GM space fans, some personal news: we're in space! 🚀🛰️
Our first mission, Rock & Lopen, successfully launched and deployed into orbit on Friday afternoon. We’ve made contact, marking a milestone in our journey towards the world’s first 3D-imaging satellite constellation.
Rock & Lopen represent a major step forward in our derisking schedule, as well as a testament to our speed – we went from concept sketches to space-qualified hardware in 6 months (and from 0 to LEO in <9 months).
S/O @SpaceX for the smooth trip to orbit. We need to stop playing this deployment clip on loop and get back in the saddle – there’s more work to be done
Huge shout out to the team. Stay tuned for what comes next!
Today we're announcing that DARPA has extended its contract with Array Labs:
- adding new scope
- going deeper on distributed radar
- pushing into advanced operating modes
We're grateful to continue partnering with @DARPA, in pursuit of capabilities that can only exist when you have multiple radar satellites working as one system
Onwards & Upwards! 🌎👀🛰️🛰️🛰️🛰️
.@ArrayLabs announced in an exclusive release to Tectonic that it’s raised a $20M Series A led by Catapult Ventures, with participation from Washington Harbour Partners, Kompas VC, and others, including Y Combinator.
https://t.co/WGrqDth8H1
Gm from the land of GDPR 🇬🇧
In London this week to brief a geological society on @ArrayLabs and our work across the mining value chain
Will be here for a few days. If you are not actively praying on my downfall and would like to discuss space radar, metals, world models, or anything in between, please reach out. Cheerio!
Good morning! We're proud to share that we've been working with the U.S. Navy to study and advance space-based AMTI concepts.
The Office of Naval Research (@USNavyResearch) recently selected Array Labs to evaluate how distributed radar systems can support wide-area AMTI missions.
AMTI, short for Airborne Moving Target Indication, refers to the detection & tracking of moving airborne objects, such as aircraft or drones.
Low-cost, pervasive space-based AMTI is a top S&T priority for ONR: moving this capability to orbit will provide global, resilient coverage, while reducing reliance on manned radar aircraft.
This partnership comes as a critical time, as AMTI is a growing area of emphasis within wider U.S. strategic planning efforts. Congress has supported this direction with dedicated funding for exploratory work and capability development through the end of the decade.
We are honored to be working alongside ONR on this most important mission.
Onwards!!!
Startup Fellowship Cohort #000 is in the books.
The best founders are building the future on Palantir.
Watch the full demos here: https://t.co/2UpukumLx4
Space doesn't hand out do-overs. If you want a constellation that performs under pressure and scales with your ambition, you have to engineer for chaos from day one.
At Array, this starts in simulation: pulling apart every assumption, parameter, and tradeoff, to get imaging performance, system robustness, and data delivery right in the real world.
Today, we're announcing a contract with @DARPA to advance this work even further: rigorously modeling and validating the real-world dynamics of our distributed radar system. This work will refine how we configure and scale our constellation, and shape how our clusters collect, communicate, and adapt over time.
More soon. Onward!
Maxar has partnered with @ArrayLabs to accelerate our 3D operational terrain capabilities—unlocking faster, more frequent updates to our global 3D datasets.
With dedicated access to Array’s upcoming radar imaging constellation (launching 2026), we’re building toward a real-time, living globe.
This collaboration strengthens mission-critical tools like Raptor, which uses Maxar 3D terrain to guide autonomous systems through GPS-denied environments.
🔗: https://t.co/MDDwojSali
We are partnering with @Maxar to provide rapid updates to their global terrain and 3D datasets.
✅ Dedicated capacity aboard our first cluster
✅ Pairs high-res 3D from EO + radar-derived 3D
✅ Data integrated across Maxar's 3D product line
"This is a pivotal moment in transforming how the world accesses, understands, and derives value from 3D data" - Array cofounder Isaac Robledo (h/t @robledeaux)