Orbital Recovery Mode

Orbital Recovery Mode is a space resilience pattern that moves a spacecraft or mission system into a known safe operating state for spacecraft orbit planning and station keeping. It uses health checks, fallback commands, and restart procedures so teams can restore control after anomalies while keeping evidence, reliability, and public-safe operational boundaries clear.

“The mission team used Orbital Recovery Mode when a spacecraft entered a crowded orbital shell, so the team could restore control after anomalies before the next mission decision point.”