·Alba Orbital / AMSAT-EA
Transporter-13 (Alba Flight 9) Deploys Five PocketQubes Including HADES-ICM (SO-125) and Three 3P Unicorn-2 Imagers
Five PocketQubes—Alba Orbital’s Unicorn-2O, 2P and 2Q (3P), AMSAT-EA’s HADES-ICM (1.5P) and Hydra Space’s Hydra-W (1.5P)—deployed via AlbaPod on Transporter-13.
SpaceX’s Transporter-13 rideshare flight on 15 March 2025 carried Alba Orbital’s Flight 9 cluster into a ~520 km Sun-synchronous orbit.
AMSAT-EA and Hydra Space Systems commissioned HADES-ICM (designated SO-125, NORAD 63492), a 1.5P spacecraft carrying a V/U FM voice repeater and a graphene thermal radiation payload developed by Smart IR.
Hydra-W (1.5P) hosts a terahertz electronics experiment from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M), while Unicorn-2O, 2P and 2Q expand Alba Orbital’s 3-axis stabilized night-time optical Earth observation fleet.
CELESTRAK SATCAT & TELEMETRY RECORD
Verified Spacecraft Key Facts & Orbital Dossier
| Spacecraft | Class | Operator / Country | Launch & Vehicle | NORAD / COSPAR | Orbit & RF Downlink | Catalog Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unicorn-2O | 3P | Alba Orbital GB | Falcon 9 (Transporter-13) · AlbaPod | NORAD 63980 2025-052BS | UHF / S | Decayed |
Unicorn-2P | 3P | Alba Orbital GB | Falcon 9 (Transporter-13) · AlbaPod | NORAD 63981 2025-052BT | UHF / S | Decayed |
Unicorn-2Q | 3P | Alba Orbital GB | Falcon 9 (Transporter-13) · AlbaPod | NORAD 63491 2025-052BM | UHF / S | Decayed |
HADES-ICM | 1.5P | AMSAT-EA / Hydra Space / IC Mercury ES | Falcon 9 (Transporter-13) · AlbaPod | NORAD 63492 2025-052BN | VHF / UHF | Decayed |
Hydra-W | 1.5P | Hydra Space / UC3M ES | Falcon 9 (Transporter-13) · AlbaPod | NORAD 63490 2025-052BL | UHF | Decayed |
Catalogued Mission Summaries & Flight Notes
- Unicorn-2O (3P, 2025):
- Unit of Alba Orbital’s Unicorn-2 3P optical and nighttime Earth-observation constellation launched on Transporter-13 (Alba Flight 9).
- Unicorn-2P (3P, 2025):
- Unit of Alba Orbital’s Unicorn-2 3P optical and nighttime Earth-observation constellation launched on Transporter-13 (Alba Flight 9).
- Unicorn-2Q (3P, 2025):
- Unit of Alba Orbital’s Unicorn-2 3P optical and nighttime Earth-observation constellation launched on Transporter-13 (Alba Flight 9).
- HADES-ICM (1.5P, 2025):
- 1.5P AMSAT-EA amateur voice transponder and graphene thermal experiment deployed on Transporter-13.
- Hydra-W (1.5P, 2025):
- 1.5P IoT PocketQube developed by Hydra Space carrying an on-orbit experiment from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M).