Orbital OperationsYC W25 landing page report.
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Orbital Operationshttps://www.orbitalops.tech/

Your landing page’s weakest score is Trust.

How Orbital Operations ranks

  1. 1.Starfish Space64
  2. 2.Orbital Operations62
  3. 3.Turion Space60
  4. 4.Impulse Space49
  5. 5.Anduril Industries43
Fix Trust
62Growth scoreupdated

category scores

Trust38CTA58Value props68Information hierarchy72Mobile web72
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Trust38CTA58Value props68Information hierarchy72Mobile web72

Score over time

7060504030Impulse Space 49 on Jun 2 (Wayback)Impulse Space 47 on Jul 9 (Wayback)Impulse Space 48 on Aug 12 (Wayback)Impulse Space 49 on Sep 20 (Live)Anduril Industries 43 on Jul 28 (Live)Starfish Space 57 on Apr 20 (Wayback)Starfish Space 65 on May 13 (Wayback)Starfish Space 56 on Jul 2 (Wayback)Starfish Space 57 on Jul 10 (Wayback)Starfish Space 56 on Jul 20 (Wayback)Starfish Space 57 on Sep 11 (Wayback)Starfish Space 64 on Sep 21 (Live)Turion Space 46 on Apr 9 (Wayback)Turion Space 61 on Apr 19 (Wayback)Turion Space 42 on Jul 2 (Wayback)Turion Space 54 on Sep 2 (Wayback)Turion Space 60 on Sep 21 (Live)Orbital Operations 54 on Apr 11 (Wayback)Orbital Operations 63 on May 10 (Wayback)Orbital Operations 63 on May 18 (Wayback)Orbital Operations 63 on Jun 17 (Wayback)Orbital Operations 60 on Jul 27 (Wayback)Orbital Operations 62 on Sep 21 (Live)Apr 11May 10May 18Jun 17Jul 27Sep 21
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  1. Sep 21, 202662LiveOverall +2 · Value props +6 · Information hierarchy +4Viewing
  2. Jul 27, 202660Overall −3 · Value props −10 · Information hierarchy −4View →
  3. Jun 17, 202663Value props +6 · Trust −2View →
  4. May 18, 202663Value props −6 · Information hierarchy +4View →
  5. May 10, 202663Overall +9 · Information hierarchy +16 · Mobile web +16View →
  6. Apr 11, 202654First tracked report — strongest Value props 66, weakest Trust 38View →

Trust

38Poor

Proof that the product is real, competent, and safe to try.

Turion Space
Trust read
Orbital OperationsNo visible trust signal identified.
Impulse SpaceNo visible trust signal identified.
Anduril Industriesimplicit context Anduril Industries may benefit from pre-existing familiarity among its target audience.
Starfish SpaceNo visible trust signal identified.
Turion SpaceSatellite hardware imagery in the hero paired with the tagline "Building the foundational infrastructure of space throug

CTA

58Fair

Copy, size, verb, cost-feel — does the primary CTA earn the click?

Orbital Operations
Turion Space

Problems

  • click feels costly — sales contact
  • ghost style, weak visual presence
  • small vs. huge hero headline
  • no secondary action above fold

Value props

68Fair

Title, subtitle, hero — do they sell the product's true value?

Orbital Operations’s headline sellsMade to move. Designed to defend.Astraeus maneuvers at mission speed, delivering intercept, defense, and repositioning capabilities without delay. Defense ready. Unmatched delta–V.

Working

  • Names three concrete missions: intercept, defense, reposition
  • Punchy, memorable headline rhythm
  • Names the product (Astraeus) up front

Could improve

  • No numbers behind 'unmatched delta-V'
  • 'Mission speed' is vague jargon
  • Hero image decorates, doesn't demonstrate

Information hierarchy

72Fair

Does the design help or inhibit what the page is trying to say?

Information hierarchy annotations on the desktop capture12
  1. CONTACT US ghost button — Thin low-contrast outline on black makes the sole CTA nearly invisible in a one-second scan.
  2. Six-link nav row — Six equal-weight exits, including a duplicate Contact link, outshine the faint primary CTA below.

Mobile web

72Fair

The phone experience as a first-class citizen.

Mobile web annotations on the mobile capture12
  1. Contact Us button — Desktop-proportioned outline button floats small and low-contrast instead of a full-width, thumb-friendly tap target.
  2. Hero body paragraph — Four-plus lines of dense capability copy stack between headline and CTA, pushing the action deep into the fold.

Competitors

inferred from product, audience, and value prop
#1Starfish Spacestarfishspace.com64
#2Orbital Operations62
#3Turion Spaceturionspace.com60 #4Impulse Spaceimpulsespace.com49 #5Anduril Industriesanduril.com43—True Anomalytrueanomaly.spacefailed