Alba Orbital

Updated 25 Jul 2026
Launch provider United Kingdom Listed
13 Products
3 Services
14 Years Active
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About Alba Orbital

Alba Orbital designs and manufactures PocketQube satellites, including the Unicorn-2 platform, which is described as a picosatellite. The company also provides Albapod launch services for PocketQube spacecraft and offers ground station services through its Albaconnect platform. Alba Orbital operates a fleet of nighttime imaging satellites. Its customers include newspace users, operators, government, and commercial clients, with over 30 customers across four continents. Founded in 2012, Alba Orbital is headquartered in Glasgow, Scotland, and also operates entities in the US and Germany. The company has successfully launched 57 PocketQube satellites into orbit across 10 missions, including the Unicorn-2 platform. It raised $3.4 million via a Seed round, with Y Combinator as an investor in 2021.

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Products

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Flight-proven

A skeletonized aluminum structure designed for 1P PocketQube pico-satellites, featuring access points for internal electronics and compatibility with PQ60 v1.0 board stacks.

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A horizontal integration jig that supports the assembly of 1p, 2p, or 3p PocketQube stacks into the primary structure, with a raised design suitable for testing deployables like antennas and solar arrays.

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Flight-proven

A skeletonized wall structure designed for the PocketQube Standard (Pico-satellite class), made from aerospace-grade aluminum.

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Flight-proven

The 3P Skeleton Wall PocketQube Structure is an aerospace-grade aluminum structure designed for the PocketQube Standard (Pico-satellite class), featuring double redundancy kill switches and easy access to internal electronics.

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Flight-proven

A bundle of four Skeleton Wall PocketQube satellite structures (1p, 1.5p, 2p, 2.5p sizes), one of each, designed for the PocketQube femto-satellite standard.

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A custom structural panel for PocketQubes, designed to accommodate unique payloads requiring non-standard access points to the end wall of the structure.

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The Labsat is a test and development setup designed for PocketQube boards, allowing users to safely test and characterize single boards or full stacks without direct interaction.

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The Alba Orbital On Board Computer (OBC) is an entry-level control hub for satellites, featuring a TI MSP430 microcontroller for low power consumption and flexibility.

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Alba Orbital's dedicated launch and deployment service for PocketQube satellites (3.5 cm cube form factor) to LEO.

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The PocketQube Kit v1.0 EM is a low-cost satellite development kit designed to widen access to space for smaller budget organizations, ideal for STEM educators and governmental customers.

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The PocketQube Kit v1.0 EM is a comprehensive kit designed for educational and development purposes, allowing users to build and test their own PocketQube satellite.

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A set of five solar panels designed for PocketQubes, featuring high-efficiency Spectrolab TASC cells and custom mounting holes.

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Testing & qualification
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Alba Orbital offers 3-axis vibration testing using a 30 kN shaker table. This service supports a wide range of testing requirements, including sine vibration, random vibration (e.g., NASA GEVS gsfc-std-7000a), resonance searches within a frequency range of 5~2800Hz, and shock…

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Environmental Test Services

Alba Orbital provides environmental testing services to various industries. This includes 3-axis vibration testing using a 30 kN shaker table, capable of performing sine vibration, random vibration (e.g., NASA GEVS gsfc-std-7000a), resonance searches (5~2800Hz), and shock testing up to 100g.…

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Thermal Vacuum Chamber Testing

Alba Orbital offers thermal vacuum chamber testing, specifically for high temperature, low pressure thermal bakeouts as per industry standards. Typical parameters include a temperature range from ambient to +125℃, pressure below 1x10⁻5 mbar, a D-Sub 15 pin pass-through connector, and…

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