Space infrastructure company providing standardized satellite platforms, turnkey hosted payload missions, and rideshare deployments to LEO for commercial, government, and institutional customers.
Space infrastructure company providing standardized satellite platforms, turnkey hosted payload missions, and rideshare deployments to LEO for commercial, government, and institutional customers.
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Suppliers & service providers to Loft Orbital
Exolaunch— customer · launch services · 1 more roles3 connectionsTell me more
Exolaunch supplies launch services to Loft Orbital satellites via SpaceX contracts through 2028.
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Exolaunch arranges and provides rideshare launch coordination services on SpaceX Falcon 9 missions for Loft Orbital satellites.
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Exolaunch publicly announced a contract to deliver Loft Orbital’s YAM‑3 payloads on a SpaceX rideshare and described integration/manifesting services used by Loft for that mission.
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MaiaSpace— launch services · mission user3 connectionsTell me more
Loft Orbital selected MaiaSpace to provide launch services for multiple missions from the Guiana Space Centre; the agreement secures access to Maia’s European launch solution for Loft Orbital’s hosted payload missions.
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MaiaSpace provides European launch services for multiple Loft Orbital missions starting in 2028 under a long-term agreement.
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Loft Orbital will use MaiaSpace to launch missions (hosted payloads/spacecraft) from French Guiana under a multi-mission agreement, making Loft Orbital a direct mission user of MaiaSpace launch services.
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SkyServe— customer / mission user2 connectionsTell me more
Independent reporting (SpaceNews) describes the Loft–SkyServe partnership where SkyServe’s STORM platform will be installed on Loft’s YAM-6/virtual-mission spacecraft for in-orbit AI-powered Earth observation applications (Loft as mission user of SkyServe’s software/hardware).
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SkyServe will supply and deploy its STORM onboard edge-AI platform on Loft Orbital spacecraft (Mission Denali), enabling real-time onboard processing of multi-sensor Earth observation data for Loft missions and their downstream customers.
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LeoStella— customer · customer / production agreement · 1 more roles3 connectionsTell me more
LeoStella builds small satellites for Loft Orbital as one of its key customers alongside BlackSky.
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LeoStella supplies satellite buses and production services to Loft Orbital under an extended production agreement, delivering payload-agnostic spacecraft for Loft’s hosted-infrastructure missions (contract extension announced publicly).
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LeoStella supplies LEO-100 and ESPA-class satellite buses to Loft Orbital for YAM missions and hosted payload deployments.
Ball Aerospace supplies prototype on-orbit data processing payload integrated and launched on Loft Orbital's YAM-5 mission (launched January 2023 aboard SpaceX rocket).
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Loft Orbital customers & supported companies
Hydrosat Inc.— customer · hosted operations partner · 3 more roles5 connectionsTell me more
Loft Orbital supplies hosted mission services and launch for Hydrosat's first thermal infrared imaging satellite on YAM-6.
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Hydrosat states VanZyl-1 was launched in August 2024 and is operated in partnership with Loft Orbital, indicating Loft provided hosted-operations and bus services for Hydrosat’s first satellite.
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Loft Orbital operates the spacecraft bus that carries Hydrosat's VanZyl-1 payload and provides hosted-satellite operations services for Hydrosat's first demonstrator (VanZyl-1), enabling Hydrosat to operate its thermal imaging payload in orbit (operational since the VanZyl-1 launch in August 2024).
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eoPortal documentation confirms VanZyl-1 was launched 16 Aug 2024 and is operated in partnership with Loft Orbital, indicating a direct operational relationship where Loft provides bus and/or operations support to Hydrosat’s payload.
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Loft Orbital supplies the YAM-7 microsatellite platform/bus and launch services for Hydrosat's first satellite (VanZyl-1/YAM-6), with agreement signed in December 2020 and launch in August 2024.
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EarthDaily Analytics— customer · hosted payload integration supplier2 connectionsTell me more
Loft Orbital supplies full turnkey services to build, launch, and operate a 10-satellite Earth observation constellation using Airbus-based platforms.
