Albedo

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. We’re proud to be sharing more with NASA about how we can help promote higher-frequency, lower-cost missions for domestic and international scientific objectives. The next few decades of collaborative public/private space exploration will be an exciting time, and we’re stoked to play a part in it! https://lnkd.in/gqWspe7V

Albedo's version of a gift wrapped under a tree 🎁🌲 Plus, a surprise appearance from a 𝑩𝒆𝒅𝒐 Christmas Elf!

Something about a white shipping container feels just right for the season - call it a little holiday magic ❄️🎄 Also big congrats to Wyatt Verret on being forklift certified 🫡

Dropping by with some exciting 𝓑𝓮𝓭𝓸 📸 🖼️ from the past few months: 1. Our custom VLEO solar arrays were baked in a large thermal vacuum chamber for 48 hours and carefully monitored to determine if we would hit our necessary outgassing rate requirements. We passed with flying colors 🌈 2. Topher Haddad telling investors to get in on Albedo now (!!) at the Payload Investor Summit before we take off 🚀😎 3. Close-up of final match drilling of our Precision VLEO spacecraft before its big reveal on See Clarity Day 4. To make sure we’ve put everything through its paces, we performed a dry run of our shipping container going out to the launch site by loading it and shipping it off through a variety of ecological zones surrounding Colorado. Shoutout to Jim for slapping a Tile on the container to track it 🔎 5. Definition of a hard-earned dollar: initial results of our ability to capture an image using our visible sensor, run it through all of our satellite’s electronics, packetize, encrypt, and transmit it via our radio, receive it on the ground to perform the inverse of all of that, and finally convert those bits into an actual image product.

Have you ever wondered how we're pulling this whole VLEO thing off? Without divulging proprietary company secrets, AyJay Lasater lays out the challenging environment of VLEO (solar flares, atomic oxygen, an ultra fast-paced environment - the drama!) and how Albedo solves the 10cm problem using first principles thinking. The result? Albedo's 𝑷𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎 spacecraft, a foundation for ultra-high resolution data collection, native and moulded to the VLEO domain.

ICYMI: Albedo does have an active Instagram 📸! Follow us on IG for spotlights of our simulated imagery and highlights of interesting places + phenomena around the world. Slightly different content than what we post on LinkedIn, but still the same Albedo 🤠 https://lnkd.in/gFFHkqe3

We are #hiring! We're looking for someone to create a lot of leverage for the team by balancing an efficient/modern IT set-up with our #defense tech compliance/security needs.

The full download of our Precision Platform spacecraft debut is live - read all about 𝑺𝒆𝒆 𝑪𝒍𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝑫𝒂𝒚 here. Learn about how all the separate pieces of stable mechanical design, precision hardware, and Albedo-flavored optimization algorithms unlock the key to commercializing VLEO. https://lnkd.in/gpDZrgvG

"We’re now completely sold out in the US until mid-2027"- Topher Haddad and remaining tasking availability is dwindling globally: https://albedo.com/reserve What is Albedo doing again?? We build and operate satellites that co-collect 10 cm/pixel visible imagery with 2 m/pixel thermal (LWIR) imagery. Native GSDs. ^ resolution comparable to that of imagery collected by planes, but we're doing it from space 🙃 We couldn’t be more excited about our initial customers and are stoked to see who all snags the rest of our remaining capacity. Be among the first commercial end users EVER to have access to this unprecedented dataset. Cheers! https://lnkd.in/gtBuW68c

If you're at TC Disrupt today and have been curious about the resurgence of defense startups - wow, do I have the talk for you? Check out Topher Haddad as he takes the stage with Rebecca Gevalt and Kai Kloepfer to chat about the renewed momentum behind the American defense industrial base!