Alba Orbital
albaorbital.comThe lowest cost turnkey access to space via PocketQube satellites
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About
Alba Orbital is a spacecraft company specializing in PocketQube satellites — ultra-small, affordable satellites for orbital missions. They offer end-to-end services including satellite launches starting at €25,000, the Unicorn-2 pico-satellite platform, night-lights Earth imagery, testing services, and ground station communications. Having completed 10 orbital missions and launched over 57 PocketQube payloads, they are the world's leading PocketQube rideshare provider.
Problem
Launching small satellites to orbit has historically been prohibitively expensive and inaccessible for small organizations and startups.
For
Universities, companies, and teams wanting affordable access to orbit via small satellites
How it works
Alba Orbital uses its Albapod deployer system to bundle multiple PocketQube satellites as secondary payloads on existing launch vehicles, dramatically reducing per-satellite launch costs.
Business model
subscription
Status
launched
Company
Alba Orbital