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Albedo
@Albedo
Full-stack VLEO systems. Flying today.
- Introducing Clarity-1: The first satellite designed to operate commercially in VLEO, redefining the limits of image resolution from space.
- 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🥇
00:00 - Very happy to announce that we have been granted an official license from NOAA to sell 10cm satellite imagery commercially!
- 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.
00:00 - What's hotter than 10cm imagery from Space? 2 meter thermal (LWIR) imagery, co-collected with 10cm visible imagery! albedo.com/post/things-ar… Read on for a demonstration of use cases with this novel dataset, and we'd love to hear more ideas from you.
- Replying to @Albedo- 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.
- 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
- We are thrilled to announce our $48M Series A co-led by @Breakthrough Energy Ventures and @ShieldCapVC. It’s time to build!
- 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
00:00 - 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 🎆
- 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/2024…
- Replying to @nikthehatHey 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!
