Albedo builds and operates satellites in Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO) — a new orbital layer much closer to Earth than traditional satellites in LEO. Flying lower unlocks sharper imagery, faster communications, and real-time maneuverability with smaller, more efficient hardware.
VLEO is naturally self-cleaning and resilient, offering a sustainable alternative to crowded low Earth orbit - providing diversification and redundancy for critical systems that we rely on in higher orbits.
With the only flight proven VLEO system on the market, Albedo is creating a new orbital infrastructure designed for speed, precision, and resilience.
Winston Tri
Chief Product Officer at Albedo Former Facebook engineer specializing in using remote-sensing data and techniques for wireless network planning and satellite imagery feature detection. Previous founder of Ping Social, a small-scale event planning application for spontaneous hangouts with friends.
Topher Haddad
Topher Haddad is the Co-founder and CEO of Albedo, a company developing satellites in Very Low Earth Orbit for high-resolution imagery.
LinkedInAyJay Lasater
AyJay Lasater is the Co-founder and CTO of Albedo, leading the technical development of VLEO satellite platforms.
LinkedInAyJay Lasater
CTO at Albedo. Previous to Albedo, AyJay was a System Architect at Lockheed Martin, developing satellite constellations, satellite designs from concept to launch and in-orbit ops, and iterated on various in-depth performance analysis. AyJat worked with high performing small sats and exquisite large $B+ satellites for the government. He holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Colorado School of Mines and M.S. in Mechatronics from DU
LinkedInTopher Haddad
Previous to being CEO of Albedo, Topher was a systems engineer at Lockheed Martin working on top secret remote sensing satellites. Topher led teams involved in the optical design and imaging architecture across multiple $B+ government programs. He holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from UT Austin and an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Johns Hopkins.
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