Alba Orbital
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| Company type | Limited company |
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| Industry | Satellite Manufacture |
| Founded | 5 October 2012[citation needed] |
| Headquarters | , United Kingdom |
Key people | Tom Walkinshaw |
| Products | Pocketqube Platforms and Components |
| Total assets | £90,954 |
| Website | www |
Alba Orbitalis a Scottish company that specializes in buildingPocketQubesatellites and Albapod satellite deployment systems. Alba Orbital is the developer and manufacturer of the Unicorn-1[1]and Unicorn-2[2]satellite platforms.
Overview[edit]
Alba Orbital specializes in designing and buildingPocketQubesatellites. The company has developed two satellite platforms. The Unicorn-1 platform is a 1P (5cm x 5cm x 5cm) PocketQube satellite, while its larger counterpart, Unicorn-2, is a 2P satellite (5cm x 5cm x 10cm).[3]
Launches[edit]
Alba Orbital is a launch broker and has purchased capacity with several space companies, includingSpaceXandRocket Lab,to launch PocketQube satellites into orbit.[4]The company also hold contracts with theEuropean Space AgencyforARTES.[5]These launches harbor clusters[6]containing space for PocketQubes that are sold to teams wanting to launch pods. Every Alba Orbital flight uses Albapod deployers to release the clusters. These deployers come in two sizes: 6P and 96P.[citation needed]As of December 2023, Alba Orbital has successfully launched seven missions intolow Earth orbit,while one mission failed before deployment on the first flight ofOrbiter SN1.
| Mission Name | Date | Launch Vehicle | Payloads | Customers | Outcome | |
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| Alba Cluster 2 | 6 December 2019 | Electron |  ATL-1
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BME | Success | |
 FossaSat-1
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FOSSA Systems | |||||
 NOOR 1A, 1B (Unicorn-2B, 2C)
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Stara Space | |||||
| SMOG-P
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BME | |||||
| TRSI-1
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ACME AtronOmatic | |||||
| Alba Cluster 3 | 13 January 2022 | Falcon 9 Block 5 |  Delfi-PQ
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TU Delft | Success | |
| EASAT-2
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AMSAT EA | |||||
 Grizu-263a
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ZBEU | |||||
| HADES
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AMSAT EA | |||||
 MDQube-SAT 1
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Innova Space | |||||
| Alba Cluster 4 |  PION-BR1
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PION Labs | ||||
 SATLLA 2A, 2B
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Ariel University | |||||
| Tartan Artibeus-1 (Unicorn-2TA1)
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CMU | |||||
 Unicorn-1
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Alba Orbital | |||||
| Unicorn-2A, 2D, 2E
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Alba Orbital | |||||
| Alba Cluster X | 2 May 2022 | Electron | MyRadar-1
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ACME AtronOmatic | Success | |
| TRSI 2, 3
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ACME AtronOmatic | |||||
| Unicorn-2F
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Alba Orbital | |||||
| Alba Cluster (?) | 3 January 2023 | Falcon 9 Block 5/Orbiter | Unicorn-2G
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Alba Orbital | Failure[7] | |
| Unicorn-2H
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Alba Orbital | |||||
| Alba Cluster 6 | 12 June 2023 | Falcon 9 Block 5/ION SCV | Istanbul
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Hello Space | Success | |
| MRC-100
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BME | |||||
 ROM-2
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ICHSB | |||||
| Satlla-2I
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Ariel University | |||||
| Unicorn-2I
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Alba Orbital | |||||
| URESAT-1
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AMSAT-EA | |||||
| Alba Cluster 7 | 11 November 2023 | Falcon 9 Block 5/ION SCV | Hydra-1 / HADES-D
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Hydra Space /AMSAT EA | rowspan=5 | Success |
| ROM-3
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FRR | |||||
 SpaceANT-D
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SpaceIn | |||||
| Tartan Artibeus-2
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CMU | |||||
| Unicorn-2J, 2K
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Alba Orbital | |||||
| Alba Cluster 8 | 1 December 2023 | Falcon 9 Block 5/ION SCV | MDQubesat-1
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Innova Space | Success | |
| Unicorn-2L, 2M, 2N
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Alba Orbital |
Funding[edit]
In 2021, Alba Orbital participated in thestartupaccelerator programY Combinator,located inSilicon Valley,United States.They raised US$3.4 million after completing the program.[8]
See also[edit]
- PocketQube– The satellite format Alba Orbital specializes in building
References[edit]
- ^"Unicorn 1".Gunter's Space Page.Retrieved22 January2023.
- ^"Unicorn 2A, 2D, 2E".Gunter's Space Page.Retrieved22 January2023.
- ^Wired."Alba Orbital: pushing the limits of space development".Wired UK.
- ^"Alba Cluster 3/4 info".Alba Orbital.Retrieved16 December2022.
- ^ESA."ESA ARTES Contractors".
- ^"Scottish satellite firm plans second PocketQube launch mission".The National.
- ^"Orbiter SN1 Mission Update".Launcher.16 February 2023.Retrieved17 February2023.
- ^"Scots firm behind pocket-size satellites takes aim at world record after Silicon Valley funding".26 August 2021.