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EarthDaily identified Loft Orbital as lead partner and integrator for hosting EarthDaily payloads and managing mission integration activities, supplying hosted-payload mission integration services to EarthDaily's constellation program.
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SkyServe— customer · program partner / spacecraft host · 1 more roles3 connectionsTell me more
Loft Orbital supplies on-orbit hosting for SkyServe's STORM edge computing platform on YAM-6 for applications including wildfire tracking and carbon monitoring.
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Loft Orbital provides spacecraft hosting and virtual-mission spacecraft (e.g., YAM-6) that enable SkyServe to deploy and operate its STORM onboard edge-AI platform in orbit; announced multi-sensor hosting for SkyServe's Mission Denali (enabling SkyServe’s on-orbit deployments).
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SkyServe announced that it will deploy its STORM platform on Loft’s multi-sensor satellite for Mission Denali; Loft’s hosting capability is an enabling service for SkyServe’s on-orbit offering.
Loft Orbital supplies on-orbit hosting and edge processing for Little Place Labs' low-latency maritime domain awareness application on YAM-6.
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Loft Orbital is providing the YAM-6 spacecraft and mission hosting that Little Place Labs will use to take imagery and run on-orbit analytics (Loft supplies on-orbit platform and hosting for Little Place Labs’ software tests and demonstrations).
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Loft Orbital supplies on-orbit hosting, edge compute resources (including cameras, onboard processing, and inter-satellite links) for Little Place Labs to run its Orbitfy analytics; Loft’s YAM-6 spacecraft is being used to host and test Little Place Labs’ on-orbit processing and low-latency maritime domain awareness application.
Loft Federal (using Loft Orbital’s turnkey satellite platform and operations software) was selected by Ball Aerospace to perform spacecraft integration & testing, procure launch services, and operate SDA constellation elements, enabling SDA’s rapid delivery pipeline and on-orbit operations.
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Loft Orbital program partners
SmartSat CRC— platform / launch services supplier · program partner · 1 more roles3 connectionsTell me more
Loft Orbital provides on-orbit hosting and virtual mission capability that SmartSat CRC uses to deploy an edge-AI wildfire detection application; Loft supplies on-orbit infrastructure and mission operations that enable SmartSat to demonstrate and operate software payloads in orbit.
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Loft Orbital supplies on-orbit hosting and AI-enabled satellite platform for SmartSat CRC's wildfire detection application demonstration.
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SmartSat CRC supplies an AI-based wildfire detection application (software payload and models) that Loft Orbital will host on its virtual mission/on-orbit platform to demonstrate low-latency edge processing; the partnership demonstrates SmartSat operational payloads in Loft's on-orbit infrastructure (announced February 2026).
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Rocket Lab— supplier / supply chain partnerTell me more
Rocket Lab is named as a member of Loft Orbital’s announced 21‑partner supply chain for small 'condosat' missions, supplying launch and/or launch-adjacent services as part of Loft’s supplier ecosystem.
SSL (part of Maxar) is listed among the suppliers in Loft Orbital’s announced 21‑partner supply chain for small 'condosat' missions, providing spacecraft or subsystem supply and industrial capability to Loft’s missions.
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NASA— customer / contract award · customer / mission user / program partner2 connectionsTell me more
NASA awarded Loft Orbital an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for flight and payload integration services to support testing of technologies in relevant space environments, making NASA a direct customer of Loft’s mission-integration capabilities.
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Loft Orbital supplies hosted payload satellite infrastructure and mission operations to NASA organizations, and has supported JPL software/AI imagery analysis missions by hosting software-enabled payloads and sensors on Loft satellites (Loft described JPL AI software missions and published associated work).
Little Place Labs supplies and deploys its Orbitfy onboard analytics applications to Loft Orbital’s spacecraft (Loft will host and run LPL’s applications on its nodes to deliver low-latency maritime domain awareness and other insights), per Loft’s announcement of the collaboration.
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