Low earth orbit · 550 km · one spacecraft
Put your logo
in orbit.
One flat-panel spacecraft, 20 ad panels, a $1,200,000 sponsorship target funding a hosted orbital advertising payload. Claim a panel, upload your logo, and it flies with the mission.
0 of 20 panels claimed · $1,200,000 still open
The inventory
Twenty panels. Pick yours.
Drag the spacecraft to spin it in 3D, then click any panel to upload artwork. Four sponsorship tiers plus four open-bid cells, against a $1,200,000 campaign target.
Flat layout
Full inventory map
3D spacecraft
Drag to rotate · click a panel| Panel | Size | Held by | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 Antenna deck marquee | Mission Naming Partner · 42 × 16 cm | Available | $300,000 | |
| 02 Deck flank, port | Principal Partner · 24 × 16 cm | Available | $150,000 | |
| 03 Deck flank, starboard | Principal Partner · 24 × 16 cm | Available | $150,000 | |
| 04 Upper bus panel 1 | Premium Orbital Partner · 22 × 22 cm | Available | $75,000 | |
| 05 Upper bus panel 2 | Premium Orbital Partner · 22 × 22 cm | Available | $75,000 | |
| 06 Upper bus panel 3 | Premium Orbital Partner · 22 × 22 cm | Available | $75,000 | |
| 07 Upper bus panel 4 | Premium Orbital Partner · 22 × 22 cm | Available | $75,000 | |
| 08 Lower bus panel 1 | Standard Orbital Placement · 22 × 22 cm | Available | $25,000 | |
| 09 Lower bus panel 2 | Standard Orbital Placement · 22 × 22 cm | Available | $25,000 | |
| 10 Lower bus panel 3 | Standard Orbital Placement · 22 × 22 cm | Available | $25,000 | |
| 11 Lower bus panel 4 | Standard Orbital Placement · 22 × 22 cm | Available | $25,000 | |
| 12 Solar array cell 1A | Standard Orbital Placement · 16 × 16 cm | Available | $25,000 | |
| 13 Solar array cell 1B | Auction Placement · 16 × 16 cm | Available | $100min. opening bid | |
| 14 Solar array cell 1C | Standard Orbital Placement · 16 × 16 cm | Available | $25,000 | |
| 15 Solar array cell 2A | Standard Orbital Placement · 16 × 16 cm | Available | $25,000 | |
| 16 Solar array cell 2B | Auction Placement · 16 × 16 cm | Available | $100min. opening bid | |
| 17 Solar array cell 2C | Standard Orbital Placement · 16 × 16 cm | Available | $25,000 | |
| 18 Solar array cell 3A | Standard Orbital Placement · 16 × 16 cm | Available | $25,000 | |
| 19 Solar array cell 3B | Auction Placement · 16 × 16 cm | Available | $100min. opening bid | |
| 20 Solar array cell 3C | Auction Placement · 16 × 16 cm | Available | $100min. opening bid |
How it works
Three steps, one launch window.
Pick a panel
Twenty placements across the chassis, the antenna deck and the solar wing, priced in four sponsorship tiers from the $300k Mission Naming Partner down to $25k standard placements. Four solar-wing cells stay open to public bidding from $100, in $100 increments.
Upload your logo
Drop in a PNG or SVG. We scale it to the panel, send you a proof at flight-hardware size, and hand it to the print lab.
It flies
Your logo is printed with space-qualified ink, cured on the panel, photographed in the cleanroom, and launched to orbit.
What the money buys
A hosted orbital ad payload, targeting $1,200,000 in sponsorship.
The commercially sane route is a hosted payload aboard an orbital transfer vehicle (D-Orbit’s ION class), launched on a Falcon 9 rideshare, with onboard cameras filming the ad space in orbit — not a standalone satellite we own and operate. The estimated mission budget is $800,000; the full sponsorship target of $1,200,000 also covers campaign production, payment and refund reserves, working capital and commercial margin.
- Platform
- Hosted advertising payload on an ION-class orbital transfer vehicle
- Payload
- Ku/Ka phased-array antennas, optical inter-satellite link
- Ad display
- Printed panels or a real-time rendered digital screen
- Verification
- Onboard live-streaming camera pointed at the ad space
- Orbit
- 550 km, 53° inclination, ~5 year design life
- Ride
- Targeted for launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rideshare mission
From meme to orbit
It costs an estimated $800,000 to get this thing into orbit.
Getting an ad into orbit involves considerably more than buying space on a rocket. The payload must be designed, manufactured, tested, qualified for spaceflight, integrated with the satellite carrier, licensed, launched and operated in orbit.
