Loft Orbital (YAM)

• YAM-3 mission launching in 2020 and the YAM-4 mission launching in 2021.

• YAM-2 — short for Yet Another Mission — will carry five payloads: an Internet of Things telecom payload for Eutelsat; a methane sensor for Orbital Sidekick; a satellite positioning payload for Fugro; an imager for the UAE government; and a blockchain payload for SpaceChain.
• Software Beyond the Stratosphere: Loft Orbital Launches World’s First Commercial Ride-Share Satellites, 2021-07-13.
• Loft Orbital wins Space Force contract for edge computing in space, 2021-05-05.
• Ordered another batch of small satellite buses from LeoStella after securing undisclosed customers looking to fly payloads in 2023.
• Industry first: Loft Orbital signs agreement with Airbus to procure more than fifteen Arrow satellite platforms.
• Ground-breaking ‘Space Infrastructure As a Service’ provider Loft Orbital is partnering with LEO communication specialist Addvalue to offer rapid, secure and simplified access to space, enhanced by always available end-user access. As part of this partnership, Loft Orbital has procured multiple Inter-satellite Data Relay Systems (IDRS™). The first Loft Orbital program to feature IDRS is YAM-6, which will launch in Q4 2023.
• Loft Orbital orders 15 more buses from Airbus OneWeb Satellites, SpaceNews, 2023-04-06.
• Supporting Leonardo DRS's MUSIR (Multiband Uncooled SmallSat Imaging Radiometer) on YAM-5, which launched in January 2023. MUSIR is a demonstration mission for NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration that is testing a new technique for measuring Earth's temperature from space.
• Ball Aerospace successfully powered and launched a prototype payload on January 3, 2023, on Loft Orbital's (Loft) YAM-5 mission aboard a SpaceX rocket. The payload is functioning as planned and is equipped with Ball Aerospace-built Linux-based software, which features containerized applications that can be changed on-orbit, as well as real-time data processing functions.
• Ball taps Loft and Microsoft for SDA NExT program, SpaceNews, 2023-04-11.
• LeoStella delivered its third satellite to Loft Orbital Solutions. The spacecraft is the 20th satellite manufactured by LeoStella since its formation in 2019.

Loft Orbital deploys space infrastructure as a service, providing rapid, reliable, and simplified access to space.