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.

RT @TopherHaddad: Here we go 🫡

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RT @immad: What does it take to get a satellite to space today?. @TopherHaddad, CEO of @Albedo, just broke down something that would have s….

RT @dansgoldin: If you're obsessing over only LEO and Mars, this weekend I want you to learn about VLEO. The head honchos at @Albedo: @To….

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 👇 .

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

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 🚀.

“we got it”. Live footage of the team making first contact after Clarity-1 launch two weeks ago. All time vibes.

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 💪.

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.

Need the in-person version soon. The brothers podding in full bunny suits in a satellite cleanroom would go crazy.

RT @tbpn: We asked @TopherHaddad to break down what @Albedo does. "We started 2020 in @ycombinator.". "Albedo builds satellites that fly i….

exquisite low cost.capabilities satellites . 🤝. Albedo. Bringing back the American defense industrial base, one VLEO satellite at a time 🇺🇸

Actual mission data powering this visual. Precision hardware and pointing algorithms are a GO ✅🎯. Team is absolutely ripping. Stay tuned for more updates.

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

RT @TopherHaddad: Fantastic event put on by @lk_bell & @MikeSlagh - all the defense-tech demos were incredible. We dropped the latest commi….

RT @garrytan: YC is the YC for hard tech.

RT @livingamilehigh: Last night was the most incredible night of my life - watching Clarity-1 launch via @SpaceX. So much emotion and pri….

RT @TopherHaddad: The biggest news yet. 14 hours after launch, Clarity-1 is now in Protect Mode - a version of traditional safe mode with a….

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🥇

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: