Skip to the card

Card 576 of 9752026-09-23 issue

Observed arrival · 2026-09-23

Orbitrails: a workspace for satellite missions

orbitrails.com Visit website
Editorial interest 72/100 Selection signal · not a rating of the site

Orbitrails organizes satellite-mission requirements, milestones, open questions, documents, and provider requests in a shared workspace.

Landing page captured for the 2026-09-23 issue.
For
Satellite mission teams and service providers
Worth noticing
The sample keeps vibration testing and orbital inclination marked “Not known”; the site says its 25-provider catalog is not a confirmed-partner list.

Field notes

The displayed example is a 3U CubeSat Earth-observation mission with a 4 kg payload and a 450 km LEO target; vibration testing and orbital inclination remain unresolved. Orbitrails describes a Mission Passport, milestone tracking, attached comments and documents, and requests that let teams share relevant requirements with providers. Its catalog lists 25 researched providers, but the page explicitly says catalog examples are not confirmed partners; scope, availability, and terms require confirmation, and customers contract directly.

Observed signals

Read the marks

Editorial observations of this landing page, not a rating.

OpenPublic substance visible
LoginAccess appeared gated
$PaidCommerce or pricing visible
PrettyNotable craft visible
NicheUnusually specific use
ƒJavaScriptBrowser-side code central

One card from the complete issue

Racing the Bulldozers

362,307 arrived 1,000 judged 975 catalogued Enter the complete issue
orbitrails.com

Landing page observed 2026-09-23. The live site may have changed.