The verified answer
As of Sep 2026, DEPLOY verifies Albedo Space: 1 model, 2 deployments across 1 region, $140.0M raised. 1 source back the record.
CategorySpace
Overview
American aerospace company developing Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO) satellites at 200-300 km altitude for defense, earth observation, and multi-orbit constellation applications. Founded in 2020 by Topher Haddad, AyJay Lasater, and Winston Tri. Raised approximately USD 140M total. Launched Clarity-1 satellite in March 2025 (580kg, 320km altitude); pivoted in October 2025 from commercial imagery to VLEO satellite bus manufacturing. USD 12M STRATFI contract from AFRL.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 2 deployments on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
Fundingsee investors →
First Satellite
Data & sources
Web sources
1
1 source backing this record.View all →
Models (1)
View all models →Albedo Space on the deployment map
View the global map2 verified deployments across 1 region, newest verified Mar 2025. Explore where Albedo Space's robots are operating, by place and type.
View the full Albedo Space deployment record →
Relationships
Current leadership (2)
- Topher Haddad CEO & Co-foundersecondary-verified
- AyJay Lasater CTO & Co-foundersecondary-verified
Founders (1)
Safety record
No incidents on record for Albedo Space.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Operator customers (1)
- Albedo Space2 deployments
Recent coverage
Albedo Space in third-party press
Peers
56 peers across 1 segment. Every Albedo Space competitor derived from shared form-factor and application-domain edges.
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36 companies in this segment · low_concentration (HHI 1188.742650389188) · leader K2 Space at 2172%
- Aetherfluxdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Agile Space Industriesdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Airbusdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Astrobotic Technologydirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Astroscaledirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Boeingdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
Financial state
- Total funding
- $140.0M
- Reporting basis
- aggregator_estimate
- Lifecycle stage
- mature
- Counterparty risk class
- unknown
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Funding rounds (2)
- Series A-12024-01-23
- Series A2022-01-01
Investors: Breakthrough Energy Ventures (co_lead), Shield Capital (co_lead)
Timeline
Every recorded move in Albedo Space’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
Funding roundSeries A-1 funding round
2024-01-23Series A-1
Funding roundSeries A funding round
2022-01-01Series A
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdAug 8, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedMar 15, 2025
Clarity VLEO Satellite Platform at Vandenberg SFB, California, USA
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedMar 14, 2025
Clarity VLEO Satellite Platform at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, USA
Sources (1)
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-21
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Albedo Space.Peer companies
- Impulse Space6 models
- AstroForge3 models
- Astrobotic Technology3 models
- China National Space Administration3 models
- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory3 models
- SpaceX3 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Albedo Space from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/albedo.md
- RSS feed: /companies/albedo/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/3caf2e3c-8207-4efe-8775-2ba993476a73
- Revision history: /companies/albedo/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Impulse Space6 models
- AstroForge3 models
- Astrobotic Technology3 models
- China National Space Administration3 models
- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory3 models
- SpaceX3 models
Video
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Heat Index
Category contender75/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
Albedo Space draws attention at the 19th percentile but verifies reality at the 75th percentile among space robots. Hype Gap -55.6, 31st widest among space robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 2 verified deployments. Funding runway warrants monitoring: last known round 32 months ago.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Sep 22, 2026