrayLabs.
Array is attempting something crazy: it’s going to send clusters of dozens of radar satellites into space, use aerodynamic surfing to form them into a ring, and capture 100km-wide swaths of the Earth at ~10cm resolution while flying at 4 miles per second.
If it works, Array will deliver the most efficient image collection system that ever existed in the history of mankind. It will build the up-to-date 3D map of Earth from space.
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Array Labs is on a mission to collect a high-res, daily refreshed 3D map of Earth, providing a continental scale view that we don't have today.
We've been hard at work developing our space radar over the last few months. Get a glimpse of where we've been and where we're going:
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We’re excited to come out of stealth mode and announce that @ArrayLabs is backed by @ycombinator as part of the S22 batch.
At Array Labs, we’re building satellites to create the first real-time, high-resolution 3D map of the world.
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We appreciate @MikeSlagh for organizing the @shift Defense Ventures Summit. Look forward to attending and meeting everyone there.
If you are planning on going and would like to meet with members of the @ArrayLabs team, please feel free to reach out.
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We are thrilled to announce our $5M seed round with participation from @ycombinator, @agyaventures, and @seraphim_space. The capital will be used for recruiting and technology development.
spacenews.com/introducing-ar…
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What we're watching at the office today ... the Deep Space Network dashboard
After successfully landing Chandrayaan-3, India became the 4th nation to successfully soft land on the Moon, and the first to reach the lunar south pole
Congrats @isro!!!
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All week, we've been testing, assembling, and putting the final touches on the Array Labs space radar test rig
Here she is after acing our first test drive, with the rig mated to the trailer
We are almost ready to hit the road... See you soon Utah 🫡
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Today, we’re thrilled to announce the appointment of Dr. Simone D'Amico as a Technical Advisor to Array Labs.
As the Founding Director of @Stanford's Space Rendezvous Laboratory, Simone pioneered concepts that have enabled formation flying, satellite swarming, and autonomous proximity operations missions. Simone's decades of experience advising space agencies and leading innovative satellite missions make him perfectly suited to guide Array's efforts in precision formation flight.
Simone literally wrote the book on these topics … no, scratch that, he's the person who conceptualized these complex orbital maneuvers, then willed them into reality, and then proved them out in space, many times over.
Array Labs’ success is predicated on the proven science and techniques behind precision formation flight. With our vision for orbital rings of cooperative, formation-flying radar satellites, we’re standing on the shoulders of giants.
Needless to say, we’re very excited to formally work alongside Simone and learn from him – being a quick stroll away from his office at Stanford doesn’t hurt, either.
Welcome to the team, Simone.
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"By capturing imagery of the same place from different perspectives, the company hopes to capture a full, high-resolution 3D digital record of the world."
Array Labs is in @TechCrunch today. Read on for details into our vision.
Thanks @breadfrom for the great writeup!
Array Labs is scanning the Earth from space to equip autonomous vehicles with 3D maps tcrn.ch/3rSBUhe by @breadfrom
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For those who won't be in the Beehive State in a couple weeks, follow us here for updates on our journey eastward. And stay tuned for more from us soon!
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For anyone who will be in town for the Small Satellite Conference (SmallSat), we'd love to host you for food, drinks, and an exclusive hardware preview. RSVP using the link below:
lu.ma/arrayday
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Sound on 🔉
T-minus 7 days till @ArrayLabs rig reveal
See you soon, Smallsat…
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Over the last few weeks at YC, we’ve conducted more than 60 customer interviews with potential customers and secured soft commitments totaling over $100M in annual revenue.
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We’re honored to be a part of this community and would love to thank our group partners Jared, Aaron, JJ, Surbhi, and Ashu for all their help and support.
To schedule a meeting, please reach out to:
founders@arraylabs.io
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Join us next Tuesday the 8th if you’ll be in town and want to see our space radar test range up close and personal: lu.ma/arrayday
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