Loft Orbital Expands Commoditized Satellite Bus Inventory for Rapid Constellation Deployments – Combined Orders Total 50 Satellites from 5 Suppliers Across 2 Continents

Loft Orbital, building space infrastructure for any mission, led by Pierre-Damien Vaujour, Alex Greenberg, and Antoine de Chassy, has announced the procurement of 10 new Longbow satellites and the availability of a larger, high-powered satellite platform, expanding its inventory to meet growing customer demand. This reflects continued momentum for Loft’s space infrastructure services, offering a range of off-the-shelf buses so Loft can focus on the integration and execution of customer missions. 

Loft has procured more than 50 satellite buses through a curated network of reliable providers, enabling support for diverse mission profiles without dependence on a single hardware platform. This bus-agnostic approach allows the company to scale capacity based on demand while maintaining flexibility across customer requirements.

With more than 15 satellites already launched, Loft is expanding its fleet to 30 satellites by the end of 2027, positioning it among the largest commercial heterogeneous satellite fleets in low Earth orbit.

Loft's Bus-Agnostic Philosophy.

Loft was founded on the belief that satellite bus manufacturing and mission operations are distinct disciplines. While bus manufacturing focuses on hardware design, supply chains, and repeatable production, Loft specializes in software-defined mission execution, payload deployment, and automated fleet operations at scale.

As satellite platforms become increasingly standardized, Loft is focusing on the software and operational infrastructure that turns spacecraft into mission-ready systems. This bus-agnostic approach enables collaboration with multiple providers, selection of the right hardware for each mission, and streamlined integration processes that reduce engineering costs and accelerate deployment.

How It Works?

Loft maintains an inventory of satellite platforms at its integration facilities, selecting the right bus for each mission, integrating customer payloads, and managing launch coordination. After deployment, Loft operates satellites throughout their mission lifecycle, offering customers flexible levels of involvement while ensuring speed, reliability, and scalability.

At the core of Loft’s integration and mission operations is its proprietary Hub universal payload adapter and secure Cockpit mission control software. These abstraction layers separate payloads from satellite buses, enabling standardized interfaces across multiple hardware providers and reducing mission-specific engineering requirements.

This approach has enabled Loft to deploy more than 35 customer missions over five years, including two satellite constellations.

Expanding Its Inventory of Satellites on a Shelf.

Loft has expanded its satellite inventory with additional bus platforms across the 100 kg–1,000 kg class to support growing customer demand. Ten new Longbow platforms will replenish ready-to-integrate satellite capacity, providing a proven foundation for government, defense, and commercial missions.

The company has also procured a larger, high-performance bus from Apex Space to support missions requiring greater power, volume, and capability. Together, these additions expand Loft’s ability to support a wider range of mission profiles through a single integration and operations partner.