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Albedo Space Says Clarity-1 to Show VLEO Is ‘Next Frontier’

Frank Wolfe

Monday, March 17th, 2025

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Albedo Space Says Clarity-1 to Show VLEO Is ‘Next Frontier’

Pictured is the launch of the Transporter-13 rideshare mission aboard a Falcon 9 rocket at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif. on March 15 (SpaceX Photo)

The Clarity-1 very-low Earth orbit (VLEO) imaging satellite by Denver's Albedo Space and the first microsatellite owned and operated by Norway's Kongsberg are among the 74 payloads that reached orbit on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched for the Transporter-13 rideshare mission on March 15 from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif. Kongsberg's Arvaker-1 in LEO is to be part of a three-satellite constellation contracted by the Norwegian government to monitor smuggling, illegal fishing, and environmental crimes in Norwegian waters and…

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