Directory / Space Hardware / Alba Orbital Private Founded 2012 · Glasgow, United Kingdom Updated Aug 31, 2026
Alba Orbital PocketQube satellite and deployer manufacturer
Company website Scottish company that designs, manufactures and launches PocketQube satellites and deployers (Albapod), offering the Unicorn satellite bus platform and affordable turnkey space access.
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Suppliers, customers & partners Suppliers & service providers to Alba Orbital Rocket Lab — launch services · launch services / rideshare customer 2 connections Tell me more Rocket Lab provides launch services for Alba Orbital cluster missions (Alba cluster launched on Electron); Rocket Lab is a named launch provider enabling Alba’s launches and rideshare integration.
Relationship research record Alba Orbital used Rocket Lab’s Electron as the launch vehicle for its Alba cluster rideshare mission; Rocket Lab provided dedicated Electron launch services from Launch Complex 1 for Alba Orbital’s satellites.
Relationship research record SAB Launch Services S.r.l. — launch coordination / customer Tell me more SAB Launch Services coordinated with Alba Orbital to support the first European PocketQube launches on Vega, enabling Alba's PocketQube deployers/clients to fly as secondary payloads.
Relationship research record SpaceX — launch services · launch services (third‑party agreement enabled by Alba) 2 connections Tell me more SpaceX is a launch partner used by Alba Orbital to put PocketQubes into orbit on SpaceX rideshares; Alba has organised multiple launches with SpaceX.
Relationship research record SpaceX provides the launch vehicle for missions brokered by Alba Orbital (example: agreement to launch icMercury satellite via SpaceX arranged through Alba Orbital).
Relationship research record SEOPS — customer Tell me more SEOPS provides launch integration services to Alba Orbital for four spacecraft (including HUNITY/NMHH-1) on the SpaceX Transporter-15 mission.
Relationship research record Launcher — mission user Tell me more Launcher’s Orbiter SN1 provided services to Alba Orbital (listed among early Orbiter customers, mission attempted 2023).
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Alba Orbital customers & supported companies Innova Space — launch services · supplier 2 connections Tell me more Alba Orbital provides rideshare launch services and deployer (AlbaPod) to Innova Space for multiple PocketQube satellites including MDQUBESAT-1 (launched January 2022 on SpaceX Transporter-3), MDQSAT-1A and MDQSAT-1B (January 2023 on Transporter-6), and additional satellites on Transporter-8 (June 2023); agreement signed 2021 for technology demonstration and constellation support.
Relationship research record Alba Orbital announced working with Innova Space for a tech demonstration PocketQube ('MDQubeSat-1') planned to launch via the Alba Cluster 4 rideshare on a SpaceX Falcon 9; Alba described the relationship and planned Q4 2021 launch timeframe for the tech demo.
Relationship research record SpaceX — rideshare customer / payload provider Tell me more Alba Orbital supplied and flew PocketQube satellites integrated by SEOPS on a SpaceX Transporter rideshare mission, making Alba Orbital a direct customer whose payloads were launched by SpaceX.
Relationship research record Alba Orbital program partners SAB Launch Services S.r.l. — program partner / coordination partner Tell me more Alba Orbital coordinated with SAB Launch Services for the first European launch of PocketQube satellites on board a Vega rocket; Alba and SAB worked together on deployment/dispenser coordination for small pico‑satellites.
Relationship research record European Space Agency (ESA) — program partner Tell me more ESA partnered with Alba Orbital to design the PocketQube platform Unicorn-1 and funded/partnered on projects such as ALBA‑TROSS (feasibility study) that enabled Alba Orbital’s ADS‑B and service demonstrations.
Relationship research record Momentus Inc. — hosted services / payload hosting (partner) Tell me more Momentus was contracted as a hosted payload/transport partner on a mission involving an Alba-hosted payload ('Positive A' hosted payload contract referenced) enabling deployment/transport services for Alba-related payloads.
Relationship research record Hello Space — launch services / program partner Tell me more Alba Orbital signed a multi-launch contract with Hello Space to launch multiple PocketQube satellites for Hello Space's IoT constellation following the 'Istanbul' test mission; Alba is the PocketQube launch broker enabling Hello Space’s deployments.
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