Alba Orbital

Alba Orbital Limited is a Scottish space access company headquartered in Glasgow, UK, specializing in PocketQube picosatellite platforms and rideshare launch services for the smallest class of spacecraft. The company manufactures the UNICORN-2 pico-satellite platform and offers dedicated PocketQube rideshare launches from €25,000, serving academic and commercial customers including ESA, TU Delft, and Stanford University.

Alba Orbital provides a comprehensive ecosystem for PocketQube satellites: satellite hardware manufacturing, environmental testing (vibration and thermal vacuum), mission management, and a mobile UHF/S-Band ground station network for post-launch operations. The company's NIGHT LIGHTS product offers high-resolution nighttime Earth imagery captured by its own on-orbit assets, demonstrating both commercial and scientific applications of picosatellite technology.

By making space access affordable and accessible at the PocketQube form factor, Alba Orbital enables educational institutions, startups, and research organizations to conduct satellite missions that would otherwise be cost-prohibitive, contributing to the democratization of the space sector and the advancement of picosatellite technology.