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Loft Orbital

San Francisco, California, United States · Space · Satellites & spacecraft / Platforms · Growth · loftorbital.com

Loft Orbital builds, integrates, launches, and operates satellite platforms for customer missions and constellations, including EarthDaily, Altair, and its 50-satellite AI constellation program.

Space 100 · rank 30 · score 79 →Edition: November 2026

Positioning

Loft Orbital is a US/France space-infrastructure-as-a-service unicorn whose YAM fleet has operated since 2021, with marquee proof including the first visual language model operated in orbit (with NASA JPL), a Microsoft Azure Space partnership, and a virtual-missions line running software on its fleet. Customers span EarthDaily, Wyvern, and a Honeywell/CSA quantum-encryption mission, and it has raised ~$330M (a $170M Series C in January 2025, Tikehau/BlackRock). Revenue is estimated at 10-100m.

Latest signals

  • Mistral AI models deployed on Loft Orbital satellites for Earth observationL'Usine Nouvelle
  • Mistral AI models deployed on Loft Orbital satellitesL'Usine Nouvelle
  • Loft Orbital and Marlan Space award $1 billion contract for 50 AI-equipped LEO satellitessatnews.com
  • Loft Orbital, Marlan Space, and OrbitWorks planned $1 billion for a 50-satellite AI constellation.Payload
  • Loft Orbital and Marlan Space finalized a $1 billion contract for 50 AI-equipped LEO satellites.Humanoids Daily

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Facts, with sources

  • Contract with Marlan Space for 50 AI-equipped LEO satellitesContract · satnews.com — 2026-09-13
  • Planned investment by Loft Orbital, Marlan Space, and Orbitworks for a 50-satellite AI constellationFunding round · Payload
  • AI-enabled imaging constellationProduct launch · SpaceNews
  • MaiaSpace selected as preferred launch partnerPartnership · Maddyness

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Scores, Space (of 10)

Deployment8
Production6
Commercials7
Progress9
Technology8
Positioning8
Firepower8
Leverage8

Traction: deployment, production, commercials, progress. Capability: technology, positioning, firepower, leverage.

Peers in Platforms

8Airbus Defence & Space · 8512Thales Alenia Space · 82.520Muon Space · 8122K2 Space · 80.523Millennium Space Systems · 8026The Exploration Company · 79.5

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Categories

SpaceSpace · Satellites & spacecraft / Platforms

Questions this page answers

What does Loft Orbital do?

Loft Orbital builds, integrates, launches, and operates satellite platforms for customer missions and constellations, including EarthDaily, Altair, and its 50-satellite AI constellation program. Loft Orbital is a US/France space-infrastructure-as-a-service unicorn whose YAM fleet has operated since 2021, with marquee proof including the first visual language model operated in orbit (with NASA JPL), a Microsoft Azure Space partnership, and a virtual-missions line running software on its fleet. Customers span EarthDaily, Wyvern, and a Honeywell/CSA quantum-encryption mission, and it has rai

Where does Loft Orbital rank in space?

Loft Orbital ranks 30 of 100 on the Space 100 (November 2026 edition) with a score of 79 out of 100, in Platforms (Satellites & spacecraft). Assessment by Frontier Tech Intelligence.

Who are Loft Orbital's peers in Platforms?

Airbus Defence & Space (rank 8), Thales Alenia Space (rank 12), Muon Space (rank 20), K2 Space (rank 22), Millennium Space Systems (rank 23), The Exploration Company (rank 26).

Where is Loft Orbital based and when was it founded?

Loft Orbital is based in San Francisco, California, United States. Stage: Growth.

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