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Albedo

@Albedo

Jan 23

Team ripped for 9 months straight. Full mission breakdown + lessons learned👇

Clarity-1: What Worked, and Where We Go Next

On March 14, 2025, Albedo's first satellite, Clarity-1, launched on SpaceX Transporter-13. We took a big swing with our pathfinder. The mission goals: Prove sustainable orbit operations in VLEO — an...

Albedo

@Albedo

Jan 9, 2025

Introducing Clarity-1: The first satellite designed to operate commercially in VLEO, redefining the limits of image resolution from space.

Albedo

@Albedo

Mar 15, 2025

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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Albedo

@Albedo

Dec 14, 2021

Very happy to announce that we have been granted an official license from NOAA to sell 10cm satellite imagery commercially!

Albedo wins license to sell 10-centimeter imagery

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.

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Albedo

@Albedo

Apr 22, 2021

We're thrilled to announce our $10M seed round led by @Initialized - appreciate the coverage @alex!

techcrunch.com

Satellite imagery startup Albedo closes $10M seed round | TechCrunch

While most startups today are creating software, not every upstart enterprise is taking a code-only approach to building a business. Some of today's most

Albedo

@Albedo

Mar 31, 2022

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.

Albedo

@Albedo

Jan 9, 2025

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.

Albedo

@Albedo

Mar 13, 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

Albedo

@Albedo

Sep 7, 2022

We are thrilled to announce our $48M Series A co-led by @Breakthrough Energy Ventures and @ShieldCapVC. It’s time to build!

Albedo announces $48 million Series A funding round

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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Albedo

@Albedo

Dec 5, 2023

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 🎆

National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) Awards Albedo Electro-Optical Capabilities Contract

From businesswire.com

Albedo

@Albedo

Jan 23, 2024

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…

Albedo

@Albedo

Dec 3, 2024

Replying to @nikthehat

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!