$400k
Satellite hosting and Falcon 9 launch
$150k
Designing and building the payload
$75k
Testing, operations and orbital filming
$50k
Licensing, legal and insurance
$125k
Because it's space
Total sponsorship target: $1,200,000
How the budget works+
Estimated mission cost
- D-Orbit ION hosting and Falcon 9 launch allocation
- $400,000
- Advertising payload design, manufacture and space qualification
- $150,000
- Integration, testing, orbital operations and footage delivery
- $75,000
- Licensing, specialist legal advice and insurance
- $50,000
- Technical, scheduling and launch-risk contingency
- $125,000
- Total estimated mission budget
- $800,000
D-Orbit’s hosted-payload service can provide the satellite platform, power, communications, memory, thermal support and pointing toward Earth or the horizon. Its standard packages can bundle launch and operations, although it does not publish a fixed price for a bespoke marketing mission. SpaceX’s published direct rideshare benchmark is currently $350,000 for up to 50 kg, but a hosted payload would ordinarily use part of an aggregator’s launch allocation rather than purchasing the whole allocation directly.
Use of sponsorship revenue
- Estimated mission budget
- $800,000
- Website, campaign production and sponsor fulfilment
- $100,000
- Payment fees, foreign exchange, refunds and dispute reserve
- $50,000
- Working capital and commercial margin
- $250,000
- Total sponsorship target
- $1,200,000
Why the regulatory line is $50,000: the official UK CAA orbital-licence application fee is only £6,500, but that is just the application fee. The allocation also covers specialist space-law advice, contract review, insurance, regulatory submissions and determining whether we — or D-Orbit as carrier and operator — hold each responsibility. The CAA says an orbital application takes at least six months to assess, while D-Orbit says its hosted model can externalise some launch-authorisation, frequency-licensing and flight-readiness work.
Sponsorship inventory
| Inventory | Price | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 × Mission Naming Partner | $300,000 | $300,000 |
| 2 × Principal Partner | $150,000 | $300,000 |
| 4 × Premium Orbital Partner | $75,000 | $300,000 |
| 9 × Standard Orbital Placement | $25,000 | $225,000 |
| 4 × Auction Placement | from $100 | Upside |
| Fixed inventory total | $1,125,000 |
These are conservative planning estimates, not a quote from D-Orbit or SpaceX. The final mission configuration has not yet been contracted, and costs may be reallocated between categories once engineering requirements, supplier terms, regulatory responsibilities and launch availability are confirmed. Neither D-Orbit nor SpaceX has sponsored, endorsed or formally partnered with this project at this stage. Prices exclude VAT; auction proceeds sit on top of the fixed inventory.
Questions
Before you claim.
Is the logo actually visible in space?+
The full intention is to commission a satellite carrying a live-streaming camera pointed at the ad space — either printed panels or a digital screen rendering your artwork in real time. This is an experimental project, so treat every purchase as a purchase within this website while launch capability is being configured. See the terms below.
Is this a commercial project?+
Yes. Orbital Ad Space is a commercial advertising project, not a charity, investment or donation campaign. Sponsorship revenue will fund the proposed orbital mission, campaign production, contingencies, business operations and company profit.
Are these final supplier prices?+
No. These are conservative planning estimates, not a quote from D-Orbit or SpaceX. The final mission configuration has not yet been contracted. Costs may be reallocated between categories once engineering requirements, supplier terms, regulatory responsibilities and launch availability have been confirmed. Neither D-Orbit nor SpaceX has sponsored, endorsed or formally partnered with this project at this stage.
What am I actually buying?+
A reserved orbital sponsor placement on our proposed hosted-payload campaign, targeted for launch aboard a Falcon 9. Website placement is delivered immediately; orbital participation remains subject to mission contracting, engineering approval and launch.
What artwork do you need?+
A vector SVG or a transparent PNG at 2000 px on the long edge. We convert it to a single-layer print file and send a proof at true panel scale before anything is cured.
When do I pay?+
Up front. Payment is taken in full at checkout — that's what secures the panel and puts your logo on the spacecraft. Winning bids on the solar-wing panels are also charged immediately. If a fixed-price claim is refused on review, or the mission cannot proceed, fixed-price purchases are refunded in full. Auction bids are non-refundable: bidders are paying for the exposure their logo gets on this site, live from the moment the bid clears.
Which brands get refused?+
Anything that fails export-control or launch-provider review, plus the obvious categories. If a claim is refused the hold is released immediately.
Can I get a bigger panel later?+
Yes, until the print files lock. Release your panel and claim a larger one, or stack several adjacent cells on the solar wing.
Terms & conditions
The fine print, in plain English.
Experimental project
Orbital Ad Space is an experimental project. The full intention is to commission an EnduroSat satellite, launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rideshare mission, carrying a live-streaming camera pointed at the ad space. The ad space itself will either be printed on the spacecraft or shown on a digital screen rendering artwork in real time.
