US Government Department to use Alba Orbital’s ‘Night-time’ Satellite Optical Imagery to monitor light pollution

US GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT SIGNS UP WITH UK SPACE FIRM ALBA ORBITAL TO PROCURE HIGH RESOLUTION ‘NIGHT-LIGHTS’ SATELLITE IMAGERY

Glasgow, Scotland 22nd July 2022 - UK Space firm, Alba Orbital is proud to announce its 3rd Night Lights (EO) Earth Observation customer under the Early Access customer programme.

The contract with the unnamed US Government Department is Alba Orbital’s largest imagery pre-order to date. This is a significant milestone as it represents Alba’s first purchase from a commercial public body in America.

Such datasets are vital in empowering government policy makers to monitor light pollution at a city level. Light pollution presents a range of problems such as the devastating impact on ecology and associative effects on wildlife migratory patterns that is crucial to maintaining a functioning ecosystem. Commercially, it costs the US at least a billion dollars annually in unnecessary utilities expenses.

As of 22nd July 2022, Alba Orbital has launched 23 Satellites on SpaceX and Rocket Lab launch vehicles, with more launches planned. The Glasgow based team led by Tom Walkinshaw has been rapidly developing its “Night Light” constellations with 2 launches achieved within the 1st half of 2022.

The response to Alba Orbital Night Time Imagery offering has been overwhelming, with double digits images already being presold to customers from various backgrounds. Notable customers include fellow Scottish Space firm – Trade In Space, involved in blockchain application for commodities to leading insurance firm - McKenzie Intelligence Services (MIS) who aim to utilise our services for post incident payouts.

The Night Lights Early Access Programme aims to serve the absence of near real-time imagery that cover all 3 colour spectrums (Red, Green and Blue) compared to publicly available datasets which lack high spatial and temporal resolution. More information on the imagery and pricing can be found on http://www.albaorbital.com/nightlights-early-access.