SpaceNews

Albedo raises $35 million for commercial very low Earth orbit constellation

Albedo plans to obtain 10-centimeter-resolution visual imagery and two-meter thermal imagery from satellites operating in very low Earth orbit. Credit: Albedo SAN FRANCISCO – Albedo raised $35 million ...
Business Wire

Albedo’s Clarity-1 Satellite Successfully Launches, Establishes First Contact, and Enters VLEO-Specific Protect Mode

DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, Albedo announced that its Clarity-1 satellite was successfully launched to orbit on SpaceX's Transporter-13 Rideshare mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base in ...
SpaceNews

Albedo to loft Clarity to very low orbit in early 2025

SAN FRANCISCO – Albedo announced plans June 12 to send its first phone-booth-size satellite into very low Earth orbit early next year. Clarity, the Denver-based startup’s first satellite designed to ...
The Hill

Earth is absorbing too much sunlight: It’s a waking climate giant

Albedo is the reflection of sunlight back into space, mainly from bright surfaces such as clouds, snow, ice and atmospheric particles, providing an essential planetary cooling shield. However, a 2021 ...
EurekAlert!

New maps help decision-makers factor albedo into tree-planting decisions

Arlington, VA – As efforts to restore tree cover accelerate to help avoid runaway climate change, a new study highlights how restoring tree cover can, in some locations, heat up the Earth rather than ...