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Building high-performance spacecraft for the new frontier of VLEO. Launched Clarity-1 in March 2025. Delivering exquisite imagery soon.
VLEO (Very Low Earth Orbit)
Joined December 2020
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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Spy Satellites, Road Cameras, Phone Trackers. How Alternative Data Companies Are Changing Investing.
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New Frontiers in Orbit: Building Imaging Satellites for VLEO (Very Low Earth Orbit) https://t.co/lsrlURr6uC
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What does it take to design, build, and launch satellites into one of space’s toughest orbits? @Albedo cofounder and CTO AyJay Lasater shares how physics-based design, in-house engineering, and unconventional problem-solving are guiding their mission — from rethinking designs to
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What does it take to get a satellite to space today? @TopherHaddad, CEO of @Albedo, just broke down something that would have sounded nearly impossible a decade ago: you can get a satellite to space for around $1 million in just a few months. This democratization of space
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If you're obsessing over only LEO and Mars, this weekend I want you to learn about VLEO. The head honchos at @Albedo: @TopherHaddad, Winston Tri and AyJay Lasater are 🪨🌟 founders. I have no personal biz association with them! I also want to personally say thank you to the
We’ve spent decades crowding LEO and chasing what lies beyond it. But few have ventured beneath — into a place we call VLEO (Very Low Earth Orbit). We’ve always known VLEO, being closer to Earth, offers better imagery resolution. That part was never in question. But VLEO’s
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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 👇 https://t.co/bRDWTR6x4E
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Clarity-1's agility is going to be so crucial for informing so many decisions here on Earth. See the video of how we'd hit energy, mining, defense, security, and humanitarian applications, all in a single pass over Africa. Our team has continued to push on-orbit software
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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 🚀 https://t.co/c61gunZ8Gn
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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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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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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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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 asked @TopherHaddad to break down what @Albedo does. "We started 2020 in @ycombinator." "Albedo builds satellites that fly in VLEO (Very Low Earth Orbit) and capture clear images." "It's a breakthrough in terms of the data quality and costs."
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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exquisite low cost capabilities satellites 🤝 Albedo Bringing back the American defense industrial base, one VLEO satellite at a time 🇺🇸
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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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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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Fantastic event put on by @lk_bell & @MikeSlagh - all the defense-tech demos were incredible We dropped the latest commissioning updates with a life-size Clarity on stage
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YC is the YC for hard tech
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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