Use the vantage point of space.

We have developed a standardized satellite platform that can be configured to fly any customer mission. With our own hardware and software abstraction layers on top of a commodity satellite bus, our platform is truly turnkey and plug-and-play.

Loft offers our customers unbeatable speed-to-orbit by removing the non-recurring engineering that is the root cause of schedule unpredictability and cost overruns. We bypass typical aerospace lead times by maintaining an inventory of fully assembled satellite platforms at our Integration and Test facility in Golden, CO. 

Loft handles all elements of the process of deploying and operating space infrastructure on the customer’s behalf, so that customers can focus their time and resources entirely on their mission.

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Mission-agnostic infrastructure

We fly any payload that fits within any standard satellite platform. Many customers also deploy virtual, or software-only, missions directly to our satellites to process and analyze data to support near-real time decision making.

Diverse customer base

We partner with organizations across the space economy:
from commercial space startups, to established aerospace and defense primes, to cloud and AI companies, to government agencies all over the world.

Global presence

We have a diverse and international team from all over the world. We operate in three locations:
San Francisco, California
Golden, Colorado
Toulouse, France

Why Loft?

Simplicity

Our hardware and software abstraction layers, the Hub and Cockpit, remove the complexity of space missions.

Speed to orbit

We have an inventory of pre-assembled satellite platforms and pre-booked launches, so that we're ready when you are.

Reliability

We leverage commodity satellite buses with the proven heritage of over 600 copies on-orbit.

Our core values

Wear the customer’s shoes

We feel the weight of the trust that our customers place in us and commit to always doing right by them, with transparency and responsiveness.

Have each other’s backs

We look out for each other and have a deeply collaborative work environment. Professionalism, respect and kindness for each-other are non-negotiable at Loft.

A beginner's mind

We don’t just accept the status quo – we seek truth and aim to bring the best of traditional and new space to Loft.

High standards

We take pride in what we ship, because we know there is little margin for error in space.

Work with a team that is changing how the world gets to space.

A brief history of Loft

2024

TECHNOLOGY ADVANCES

Loft enters XPRIZE Wildfire to let anyone join the fight against wildfires

2024

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YAM-6: The Rise of the Virtual Mission

2023

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Hyperspectral startup Wyvern signs on to fly with Loft Orbital next year | TechCrunch

2023

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‎Pathfinder: Space Infrastructure as a Service, with Pierre-Damien Vaujour (Loft Orbital)

2023

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Ball taps Loft and Microsoft for SDA NExT program

2023

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Loft Orbital orders 15 more buses from Airbus OneWeb Satellites

2023

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Loft Orbital creates new subsidiary for government and defense

2022

TECHNOLOGY ADVANCES

EarthDaily taps Loft Orbital to build and operate $150 million constellation

2022

TECHNOLOGY ADVANCES

Scientific Systems Company, Inc (SSCI) Conducts Initial Demonstrations of AI-Enabled Edge-Based Processing On-Orbit for the Space Development Agency

2021

TECHNOLOGY ADVANCES

Space infrastructure company Loft Orbital raises $140 million from BlackRock and others

2021

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Loft Orbital’s ‘Rideshare’ Sats: Take An Uber To Space – Breaking Defense

2020

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Investor Calls Loft Orbital the “Amazon Web Services of Space” – Via Satellite

2019

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Loft Orbital raises $13 million as it prepares to bulk buy satellite buses

2017

TECHNOLOGY ADVANCES

Loft Orbital is launching a specialty service that leases space on satellites