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NASA Puts Google’s Gemma Large Language Model in Orbit

AI in orbit: The next evolution of compute infrastructure

Loft Expands Commoditized Satellite Bus Inventory for Rapid Constellation Deployments – Combined orders total 50 satellites from 5 suppliers across 2 continents

More Longbow platforms and new Apex Nova bus procurements expand Loft’s shelf-ready inventory, reinforcing a model built on automated fleet management and mission integration, not bus manufacturing. Loft announced the procurement of 10 new Longbow satellites and the availability of a larger, high-powered satellite platform, expanding our inventory to meet growing customer demand. This reflects [...]

Loft Orbital to test AI models on spacecraft for Earth observation

Loft Orbital Selected by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory to Deploy Artificial Intelligence Software for Earth Science Applications

JPL to leverage Loft’s AI-enabled, on-orbit infrastructure to support NASA Earth observation research objectives. Today, Loft announced an agreement with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) to host and fly demonstrations of JPL artificial intelligence (AI) software on Loft’s AI-enabled space infrastructure. The demonstrations, part of the Federated Autonomous MEasurement (FAME) project funded by NASA’s Earth [...]

EarthDaily Advancing Daily Global Measurement of Planetary Change with Six Satellites Launched

Loft Signs Strategic Contract with CNES to Provide Access to Next Generation Earth Observation Capabilities

Loft, in partnership with Magellium Artal Group, today announced the signing of a multi-year contract worth up to tens of millions of euros by the French Space Agency (CNES) for the deployment of a next-generation Earth observation constellation. As part of the France 2030 program, the constellation will provide rapid revisit and faster access to [...]

Loft and EarthDaily Analytics Mark Record Launch with Six Satellites

Loft Orbital (“Loft”), a global space infrastructure company, and EarthDaily Analytics (“EarthDaily”), a premier provider of end-to-end Earth observation solutions, today announced a milestone mission planned for this quarter that will see six EarthDaily satellites deployed on a single launch. This mission marks a major step in the full deployment of EarthDaily’s constellation, and will [...]

Startup Loft Orbital is Launching AI-Powered Satellites this Fall

Loft and SmartSat CRC Partner to Demonstrate Wildfire Detection Application Onboard AI-enabled Satellite

Loft today announced it has signed a contract with the SmartSat Cooperative Research Centre (SmartSat CRC) to deploy a wildfire detection application to Loft’s on-orbit satellites. The project will serve as a high-tech demonstration of near real-time, software-based wildfire detection from low Earth orbit. This mission is designed to validate the software’s functionality and performance [...]