OrbitalForge / missions

Missions & challenges

Each mission is a set of physics-anchored targets your design has to hit. Completing all targets applies a reward multiplier to your score. Browse by theme — every category maps to a real piece of the multi-planetary roadmap.

Multi-Planetary3 missions

Mars cyclers, lunar relays, cislunar comms.

Multi-Planetary

Lunar Relay Precursor

Pathfinder for an Earth-Moon relay layer. Higher altitude than the AI-sat shell so the geometry to the lunar surface is less Earth-blocked, with optics sized for cislunar distances.

★★★★difficulty 4×1.7 reward
  • Altitude ≥ 1500 km
  • Optical aperture ≥ 0.4 m
  • Laser comms ≥ 300 W
  • Avg power ≥ 45 kW
Multi-Planetary

Mars Cycler Uplink

Earth-side terminal for a Mars-cycler comms hop. Big optics, lots of power margin, sun-pointing-friendly orbit. Built for the era when Starship is moving cargo between planets every synodic period.

★★★★★difficulty 5×2.0 reward
  • Optical aperture ≥ 0.6 m
  • Laser comms ≥ 800 W
  • Onboard compute ≥ 80 kW (link processing)
  • Altitude ≥ 1200 km
  • Avg power ≥ 60 kW
Multi-Planetary

Mars Relay Pathfinder

Build the relay tier of an interplanetary comms network. Near-polar orbit for full Earth-side coverage and a laser comms package big enough to reach a Mars cycler.

★★★★★difficulty 5×1.8 reward
  • Inclination ≥ 88° (near-polar)
  • Inclination ≤ 100°
  • Altitude ≥ 1000 km
  • Laser comms ≥ 200 W
  • Optical aperture ≥ 0.3 m
  • Avg power ≥ 50 kW (relay duty cycle)