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Loft’s hardware and software technologies abstract away the complexities of traditional space missions to unlock the simple, rapid, and reliable deployment of customer missions at scale.

Loft's End-to-End Space Infrastructure Platform

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Mission Definition – Loft gathers customer mission requirements to define their mission.

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Mission Planning – Then we collaborate closely to establish the schedule, concept of operations (CONOPS), payload accommodation, and mission Service Level Agreement (SLA).

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Payload Validation – Loft’s HubKit is sent to the customer to provide flight-representative interfaces and software that are used to validate the payload to Hub interface and ensure seamless integration following payload delivery.

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Satellite Integration – The customer delivers their payload to Loft’s integration and test center, where it is integrated with the Hub universal payload adapter and an off-the-shelf bus to create a fully integrated satellite.

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Functional Testing – Loft engineers perform functional testing of the integrated satellite, verifying that all hardware and software function properly.

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Environmental Testing – The satellite is then put through rigorous in-house environmental testing (vibration, thermal, EMI, and EMC) to ensure it is ready for launch.

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Launch Vehicle Integration – Loft delivers the satellite to the launch site and supports integration with the launch vehicle. Loft also handles all insurance and spectrum licensing to further simplify the customer’s mission.

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Launch – The launch provider then delivers the satellite to orbit.

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Commissioning – The Loft team commissions the satellite, Hub, and customer payloads.

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Payload Tasking – Once their payload is commissioned, Loft provides the customer with access to our mission control software, Cockpit. The customer uses Cockpit to task their payload and execute their mission.

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Satellite Communication – Cockpit sends commands to the satellite through Loft’s global network of ground stations to support the customer’s latency, data volume, and security requirements.

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Data Collection + Processing – Now the satellite gets to work collecting data – with the Hub providing onboard compute and edge processing to support customer missions as needed.

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Data Downlink – The data is then downlinked via Loft’s global ground network.

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Data Delivery – The customer receives their payload and telemetry data at a customer-defined endpoint as soon as it reaches the ground.

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AI in Space

AI is advancing rapidly. Traditional satellites cannot keep up.

Loft’s ready AI-enabled space infrastructure is enabling customers to access and deploy AI applications directly on-orbit. Through high-powered edge processing, always-on connectivity, and multi-sensing capabilities, decision-makers have their questions answered in near real-time.

What We’re Flying Today
  • Four-node compute architectures for on-board processing
  • Real-time data relay antennas for always-on connectivity
  • Multi-sensing satellites for thorough monitoring
What’s Coming
  • The 10-satellite, AI-enabled, multi-sensor Altair constellation
  • The AI Marketplace built to support the deployment of on-orbit agents and AI-driven workflows

The AI Intelligence Space Layer

Learn how Loft is building the first open platform for space-native AI applications

Enabling Al

AI News

Loft Launches Dedicated AI for Space Business Unit to Develop On-Orbit AI Infrastructure

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Loft’s YAM-9 to Demonstrate New AI Compute Architecture in Space

News AI

YAM-9: Advancing Missions, Compute, and Innovation in Orbit

Core Technologies

Cockpit

Mission Control Software

Cockpit mission control offers intuitive payload tasking and monitoring through a secure, web-based UI that enables customers to seamlessly task on-orbit resources from across Loft’s fleet of LEO satellites.

Hub

Universal Payload Adapter

The Hub universal payload adapter is a hardware abstraction layer that enables Loft’s bus- and payload-agnostic approach to satellite missions. The Hub allows Loft to fly a wide variety of customer payloads on proven satellite buses without requiring any bus-level non-recurring engineering between missions.

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