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Loft YAM Orbital Computing Platform

This project focuses on shared orbital application-hosting platform.


Loft's YAM satellites provide shared infrastructure for hosted software and AI applications. Loft reports ongoing YAM-3 commercial hosting, YAM-6 AI missions and a 2026 JPL vision-language-model demonstration on YAM-9. This platform is distinct from Orbitworks' Altair constellation. Current available compute capacity and utilization are undisclosed.

Loft Orbital · On-orbit computing demonstrated

Scope: Shared computing & storage · A shared computing or storage platform, or a program developing that infrastructure. Classification describes intended use, not operating capacity.

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Technical specifications not disclosed

Figures retain their disclosed units and scope. Launched hardware does not establish demonstrated performance; targets may change. Not disclosed means no figure in the reviewed sources.

PROJECT RELATIONSHIPS

Suppliers & project partners

NVIDIA

Supplier

Program organization: Loft Orbital

Partnership
Processors / accelerators

NVIDIA onboard GPU infrastructure on YAM-6 and Jetson AGX Orin used for the JPL vision-language-model demonstration on YAM-9.

Hardware use is confirmed by Loft. This does not establish a separate purchase order or value and is distinct from the Orbitworks Altair hardware record.

Announced 12 Oct 2026 · Evidence checked 20 Oct 2026

Loft describes NVIDIA-powered YAM orbital AI heritage (opens in a new tab)
NEXT MILESTONE

Further application deployments and disclosed service capacity. No exact next YAM deployment date is established.

Manual review with evidence gaps 29 Oct 2026. Compared operator articles and the NAVI-Orbital primary paper. Saved YAM-9 cluster layout, qualified GPU ratings, quantized model and separate ground timing. YAM-6 launch year differs between official articles. RAM and power remain unspecified. Primary body last observed 10 Oct, 22:34 UTC. Source monitoring: ongoing. Source collection and substantive profile review are separate checks. Plans and dates may change.

Loft Orbital · 30 June 2026 (opens in a new tab)
WHAT REMAINS UNKNOWN
  • Current available compute and storage capacity
  • Per-spacecraft active workload inventory and utilization
  • Dates and spacecraft allocations for future applications
  • Loft’s June 2026 retrospective dates the YAM-6 launch to 2023, while its October 12 release dates the first NVIDIA-equipped YAM-6 flight to March 2024. The exact YAM-6 launch date is not reconciled from those accounts.

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