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Systems2

Albapod

A deployer system used to release PocketQube satellites into orbit.

Maturity not rated

Unicorn-2

A PocketQube satellite platform for hosted payload and Earth-imaging missions.

Maturity not rated

Newest unveiled first. Open a system for its milestone timeline, components and sources.

Capabilities2

Capabilities
Technology	Role	Maturity	TRL	Notes	Confidence
ISR and targeting	Developer	—	—	classify_sectors run 37, haiku, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: Commercial Earth observation satellites; the DIANA participation (a NATO defence innovation programme) signals defence relevance, though no military use is stated.	Reported
Space, launch and counterspace	Developer	—	—	classify_sectors run 37, haiku, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: Commercial Earth observation satellites; the DIANA participation (a NATO defence innovation programme) signals defence relevance, though no military use is stated.	Reported

ISR and targeting
Developer
classify_sectors run 37, haiku, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: Commercial Earth observation satellites; the DIANA participation (a NATO defence innovation programme) signals defence relevance, though no military use is stated.
—Reported
Space, launch and counterspace
Developer
classify_sectors run 37, haiku, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: Commercial Earth observation satellites; the DIANA participation (a NATO defence innovation programme) signals defence relevance, though no military use is stated.
—Reported

Maturity and TRL describe this organization's work; the field-wide maturity is on each technology's page.

People2

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People
Person	Role
Tom Walkinshaw	Founder
Tom Walkinshaw	Founder/CEO

Company Metrics

LinkedIn employee profiles: 15; Observed Oct 5, 2026
Bright Data / LinkedIn · Source ↗
LinkedIn followers: 10,954; Observed Oct 5, 2026
Bright Data / LinkedIn · Source ↗

Employee-profile counts reflect LinkedIn profiles associated with the company, not verified headcount. One observation establishes a baseline; it does not establish growth.

Sources12

Show all 12 sources and supporting evidence

Profile4

1
DatabaseAlba Orbital - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org · Supports Organization · kind
“In 2021, Alba Orbital participated in the startup accelerator program Y Combinator, located in Silicon Valley, United States”
2
Government recordNATO DIANA | Official Website
NATO DIANA · Supports Organization
“Worlds smallest commercial Earth Observation satellites, to image earth more frequently”
3
DatabaseAlba Orbital - Owler company profile
Owler · Supports Organization · x url
“x_url: https://x.com/albaorbital”
4
CompanyAlba Orbital
Alba Orbital · Supports Organization · name
“Alba Orbital”

Systems2

5
CompanyLaunch — Alba Orbital
Alba Orbital · Supports System
“Albapod deployers. These come in two varieties, 6p and 96p.”
6
CompanyNightLights Early Access Program — Alba Orbital
Alba Orbital · Supports System
“Using our flight proven Unicorn-2 satellite platform, we are creating the world’s highest resolution dataset of the earth at night, the NightLight Satellite Constellation.”

Funding4

7
CompanyAlba Orbital raise $3.4m in Seed round from Founders of Skype & Fitbit
Alba Orbital · May 17, 2021 · Supports Funding round
“The round was led by Metaplanet Holdings and included Y Combinator, Liquid2, Soma, Uncommon Denominator, Zillionize and a number of angel investors”
8
DatabaseAlba Orbital - PitchBook company profile
PitchBook · Supports Funding round, Organization · x url
“Alba Orbital has raised $3.52M.”
9
CompanySMART Award
Alba Orbital · Supports Funding round · amount
“$3.4m seed round raise in 2021”
10
DatabaseAlba Orbital - Crunchbase company profile
Crunchbase · Supports Funding round, Organization · ownership
“Pre Seed - Alba Orbital”

People1

11
DatabaseAlba Orbital - Crunchbase company profile
Crunchbase · Supports Organization · x url, Role, Role · founders
“x_url: https://x.com/albaorbital”

Other1

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DatabaseAlba Orbital — LinkedIn company profile
LinkedIn via Bright Data · Supports Organization · company size, Organization · founded, Organization · headquarters, Organization · logo, Organization · url, Organization metric · employees in linkedin, Organization metric · followers
“{"company_size": "11-50 employees"}”

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