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Albedo Expands Strategic Advisory Board

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Monday, March 11, 2024
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Albedo , the first company to offer aerial quality imagery from space - enabled by the new orbit frontier of VLEO (very low earth orbit) - today announced the expansion of its Strategic Advisory Board to include LTG Patrick O’Reilly, US Army (Ret) , and Rick Ambrose joining as members.

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  • Albedo , the first company to offer aerial quality imagery from space - enabled by the new orbit frontier of VLEO (very low earth orbit) - today announced the expansion of its Strategic Advisory Board to include LTG Patrick O’Reilly, US Army (Ret) , and Rick Ambrose joining as members.
  • LTG O’Reilly is fully embedded in the Shield Capital Venture Investments firm’s team in accordance with the L3Harris / Shield Capital strategic partnership.
  • “Albedo is making access to affordable, high-resolution, space imagery that will shape both the military and commercial markets,” said LTG O’Reilly.
  • In addition to his impressive achievements at Lockheed Martin, Rick served as the Chair of the Board at Sandia National Laboratories and United Launch Alliance (ULA); he currently serves as a director on the Textron Board of Directors.

Albedo Raises $35M to Commercialize Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO)

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Tuesday, January 23, 2024
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Albedo , the first company to offer aerial quality imagery from space - enabled by the new orbit frontier of VLEO (very low earth orbit) - today announced a $35M Series A-1 financing round led by Standard Investments , bringing the company’s total funding to $97M.

Key Points: 
  • Albedo , the first company to offer aerial quality imagery from space - enabled by the new orbit frontier of VLEO (very low earth orbit) - today announced a $35M Series A-1 financing round led by Standard Investments , bringing the company’s total funding to $97M.
  • Scene content, such as vehicles present and an operating gas compressor, are examples of possible activity indicators.
  • In addition, Ben Sampson, Managing Director of Standard Investments, will join the Albedo Board of Directors.
  • By rethinking the traditional approach to earth observation satellites, namely developing a stable, agile platform to operate at very low altitudes, Albedo is able to collect data at an exquisite quality with cost-effective, mid-sized satellites.

National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) Awards Albedo Electro-Optical Capabilities Contract

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Tuesday, December 5, 2023
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Albedo will collaborate closely with NRO to provide both near and long-term EO remote sensing capabilities via modeling, simulation, and data evaluation.

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  • Albedo will collaborate closely with NRO to provide both near and long-term EO remote sensing capabilities via modeling, simulation, and data evaluation.
  • This effort will conduct accuracy and quality assessments such as the National Imagery Interpretability Rating Scale (NIIRS), which measures the clarity of images from satellites.
  • Furthermore, Albedo also plans to provide Nighttime Imaging (NTI), Non-Earth Imaging (NEI), and video using its thermal LWIR sensor commercial capabilities.
  • Albedo also plans to fulfill ad-hoc product ordering and delivery requests from the NRO and their partners.

Albedo Raises $48M Series A to Capture the Highest Resolution Satellite Imagery

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Wednesday, September 7, 2022
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Albedo is developing very-low-earth-orbit (VLEO) satellites that will co-collect 10 centimeter (cm) optical imagery and 2 meter thermal infrared imagery.

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  • Albedo is developing very-low-earth-orbit (VLEO) satellites that will co-collect 10 centimeter (cm) optical imagery and 2 meter thermal infrared imagery.
  • The resolution of Albedos imagery is unprecedented in the commercial market and will enable applications that have been limited by lower resolution satellites or operational limitations of imagery collected from planes.
  • The Series A funding will enable the company to complete development of its first satellite and develop the software to support satellite operations and deliver imagery to users.
  • Albedo develops low flying satellites that collect visible and thermal imagery at the highest resolution commercially available.