Albedo Timeline

Events

• 2026-04-07 - Product Launch - Albedo announces Vicinity high-power VLEO bus for 2027 mission - Vicinity adds deployable solar arrays and Gen-2 flight software to the flight-proven Precision bus lineage. The bus is designed for payloads including synthetic-aperture radar, electronic warfare and direct-to-device communications. Albedo scheduled the… - source: albedo.com
• 2026-01-23 - Capability - Clarity-1 validates Albedo VLEO bus before contact loss - Measured drag performance beat the design target by 12% and supported a five-year average lifespan model at 275 kilometres. Atomic-oxygen-resistant solar arrays maintained power generation as the satellite descended deeper into VLEO. The mission validated… - source: albedo.com
• 2025-08-01 - Contract Award - NRO awards Albedo Stage II commercial-imagery contract - The Stage II award enables NRO to buy Albedo 10 cm visible and 2 m thermal IR data from Clarity-1. The award expands Albedo's commercial-data relationship with U.S. defense and intelligence customers. - source: albedo.com
• 2025-03-17 - Deployment - Albedo Clarity-1 satellite launches and makes first contact - The satellite launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base on the Transporter-13 rideshare mission. Albedo said Clarity-1 sent telemetry and received commands about four hours after separation. - source: businesswire.com
• 2025-03-03 - Contract Award - Albedo selected for $12 million AFRL STRATFI contract - Albedo was selected for a Strategic Funding Increase opportunity worth up to $12 million with the Air Force Research Laboratory. The contract covers operational VLEO data and analysis for U.S. Government space capability development. Albedo said the work… - source: businesswire.com
• 2024-01-23 - Funding - Albedo raises $35 million Series A-1 led by Standard Investments - The financing brought Albedo's total funding to $97 million. Booz Allen Ventures, Cubit Capital, Bill Perkins, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Shield Capital, Initialized Capital and Y Combinator participated. The capital supports commercial automation and… - source: businesswire.com
• 2023-12-05 - Contract Award - NRO awards Albedo electro-optical capabilities contract - The National Reconnaissance Office awarded Albedo a Strategic Commercial Enhancements contract for commercial electro-optical imaging capabilities. The award placed Albedo among commercial providers selected for NRO electro-optical imagery evaluation. The… - source: businesswire.com
• 2023-06-08 - Facility Opening - Albedo opens Denver-area satellite manufacturing facility - Albedo opened a Denver-area facility for building, assembling, integrating and testing its VLEO satellites. The facility covers about 10,000 square feet and supports work on Albedo's first satellite. Albedo said the site can support simultaneous construction… - source: albedo.com
• 2023-04-27 - Contract Award - Albedo wins U.S. Air Force nighttime thermal-imaging contract - The contract supports evaluation of 2-meter thermal infrared imagery for U.S. Government nighttime use cases. The work is tied to Albedo's planned VLEO imaging satellite constellation. - source: businesswire.com