How it works
Upload. Launch. Follow.
Then a new adventure every day.
Upload
Choose a photo, a letter or a drawing. Each keepsake is $49.
Launch
It flies on a small storage payload aboard a real commercial satellite.
Follow
Track your satellite live as it circles the Earth.
Postcards and missions
A new AI-made postcard each day, plus a mission about the places it passes.
Steps 3 and 4 repeat every day while your keepsake is in orbit.
The app
A live game played over the real Earth.
Built on live orbital data. Every postcard and mission is generated by AI from where the satellite really is.
Look up
See every satellite passing over your head, right now.
See through its eyes
Live telemetry and a 3D view of the Earth below.
Daily postcards
A new postcard from wherever your keepsake is flying.
Missions
Quick challenges about the places it flies over.
Build your own satellite fleet
Explore every satellite on the globe
Filter by science, weather and launch site
Share what your satellite sees
Coming next
The satellite provides the journey. AI makes it personal.
Made for every kid
Postcards that adapt to age, reading level and interests.
Learning paths
Geography, weather, world events and how satellites work.
Talk to your satellite
Ask it questions, with answers drawn from its live data.
Real views from orbit
Satellite images of the places your keepsake flies over.
Kid-safe by design: no open chat for young users, parental controls, privacy first.
Proof it’s aboard
Really up there, and you can prove it.
A unique fingerprint
Every file gets its own code before launch. You keep yours.
Sealed on film
We film the payload being written, sealed and mounted.
A flight certificate
With your file’s name, its fingerprint and its satellite.
Live tracking
Follow the real satellite by its official catalog number.
For schools, planetariums and space camps
Launch a class keepsake together, run lessons from the satellite’s route, and bring the live globe to your dome.
Reserve a spot
Join our first launch class.
Reserving is free. Keepsakes will be $49 each, and nothing is charged until launches open. We’ll email you before then with your launch date and next steps.
“A kid who can watch a piece of themselves orbit Earth starts asking what else is up there. I want to help them go find out.”
Elsina Silver, founder. More than eight years at Google as a product manager and technical program manager, and before that, years in business strategy, product development and design. Elsina built the Starlight Orbitals app herself.
Questions
Good to know
Is my keepsake really going to space?
Yes. It’s stored on a small storage payload that rides aboard a real commercial satellite. You get a unique fingerprint for your file, a flight certificate, and live tracking of the satellite itself.
When is the first launch?
We’re finalizing our launch partner now, and we’ll announce the date as soon as it’s confirmed. Everyone who reserves will hear first, with the date and next steps.
How long will it stay in orbit?
As long as its host satellite does, typically a few years in low orbit. At the end of its journey, the satellite returns through the atmosphere like a shooting star.
What can I send?
Photos, letters, drawings and other artwork, up to 25 MB per keepsake. That’s room for several high-resolution photos, or a scanned drawing with a letter. JPG, PNG and PDF all work.
Is the app safe for kids?
It’s built kid-safe from the start: no open chat for young users, parental controls, and privacy first.
Get in touch
Questions, pilots or partnerships?
Whether you’re a parent, a teacher, a planetarium or a space company, we’d love to hear from you. We read every message.