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FROM FIRST INQUIRY TO DEPLOYMENT

Your access
to space.

Bring your satellite mission into focus.

Define what you need, explore relevant services, and map the steps from first inquiry to deployment.

01 / A CLEAR PATH FORWARD

A clear mission.
A practical plan.

Define your mission. Keep every requirement in view. Build a reusable Mission Passport, identify open questions, and connect the next steps.

MISSION WORKSPACEEXAMPLE MISSION

MISSION DETAILS

First light

Earth observation · CubeSat

Form factor
3U CubeSat
Payload mass
4 kg PAYLOAD ONLY
Requested orbit
450 km LEO
Target window
Q3–Q4 2027
Vibration testing
Not known
Orbital inclination
Not known

Provider confirmation pending

Example Mission Inquiry with eight survey sections, saved answer counts and licensing and compliance questions.

01Ask the right questions. A guided survey keeps unknowns visible.

02Build a shared brief. Keep mission requirements and open questions together.

02 / ONE WORKSPACE. EVERY MILESTONE.

Manage your mission.
End to end.

Keep the plan, the open questions and the work to resolve them together—from first inquiry to deployment.

01 / MOVE THE WORK FORWARD

Track issues. Resolve them.

See what needs attention at each milestone. Set dates, name providers and follow each action through to resolution.

02 / KEEP THE CONTEXT

Put the details in one place.

Add comments and documents where the work happens. Keep technical evidence and the conversation alongside the relevant milestone.

03 / KEEP A CLEAR RECORD

Know what changed, and why.

Keep mission answers, decisions and updates connected, so your team can pick up the thread without searching across files and inboxes.

Simulated mission roadmap: eight milestones dated September 2026 to July 2027, Payload design as the current step, Testing and safety needing action, and issue counts across the plan.
Simulated mission data. Milestones, target dates and open issues in one plan.

03 / THE EXPERTISE AROUND YOUR MISSION

Space is a team effort.

Find the expertise your mission needs, from testing and integration to launch, logistics and orbital transport.

25researched providers
in our service catalog

MISSION REQUESTS

Find the right partner.
Move your mission forward.

Publish a Mission Request for an open issue or action item. Share the relevant requirements and receive proposals from suitable providers, so you can choose the right expertise for the work ahead.

Our research helps you identify relevant options and prepare more useful inquiries. You cooperate and contract directly with each provider.

Catalog examples, not confirmed partners. Participation, service scope, availability and terms require provider confirmation.

LaunchTestingIntegrationLogisticsOrbital transport

04 / FOR SERVICE PROVIDERS

Your expertise.
Their next milestone.

Work together from inquiry to deployment.

Help mission teams move from initial questions to a practical proposal. Orbitrails connects your expertise with the details and people behind each mission.

Register as a provider

A SHARED WORKSPACE

Start with a shared brief.

Reusable mission details and focused clarification requests give each conversation a clearer starting point.

Keep the project connected.

Bring proposals, documents, agreed terms and project updates together as the mission develops.

Mission Requests.

Review mission requests and submit your proposals.

Customers publish their needs, and suitable providers respond. Scope and commercial terms are agreed directly.

05 / SIMPLE ANNUAL PRICING

Clear. Transparent.

One annual price for your mission workspace.

ORBITRAILS

$200per user / year

Bring your mission plan, issues, documents and team conversations together.

Register your mission
50% EDUCATION DISCOUNT

$100per user / year

For the educational sector.

Get your education account

Launch and other provider services are contracted separately.

ORBITRAILS / OTC SOFTWARE

Privacy notice.

Orbitrails is operated by OTC Software. Mission and provider registration is handled in the Orbitrails application. This landing page does not collect mission submissions.

The mission details and screenshots shown here are examples; they do not collect or submit answers. Links to provider websites are subject to those providers’ privacy notices.

ORBITRAILS / OTC SOFTWARE

Terms.

Orbitrails by OTC Software is a workspace for mission preparation and provider collaboration. Mission Requests connect customer needs with provider proposals. The mission survey and plan on this page use simulated data.

Using Orbitrails

Registration is handled by the Orbitrails application. This landing page does not reserve a launch or service, publish a mission request, or establish a paid agreement.

Working with providers

Customers cooperate and contract directly with service providers. Orbitrails coordinates and refers; catalog inclusion does not establish a partnership or endorsement. Each provider confirms its scope, requirements, acceptance, availability, prices and dates. Any referral terms require a separate agreement.

Mission planning does not replace provider acceptance or applicable technical and regulatory approvals.

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