About Orbital Notes

Launches, missions and the money behind them.

What we cover

Spaceflight: launches, mission milestones, contracts, regulation and the companies and agencies flying. Readers follow the industry and want the technical detail kept in.

How our articles are made

Every article here starts from at least 3 independent published reports on the same subject. We read those reports, then write an original piece that compares what they say, notes where they disagree, and explains what it means for readers of this site. We do not reproduce source text.

Drafting is AI-assisted and reviewed against an automated check for length, sourcing, and similarity to the originals before anything is published. Every source we used is linked at the bottom of each article — please read them.

Corrections

If something here is wrong, tell us on the contact page and we will correct or remove it. Publishers who would prefer not to be cited can ask the same way.