Albedo
Albedo is an industrial company specializing in aviation and space, focusing on building a satellite constellation to provide high-resolution visible and thermal imagery. Based in Denver, CO, and Austin, TX, the company aims to launch its satellites into very low Earth orbit (VLEO) by 2025.
Services
Albedo provides high-resolution satellite imagery with a focus on both visible and thermal data. Their imagery boasts a resolution 9x higher than the current best available. The company offers a quick capture-to-delivery latency of 30 minutes through a cloud-centric delivery pipeline. This service includes the option to download, stream, and push the data directly to users' cloud storage. Albedo also provides analysis-ready data, eliminating the need for time-consuming data processing.
Company Locations
Albedo operates out of two main locations in the United States: Denver, Colorado and Austin, Texas. Their team consists of 45 members and they support partial remote working options. The company serves regions including the United States, America/Canada, and supports remote or partly remote operations.
Industry and Sub-Industry
Albedo is part of the Industrials sector, specifically within the Aviation and Space sub-industry. The company is actively working on building a satellite constellation to gather ultra high-resolution visible and thermal imagery.
Technical Specifications
Albedo's satellites are designed to be launched into Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO) by 2025. They feature a native panchromatic GSD of 10 cm, native multispectral GSD of 40 cm, and thermal long-wave infrared (LWIR) GSD of 2.0 m. The spectral bands covered range from 400 - 700 nm for visible light and 7.5 - 13.5 microns for thermal imaging. The system offers geolocation accuracy (CE90) of 5.0 m for nadir and 7.0 m for 30° off-nadir. Each satellite has a revisit rate of every 15 days, and the full constellation achieves an average of 1.5 revisits per day for latitudes less than 53°.
Y-Combinator Participation
Albedo was a part of the Y-Combinator W21 batch. This participation has played a role in the company's development and growth in the high-resolution satellite imagery market.
