Seamlessly deploy and run applications on Loft’s fleet of LEO satellites.
Virtual Missions provide a new path to orbit for established space operators and burgeoning startups alike who want to leverage sensing, compute, and connectivity resources already in space.
These missions allow customers to build, test, and deploy software applications in space without ever needing to navigate the complexity of developing and launching hardware.
Powerful onboard compute resources support AI/ML processing at the edge to enable low-latency object detection for applications such as vessel detection, asset monitoring, and border security.
A variety of on-orbit imagers paired with edge processing capabilities enable Earth sensing applications such as wildfire detection, vegetation monitoring, and deforestation tracking.
Virtual Mission customers are using Loft’s in-space infrastructure to develop and test a range of applications including cybersecurity tools, compression algorithms, and autonomy software.
Loft’s virtual mission platform provides an end-to-end framework for developing, testing, and deploying software applications onto Loft’s fleet of satellites.
Customers partner with Loft’s mission managers to set up a secure development environment in Loft’s cloud-based platform where applications are validated on a virtual test bench and prepared for deployment onto one of Loft’s satellites.
Ultimate Edge is Loft’s cloud-based continuous integration (CI) and continuous delivery (CD) platform which provides customers a realistic sandbox for application development and testing – ensuring that all application code smoothly interacts with satellite hardware prior to deployment.
Following application deployment, Cockpit mission control allows customers to task payloads onboard Loft’s satellites via an intuitive web-based UI, enabling users with no prior satellite operations experience to task payloads on demand. Advanced operators can integrate Cockpit into existing tools via API.
Take advantage of sensing, compute, and connectivity resources already in space by deploying your applications on Loft’s fleet of satellites. Each satellite carries a unique combination of imagers, software defined radios, CPUs, GPUs, and connectivity resources to support your mission.
Task a wide range of sensors including: Panchromatic, Thermal Infrared, Multispectral VNIR, and Hyperspectral VNIR sensors.
Each spacecraft is equipped with a configurable RF payload that provides RF reception coverage across UHF, L-Band, S-Band, and more.
High-powered CPUs and GPUs allow customers to run data and processing-heavy AI apps at the edge – unlocking low-latency insights when you need them.
Access dozens of global ground stations to support a range of mission requirements or leverage an inter-satellite link for near real-time connectivity.
We collaborate closely with your team to understand your application’s needs and establish the Mission Service Level Agreement (SLA) and schedule.
Loft’s Virtual Mission Managers then help you understand which of Loft’s on-orbit resources are best suited to support your mission.
Loft’s virtual mission platform, Ultimate Edge, provides a containerized, cloud-based environment replicating the edge processing framework found on our satellites.
Test your application on a virtual test bench that mimics all of the software and hardware interactions on the satellite – ensuring that your application runs smoothly onboard the satellite prior to deployment.
Loft then independently validates that the application is ready for flight.
We deploy your application directly to one or more of Loft's satellites. Once deployed, we commission your application and ensure its ready to start leveraging the available on-orbit resources.
Start executing data collection using Cockpit mission control and leverage onboard compute to apply AI/ML at the edge. Downlink insights via our global ground station network or reduce latency and rapidly downlink data via inter-satellite link.
Little Place Labs is deploying software to Loft’s YAM-6 satellite to pair their cutting-edge analytics with Loft’s space infrastructure and enhance maritime domain awareness under a US Air Force Phase 2 STTR.
SkyServe’s Mission Denali will deploy SkyServe’s STORM in-space edge computing platform on Loft’s space infrastructure. SkyServe STORM will leverage multispectral and hyperspectral data from Loft’s YAM-6 satellite.
Scientific Systems Company, Inc. (SSCI) successfully conducted initial demonstrations of its AI-enabled edge processing system onboard Loft’s YAM-3 satellite as part of the Prototype On-Orbit Experimental Testbed (POET) experiment for the Space Development Agency (SDA).
Read more about how Helsing has successfully deployed advanced AI for near real-time onboard radio frequency signal intelligence using Loft’s YAM-6 satellite.
