Albedo Archives - SpaceNews https://spacenews.com Covering the business and politics of space Wed, 12 Jun 2024 02:40:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 https://spacenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/cropped-SN_forza_star-32x32.png Albedo Archives - SpaceNews https://spacenews.com 32 32 80681979 Albedo to loft Clarity to very low orbit in early 2025 https://spacenews.com/albedo-to-loft-clarity-to-very-low-orbit-in-early-2025/ https://spacenews.com/albedo-to-loft-clarity-to-very-low-orbit-in-early-2025/#respond Wed, 12 Jun 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=442391

Albedo announced plans June 12 to send its first phone-booth-size satellite into very low Earth orbit early next year.

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Booz Allen Ventures makes its first space investment https://spacenews.com/booz-allen-ventures-makes-its-first-space-investment/ https://spacenews.com/booz-allen-ventures-makes-its-first-space-investment/#respond Tue, 23 Jan 2024 17:50:20 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=230397

Booz Allen’s venture capital arm chose remote-sensing startup Albedo as its first investment in a space company because of its potential to transform intelligence gathering.

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Albedo raises $35 million for commercial very low Earth orbit constellation https://spacenews.com/albedo-raises-35-million-for-commercial-very-low-earth-orbit-constellation/ https://spacenews.com/albedo-raises-35-million-for-commercial-very-low-earth-orbit-constellation/#respond Tue, 23 Jan 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=230164

Earth observation startup Albedo raised $35 million to build and launch its first high-resolution satellite into very low Earth orbit.

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NRO signs agreements with five  commercial suppliers of electro-optical imagery https://spacenews.com/nro-signs-agreements-with-five-commercial-suppliers-of-electro-optical-imagery/ https://spacenews.com/nro-signs-agreements-with-five-commercial-suppliers-of-electro-optical-imagery/#respond Tue, 05 Dec 2023 22:01:55 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=212849

The National Reconnaissance Office announced Dec. 5 it has signed agreements with five commercial providers of electro-optical satellite imagery, including four startups that are just starting to build out their constellations. 

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Thermal imagery sector heats up https://spacenews.com/thermal-imagery-sector-heats-up/ https://spacenews.com/thermal-imagery-sector-heats-up/#respond Tue, 11 Jul 2023 11:00:00 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=168030

British investment firm Seraphim Space surveyed the Earth observation sector a few years ago, categorizing startups by sensor type. Analysts determined that firms focused on electro-optical and synthetic aperture radar […]

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Albedo wins license to sell 10-centimeter imagery https://spacenews.com/albedo-wins-license-to-sell-10-centimeter-imagery/ Tue, 14 Dec 2021 14:00:50 +0000 https://dev-spacenews.pantheonsite.io/?p=122198

Earth observation startup Albedo was granted a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration license to sell commercial optical imagery with a resolution of 10 centimeters per pixel.

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Albedo raises $10 million for business to offer ultra-high-resolution Earth imagery https://spacenews.com/albedo-raises-10-million/ Thu, 22 Apr 2021 15:00:23 +0000 https://dev-spacenews.pantheonsite.io/?p=113600

Albedo, the space startup planning to offer Earth imagery with a resolution of 10 centimeters per pixel, raised $10 million in a seed funding round led by Initialized Capital.

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Startup Albedo focuses on 10-centimeter Earth imagery https://spacenews.com/introducing-albedo/ Mon, 25 Jan 2021 20:51:53 +0000 https://dev-spacenews.pantheonsite.io/?p=110424

Albedo, the latest space company to join the Y Combinator startup accelerator, plans to establish a satellite constellation offering Earth imagery with a resolution of 10 centimeters per pixel.

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