Albedo

Albedo is looking at Mars! 👀 Thanks to a grant from NASA’s Mars Exploration Program, we will be studying how to adapt our Earth-imaging, VLEO satellites and space-ground software systems to image the surface of the Red Planet. We’re proud to be sharing more with NASA about how we can help promote higher-frequency, lower-cost missions for domestic and international scientific objectives. The next few decades of collaborative public/private space exploration will be an exciting time, and we’re stoked to play a part in it! https://lnkd.in/gqWspe7V

This past Monday, the Albedo team revealed our integrated VLEO spacecraft, the Precision Platform. This specialized bus represents the foundation of Albedo's approach to capturing ultra high-resolution imagery, commercializing VLEO, and is now ready for the final pre-launch milestones.   As part of the reveal, US Senator John Hickenlooper (CO) signed and built a section of Clarity-1's solar array! During his keynote, the Senator emphasized the "direct bearing" that Albedo's 10-centimeter imagery has on the National Security mission.    And, of course, the mic drop from Dan Goldin: "This is a really big deal, and you've done a really good thing, the whole team here. I don't think people understand the importance of VLEO, and its potential, because cost, performance, and safety are all involved"

3 years isn't a long time in space, but the momentum China has built up is impossible to ignore. Albedo firmly believes in our commercial value to various global industries, but also in the value of a US-based, innovative capability to the US government. We are confident large sats in VLEO will cement the US as a global leader in multiple categories, including EO and LWIR. Kudos to Kari Bingen, David Gauthier, and Madeleine Chang for putting this together!

A WWII-era tape recorder modded with an Arduino. What do poetry and SpongeBob have to do with testing? How the Earth Observation industry shares similarities with the Texas kolache industry. Why the right answer is always somewhere in the gray area. Crazy list of topics? All in a month's work for the Albedo team - read our October newsletter. https://lnkd.in/gHfcuBcx

Announcing the 𝑨𝒍𝒃𝒆𝒅𝒐 𝑯𝒐𝒕𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆! Ring us up at (855) IMG-10CM; that's 855-464-1026 for those of you born after the 90's.. Leave us a voicemail about the 10 cm application that's got you excited, get in contact with our team, or drop a note of encouragement. Who knows, we might even pick up the phone? 👀 And yes, we made the graphic below into a bumper sticker. Let us know in the comments if you want one.

NIIRS. Another acronym in the backlog of "I don’t know what this means but it’s far too late to ask”. Don't worry, Albedo's got you 😉 Read our blog post to get a primer on image quality and how the NIIRS scale helps to objectively quantify the subjective. Plus, what you can and cannot see at the different ratings - and what is impractical to do from space ($$$). You're on your own for the billion other acronyms, though.

Portfolio Job of the Week: Albedo is hiring. 📍 Denver, CO 💼 Senior electrical engineer and senior IT/security engineer. Apply here: https://lnkd.in/ev9TRJDb Albedo is developing low-flying satellites that will capture visible and thermal imagery at the highest resolution commercially available. Learn more: https://albedo.com/ Looking for other roles? Join the Initialized Talent Den so we can share your resume with our hiring companies: https://lnkd.in/emi5DpST

Quick question: Do you know what ITAR is? How about NIST 800-171? Well, I don't (Winston I'm kidding, don't bring this up in our 1:1 please). Regardless, I'm likely not a great candidate for our Senior IT / Security Engineer opening. But, if those terms are familiar to you and you've wanted to take all of your fancy IT/security experience and get into a space startup - nows your chance! We'll even help to relocate you to Denver! Apply here: https://lnkd.in/gQQtdnb7?1 #spacejobs

The first image we've officially captured with our visible sensor is of a dollar bill. If that isn't auspicious, I don't know what is? Read our September Newsletter for more Clarity-1 progress, fun photos, and what the infamous Whole Earth Catalog has to do with Albedo.

We are stoked to announce that Albedo has been approved and selected for funding by SpaceWERX for a Tactical Funding Increase (𝐓𝐀𝐂𝐅𝐈) Program! Albedo has been a dual-use company since Day 1, and we remain committed to fulfilling our mission of supporting national defense with our commercial technology. Albedo will study how Clarity-1 can enhance Space Domain Awareness of objects in multiple orbits, leveraging our thermal sensor and precision pointing capabilities. Bringing clarity not only on Earth, but also in space!