Loft Orbital
Space infrastructure company providing satellite-as-a-service and payload hosting.
Loft Orbital operates a shared satellite infrastructure platform, offering 'space-as-a-service' by hosting customer payloads on standard microsatellite buses. The company handles all aspects of satellite campaigns including manufacturing, integration, launch, licensing, insurance, and operations. Loft Federal, its wholly owned US subsidiary, flies national security missions for US government customers including a subcontract on the Space Development Agency's NExT program and a NASA task order supporting a fault-tolerant flight-computer mission; the company also holds a France 2030 Earth-observation contract with CNES. Loft Orbital has logged over $500M in bookings and operates offices in San Francisco, Golden (CO), Toulouse, and Abu Dhabi.
Overview
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, CA
- Founded
- 2017
- Employees
- ~361 (LinkedIn directory, 2026)
- Total funding
- $330M
- Valuation
- $1B (Series C, Jan 2025)
- Stage
- Series C
- Status
- active
- Domains
- Space infrastructure, Satellite operations, National security space
- X / Twitter
- x.com/LoftOrbital
- Website
- loftorbital.com
Founders3
Investors2
Cap table8
Approximate ownership by holder. Indexed holders link to their records.
Raised per round
Percentages marked ~ are not disclosed. Some are a generic VC-pattern model (founders/team weighted heaviest, option pool lightest, other holders evenly) sized to whatever's left undisclosed — a standard industry shape, not this company's actual cap table.
| Holder | Instrument | Ownership |
|---|---|---|
Founders & team | Common | ~37.5% |
Series C investorsNew | Preferred (Series C) | ~25.0% |
Other investors | Preferred / Common | ~25.0% |
Employee option pool | Options | ~12.5% |
Contracts3
- ContractSDA NExT Program — Loft Federal Satellite IntegrationLoft Federal subcontract to Ball Aerospace on SDA's National Defense Space Architecture Experimental Testbed.
- ContractNASA RadPC Fault-Tolerant Flight Computer Mission5-year, $45M NASA task order for Loft Orbital Federal to support a fault-tolerant RISC-V flight computer mission.
- ContractCNES Earth Observation Constellation ContractFrench CNES strategic contract for Loft Orbital to provide next-generation Earth observation capabilities.
Programs0
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Frequently asked
- What does Loft Orbital do?
- Loft Orbital operates a shared satellite infrastructure platform, offering 'space-as-a-service' by hosting customer payloads on standard microsatellite buses. The company handles all aspects of satellite campaigns including manufacturing, integration, launch, licensing, insurance, and operations. Loft Federal, its wholly owned US subsidiary, flies national security missions for US government customers including a subcontract on the Space Development Agency's NExT program and a NASA task order supporting a fault-tolerant flight-computer mission; the company also holds a France 2030 Earth-observation contract with CNES. Loft Orbital has logged over $500M in bookings and operates offices in San Francisco, Golden (CO), Toulouse, and Abu Dhabi.
- Where is Loft Orbital headquartered?
- Loft Orbital is headquartered in San Francisco, CA and was founded in 2017.
- How much funding has Loft Orbital raised?
- Loft Orbital has raised $330M in disclosed funding, at a most recent valuation of $1B (Series C, Jan 2025).
- What does Loft Orbital specialize in?
- Loft Orbital works across Space infrastructure, Satellite operations, National security space.
- Does Loft Orbital hold government contracts?
- Defense Tech Atlas links Loft Orbital to 3 government contracts.
Sources & citations3
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