Loft Orbital

Loft Orbital operates a satellite-as-a-service platform that enables organizations to deploy and manage payloads in low Earth orbit without building or operating dedicated spacecraft. The company uses its Hub universal payload adapter to provide standardized power, data, and mechanical interfaces between customer sensors and commodity satellite buses sourced from partners including Airbus OneWeb Satellites and LeoStella. Mission operations are handled through Cockpit, a web-based software platform that allows customers to task sensors and monitor payloads via UI or API.

Service offerings span three categories: Physical Missions for deploying hardware payloads on dedicated, rideshare, or constellation configurations; On-Orbit AI for running software and AI applications on edge computing resources aboard Loft satellites; and the Altair constellation, a planned 10-satellite AI-enabled multi-sensor system for near-real-time change monitoring. Loft Federal, a FOCI-mitigated subsidiary, serves US national security customers. Through Orbitworks, a joint venture with Marlan Space, the company operates a satellite manufacturing facility in Abu Dhabi. Integration and test facilities are maintained in Golden, Colorado and Toulouse, France, with headquarters in San Francisco.