Status of purchases
Until launch capability is fully configured, any ad space purchase should be treated strictly as a purchase within this website. Reserving a panel grants you the advertising placement as sold on this site; it is not a guarantee of a specific launch date, vehicle, or orbital parameter.
Everything here is subject to change
Specifications, pricing, panel layout, inventory, tiers, artwork dimensions, the spacecraft bus, the launch provider, the target launch window, the funding goal and these terms themselves are all indicative and may change at any time without notice. Nothing on this site is a fixed technical specification or a binding promise of a particular outcome. Where a change materially reduces what a fixed-price sponsor receives, the company will either offer an equivalent placement or a refund of that purchase.
The mission may be repurposed or replaced
The company may, at its sole discretion, sell, lease, transfer or repurpose the payload or the mission — including finding a third party who wishes to fund or use the satellite itself — or substitute a different spacecraft, mission or launch opportunity. In that event the company may either carry sponsor placements across to the substituted mission or treat the campaign as not proceeding, with the refund position set out below.
Commercial revenue
Advertising fees are commercial revenue of the company and are not donations, investments or funds held on trust for mission expenses. Prices are not calculated by reference to the actual cost of the proposed orbital campaign. Subject to fulfilling its contractual obligations, the company may retain any surplus as working capital or profit. Prices shown exclude VAT and any other applicable sales taxes, which are added where required.
Intent to launch, and refunds if it doesn't happen
The company intends to ring-fence the majority of sponsorship revenue for the proposed orbital campaign — supplier contract, payload hardware, testing, integration, launch and orbital filming, plus contingency. If the mission cannot proceed, is repurposed, or the launch slot slips beyond the stated window, holders of fixed-price panels may choose either to keep their placement on the site and any substituted mission, or to request a refund of the amount they paid. Refunds are made to the original payment method, without interest, and are the company's entire liability for the campaign not proceeding.
Auction panels are non-refundable
Bids on the open-bid solar-wing cells are final and non-refundable, including if the mission does not proceed. The consideration for a winning bid is the on-site exposure the brand receives — logo placement on the spacecraft render, the sponsor list and the live site — which is delivered immediately when the payment clears. A bidder who is outbid is likewise not refunded; their placement ends when a higher bid is paid.
Artwork and approval
All artwork is subject to export-control and launch-provider review. Refused fixed-price claims are released and refunded immediately; refused auction artwork may be replaced with compliant artwork rather than refunded. Final panel layouts are approved by the launch integrator before printing or screen configuration.
No guarantee of imagery or visibility
Spaceflight is inherently risky. The company gives no guarantee that any launch will succeed, that the spacecraft will reach or maintain orbit, that the camera will function, or that any particular image, video, resolution, lighting, duration or number of views of your panel will ever be produced or delivered. Renders, mock-ups, orbital imagery and timelines shown on this site are illustrative only.
Your brand, your responsibility
By submitting artwork you confirm you own or are licensed to use it, and you grant the company a worldwide, royalty-free licence to reproduce, display and publicise it on this site, on the spacecraft, and in related marketing, in perpetuity. You indemnify the company against any claim arising from the artwork or brand you supply. The company may refuse, remove or replace any artwork or brand at its discretion — including anything unlawful, infringing, misleading, hateful, adult, political, or which a launch provider, insurer or regulator objects to — and may remove listings for chargebacks, fraud or disputed payments.
No affiliation
Orbital Ad Space is an independent project. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or operated by SpaceX, EnduroSat or any launch provider named on this site. Naming a supplier or vehicle describes an intention, not a concluded contract. Hardware renders are illustrative.
Not an investment
Purchasing ad space buys advertising only. It is not a security, share, token, unit, loan, crowdfunding contribution, pre-order of goods, or any interest in the company, the spacecraft or the mission, and it carries no ownership, revenue share, voting or governance rights of any kind.
Limitation of liability
To the fullest extent permitted by law, the company's total aggregate liability to any sponsor, for any cause and on any basis, is limited to the amount that sponsor actually paid. The company is not liable for indirect or consequential loss, loss of profit, loss of publicity, loss of goodwill or wasted marketing spend. Nothing in these terms excludes liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, for fraud, or for anything else that cannot lawfully be excluded. Nothing here affects the statutory rights of a sponsor who buys as a consumer.
Delays and events outside our control
The company is not liable for any delay or failure caused by events outside its reasonable control, including launch manifest changes, range or weather delays, regulatory or export-control decisions, supplier or launch-provider failure, insurance withdrawal, war, or launch failure.
Changes to these terms, and governing law
These terms may be updated at any time; the version published on this site at the moment of purchase applies to that purchase, and continued use of the site means you accept the current version. Sponsor names, brands, logos, contact emails and payment records are processed to fulfil the placement and to meet legal obligations; payments are handled by Stripe and card details are never stored by the company. These terms and any dispute arising from them are governed by the laws of England and Wales, subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of its courts.