SAN FRANCISCO – Earth remark startup Albedo is expanding its staff and facilities in Colorado.
In preparation for launching its first satellite into very low Earth orbit to gather high resolution optical and thermal imagery in 2025, Albedo is hiring.
“We’ve gone from the low 20s initially of the yr to over 40 and we’re still growing,” Albedo CEO Topher Haddad told
Albedo announced the opening June 8 of a Broomfield, Colorado, facility large enough to construct three to 4 satellites concurrently.
“Having a dedicated facility to construct, assemble, integrate and test our satellites will give us more fine-grained control over our production schedule and the operational leverage to react faster to any and all challenges we may face,” Haddad said in a press release.
Progress Made
Albedo, founded in 2020, raised $48 million in a Series A funding round in 2022. The corporate has won two Small Business Innovation Research contracts valued at a $1.25 million apiece.
“I’m excited to see the tremendous progress that Albedo is making towards their quest to supply rapid delivery and accessibility to the very best resolution satellite imagery thus far,” retired Vice Adm. Robert Sharp, former director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and a member of Albedo’s strategic advisory board, said in a press release. “The use cases for the sort of capability are limitless and can greatly profit humanity.”
Albedo plans to assemble visible imagery with a resolution of 10 centimeters per pixel and thermal infrared imagery with a resolution of two meters per pixel. To make thermal imagery easier to research, Albedo will “sharpen” it by combining it with the visual imagery of the identical location.
“There’s a number of demand for the imagery that the satellites will collect,” Haddad said. “Once we’ve got six satellites, we’ll have every day revisit. That might be a giant milestone for the constellation.”
Albedo also unveiled a brand new website June 8.