Albedo

TBPN politely asked us how we're going to make money - and Topher Haddad delivered. - Albedo Reserve has 22 signed customers, a majority of those being commercial - Clarity-1's imaging over the US has sold out 🇺🇸 - Our 𝑷𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 bus is the platform for unlocking the highest resolution data, in a proliferated and exquisite manner for National Security.

Keeping the party going post Clarity-1 launch, Topher Haddad flew straight to DC to share the excitement at Manifest Demo Day! Alongside 34 other companies - of which, Albedo was 1 of 2 space companies - we had the incredible opportunity to present to 200 investors, 120 acquisition leaders, 80 warfighters, and 60 primes. The future of America is in good hands 🦅🇺🇸🫡 Huge shoutout to Landon Bell and Mike S. for an outstanding event.

In the three days since launching Clarity-1, we have: - Established first contact, confirming command transmit and telemetry received (sound up to for the 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍𝒔 🥹) - Transitioned to Protect Mode, a VLEO-specific version of the traditional safe mode - Successfully commissioned our precision VLEO bus hardware, confirmed by our mission data of Clarity-1 tracking Pretoria, South Africa! (see comments) Our team is absolutely ripping and living 𝑯𝒊𝒈𝒉 𝑺𝒑𝒆𝒆𝒅, 𝑳𝒐𝒘 𝑫𝒓𝒂𝒈. Stay tuned for more Clarity-1 updates! ✨

And another update! 14 hours after launch, Clarity-1 is now in Protect Mode - a version of traditional safe mode with a bunch of extras for the unique VLEO environment Internal estimates were 4 days to achieve this! Closed-loop control algorithms to slew with our CMGs, flight software functionality, and lots more in our Precision bus is working perfectly High Speed, Low Drag The vibes in Bedo-Mission Control are all-time

We have made contact with Clarity-1! 🗣️ After our deployment at approximately 1:49 am MT, we successfully made first contact with Clare approximately 3 hours later at 5:11 am MT. Commands and telemetry are flowing; all systems nominal. Our Mission Operations team will continue to commission Clarity-1 over the next couple of weeks. Stay locked in for updates! First contact, first mission, first satellite that will operate in VLEO - whole lotta firsts🥇

Last night was the most incredible night of my life - watching Clarity-1 launch into orbit with SpaceX So much emotion and pride behind such a monumental Albedo team. The mission has just begun, but our people and our moments like these are the true inspiration and the success I treasure. Keep tuned for Clarity-1 updates as we make our way to VLEO and the highest resolution commercial imagery ever collected. Let’s go!! 🚀🫶✨

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: https://lnkd.in/gSP78BHJ

Clarity-1 is ready for 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒘𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 ✨ Final moments at the payload integration facility resulted in some pretty slick and equally heart-warming photos. Next stop: VLEO 🚀🫡

Last Friday, we managed to take a few hours away from the busyness of launch prep to celebrate getting Clarity-1 to the launchpad. Our team doesn't need much help get the good times rolling, but some launch jackets may have helped 😏 Look good, feel good, launch good 🚀

Shoutout to Eric Berger for covering the upcoming launch of Clarity-1 and breaking the news - Albedo has been selected for a $12M STRATFI opportunity by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL)! We're excited to provide AFRL with Albedo's unique dataset to inform how U.S. Government space capabilities can operate effectively in VLEO. https://lnkd.in/ggbB4mbU