Tom Walkinshaw on pocket-sized satellites

Published on August 12, 2025
Tom Walkinshaw

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.

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