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It's official now! Our three ERMINAZ-2U, -2V and -2X PocketQubes are set for launch 18:18 UTC (20:18 CEST) on October 01 with Transporter-18! #AMSAT #hamradio
September 25, 2026 at 12:15 PM
amsat-dl.org
#ERMINAZ -1UVX & -2UVX #PocketQubes Software updates and trickle charging.. #GoodKarmaTeam #AMSAT
November 23, 2025 at 12:56 PM
planet4589.bsky.social
Meanwhile, on or before Jan 22, D-Orbit's ION SCV Amazing Antonius deployed LOGSATS-2 and ION SCV Eminent Emmanual deployed 7 PocketQubes using AlbaOrbital deployers
February 14, 2025 at 4:54 AM
amsat-dl.org
We’re excited to share that the German Federal Network Agency (#BNetzA) has assigned the amateur radio callsigns DP0PQA, DP0PQB, and DP0PQC for our PocketQubes on the ERMINAZ-2 mission!
May 25, 2025 at 11:30 AM
pa3weg.nl
Thanks to the quick work of the AV team and @media.ccc.de, the recording of my #hackerhotel talk can be found here:
media.ccc.de/v/2025-189-w...
What's that CubeSat Satellite stuff anyhow?
CubeSats are small satellites comprised of 10x10x10cm "units" and range in size from very small 1U or smaller PocketQubes to 24U beasts. ...
media.ccc.de
February 16, 2025 at 10:45 AM
glasgowscience.bsky.social
#ScienceFactFriday

🛰️ Glasgow builds more small satellites than any other city in Europe, with local companies manufacturing CubeSats and PocketQubes for orbit.
February 13, 2026 at 9:01 AM
amsat-dl.org
🚀 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗻. UARX just announced that OSSIE is now integrated into the SpaceX Transporter-18 launch vehicle. Currently awaiting launch date announcement.
Our #AMSAT ERMINAZ-2 PocketQubes are flying with OSSIE-D. #hamradio
September 9, 2026 at 12:44 PM
spacenewsinc.bsky.social
Tom Walkinshaw on pocket-sized satellites

In this episode of Space Minds, host Mike Gruss speaks with Tom Walkinshaw, founder and CEO of Alba Orbital, a Scotland-based manufacturer specializing in pocket-sized satellites known as PocketQubes.
Tom Walkinshaw on pocket-sized satellites
In this episode of Space Minds, host Mike Gruss speaks with Tom Walkinshaw, founder and CEO of Alba Orbital, a Scotland-based manufacturer specializing in pocket-sized satellites known as PocketQubes.
spacenews.com
August 12, 2025 at 7:02 PM
futurescot.bsky.social
From ‘CubeSats’ to constellations: Glasgow emerges as a European space industry powerhouse. City now produces more small satellites such as CubeSats and PocketQubes than any other city on the continent
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futurescot.com
September 18, 2025 at 2:38 PM
longtail-news.bsky.social
Feed: "New Space Economy"
By: NSE on Monday, June 29, 2026
European Satellite Bus Manufacturers Market Analysis 2026
June 2026 finds European satellite bus manufacturers selling platforms that range from 5 cm PocketQubes to geostationary spacecraft designed for more than 15 years of communications service. The ma…
newspaceeconomy.ca
June 29, 2026 at 8:36 PM
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EFTA01788496 | EFTA01788496 From: Sent: To: Subject: Tren Griffin < Saturday, June 7, 2014 6:36 PM Jeffrey E. WorldVu A survey of nanosatellites by The Economist below. A big GEO satellite can weigh > 5,000 kg. The goal with GOOG's WorldVu is 100 kg about the same as Skybox. Many things like Oculus Rift VR headsets benefit from the peace dividend which is low cost electronics manufactured at scale for handsets. http://www.economist.com/news/technology-quarterly/21603240-small-satellites-taking-advantage-smartphones-andother-consumer-technologies <http://www.economist.com/news/technology-quarterly/21603240-small-satellitestaking-advantage-smartphones-and-other-consumer-technologies> Small satellites: Taking advantage of smartphones and other consumer technologies, tiny satellites are changing the space business Jun 7th 2014 ALTHOUGH widely used, satellites are expensive to build and to launch. That began to change last year. On November 19th Orbital Sciences, an American company, launched a rocket from the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. It carried 29 satellites aloft and released them into low-Earth orbit, a record for a single mission. Thirty hours later, Kosmotras, a Russian joint-venture, carried 32 satellites into a similar orbit. Then, in January 2014, Orbital Sciences carried 33 satellites up to the International Space Station (ISS), where they were cast off a month later. Many of these 94 satellites were built in a standard format known as a CubeSat, a 10cm (4 inch) cube weighing 1.3kg (2.91b) or less. Some comprised units of two or three cubes. After a decade of fits and starts, during which some 75 CubeSats were launched, satellites of this scale and other small satellites are moving from being experimental kit to delivering useful scientific data and commercial services. In the next five years or so some 1,000 nanosats, as small satellites of 1-10kg are called, are expected to be launched. Some will be smaller than a CubeSat; others bigger and heavier. Some are like a matryoshka doll: the Russian launch included a satellite that launched eight smaller ones, including four PocketQubes (a 5cm cube format). One of these smaller satellites, developed in Peru, released its own tiny bird. There will be upsets along the way. In April, as part of a mission by SpaceX, an American company, to resupply the ISS, a small mothership was placed in orbit carrying 104 "sprites" (pictured below). Not much larger than a postage stamp, these contain all the basic elements of a satellite, such as a radio, aerials, a solar cell and instruments. Developed as part of a crowd-funded project called KickSat at Cornell University, each sprite cost just $25 in parts. Their launch was free, courtesy of NASA, the American space agency. The sprites were designed to remain in orbit for a few weeks collecting data before burning up on re-entry. Unfortunately, due to a fault with a timer, the mothership failed to release them before it burned up on re-entry. A second mission is now being planned. EFTA_R1_00113035 EFTA01788496
March 10, 2026 at 9:49 AM
Tom Walkinshaw on pocket-sized satellites
In this episode of Space Minds, host Mike Gruss speaks with Tom Walkinshaw, founder and CEO of Alba Orbital, a Scotland-based manufacturer specializing in pocket-sized satellites known as PocketQubes. The post Tom Walkinshaw on pocket-sized satellites appeared first on SpaceNews.
spacenews.com
August 13, 2025 at 11:57 AM
mattvenn.net
Check out the PocketQube conference on March 25th: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pocketqube...
PocketQube Conference 2026
The 9th Annual PocketQube Conference is an international event addressing the technical challenges associated with developing PocketQubes!
www.eventbrite.co.uk
March 20, 2026 at 3:07 PM
iaasgeek.bsky.social
😂😂 That’s a whole other topic! The kids were blown away to learn you can launch PocketQubes—just 500g!—into space to run experiments. In their minds, satellites were always giant machines. Next stop: SpaceX and Project Kuiper!
August 6, 2025 at 3:11 PM