The world's leading space companies race their fastest spacecraft around Earth, climbing, diving, turning at 28,000 km/h, where speed, maneuverability and the precision of every burn separate first from last. The fastest sport in human history, held for the first time in orbit.
About
Land. Sea. Sky. Every generation defines itself by a new frontier of competition. Now that frontier is orbit. The world's best teams. Spacecraft racing around Earth at 28,000 km/h. The best write their names in history.
velocity
28k
km/hours racing velocity
Altitude
500km
above Earth
prize
$1M
in prizes in year one
SPORT
Racing. Moved to orbit.
Pos.
Racer
Time
01.
Axios Space
Leader
02.
Vector Aerospace
+ 0.420
03.
Strata Orbital
+ 1.035
04.
Solis
+ 1.202
05.
Apogee Flight Dynamics
+ 1 lap
Prograde
42.3 kg
Altitude
412 km
Velocity
7.661 km/s
INclination
51.64°
Reaction wheels
72%
Roll
Pitch
Yaw
next maneuver
distance: 296 km
Remaining propellant
1.233 m/s
Remaining delta-v
Propellant
42.3 kg
Burn rate
0.28 kg/s
SPACECRAFT
Engineered to race where nothing else can.
Every team flies a highly maneuverable commercial spacecraft capable of executing precise orbital maneuvers. Built using the same technologies advancing the modern space economy, each vehicle competes within a common technical framework where innovation, strategy, and execution define performance.
Response time
< 2 sec
Live flight data is processed continuously, allowing the spacecraft to react rapidly to changing mission conditions.
extreme speed
28,000km/h
Travelling nearly eight kilometers every second, teams operates at the extreme speed of low Earth orbit.
High manoeuvrability
360°
Every race unfolds across all three dimensions, where maneuverability, strategy, and precision matter as much as speed.
RACETRACK
A race track in Earth’s orbit.
Spacecraft follow a defined course around Earth — climbing higher, dropping lower, banking left and right. It rewards one thing above all: maneuverability. The pilot and machine that handle the course best, win.
Circuit information
Time Remaining:
2:58:32
Maximum Altitude:
1,750km
Circuit
Race Track 3D
Race Track 3D
FAN EXPERIENCE
Built for the way fans engage today. You'll see every move.
Onboard cameras, chase satellites watching from above, and a live trajectory map of the planet with each racer's path drawn in real time. The race in orbit, made real on Earth.
Onboard camera
Sattelite information
Name
Space Rider
Company
Vector Aerospace
Live
Live studio
Sattelite information
Location
Los Angeles, CA
Company
Pollux Space, INC.
Live
Trajectory map
Live
From above
Sattelite information
Name
TRN-350
Company
Castor Orbital, Inc.
Live
ROADMAP
It's closer than it sounds.
NOW
The league is live
Founded this year. Teams committed. Proving Grounds underway. Course design in progress
WITHIN 12 MONTHS
Satellites launch
The spacecraft that will fly the first professional race reach orbit and begin on-orbit qualification.
H2 2028
The first race
The inaugural Atlas Cup. The first competitive race ever held in Earth's orbit.
H2 2028
A season, every year
A recurring championship calendar — one grid, one season, one champion at a time.
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About the founder Philip Hover-Smoot
Philip Hover-Smoot
Philip Hover-Smoot is the Founder and CEO of Atlas Cup, the organization behind the world's first professional orbital racing championship. With a background spanning both military and commercial space, space law and regulation, and satellite technology, he has spent his career advancing new frontiers in the space economy. A Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society, he now leads the development of a new global sports property at the intersection of space, technology, and entertainment.
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