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Orca Aerospace

Industrials · YC Fall 2026

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Automated design study · partial homepage

Dark, left-aligned conversion-focused landing flow with sharp geometry and image-led proof.

Orca Aerospace — Mission Control, Onboard opens with “Mission Control, Onboard” in a left-aligned conversion-led hero.
Evidence & method · 6 capture notes
Source
https://orcaaerospace.com/
Captured
2026-09-08
Extractor
2.5.0
Evidence
hero, middle, closing, mobile
  • Automated interpretation; editorial review is pending.
  • Partial inspection: CSS requests newblack, but those font faces were unavailable in the hero frame. Screenshots show browser fallback; font tokens describe declared families, not verified glyph faces.
  • Partial inspection: CSS requests newblack, but those font faces were unavailable in the mid-page frame. Screenshots show browser fallback; font tokens describe declared families, not verified glyph faces.
  • Partial inspection: CSS requests newblack, but those font faces were unavailable in the closing frame. Screenshots show browser fallback; font tokens describe declared families, not verified glyph faces.
  • Partial inspection: CSS requests newblack, but those font faces were unavailable in the desktop evidence frame. Screenshots show browser fallback; font tokens describe declared families, not verified glyph faces.
  • Partial inspection: CSS requests newblack, but those font faces were unavailable in the mobile frame. Screenshots show browser fallback; font tokens describe declared families, not verified glyph faces.
  • The hero heading was read from semantic heading markup.
  • 1 responsive breakpoint declaration was inspectable.
  • 1 stylesheet was inspectable; 0 cross-origin stylesheets were unavailable to rule inspection.
  • Computed styles describe the captured render; source design tokens and proprietary font files were not copied.

Captured screens

2026-09-08 · source viewport 1600 × 1000

Orca Aerospace hero homepage design evidence. Visible section: Mission Control, Onboard
Hero1600 × 1000
Orca Aerospace mid-page homepage design evidence. Visible section: Orca Lives Onboard
Mid-page1600 × 1000
Orca Aerospace closing homepage design evidence. Visible section: Put An Orca Onboard
Closing1600 × 1000
Orca Aerospace mobile homepage design evidence. Visible section: Mission Control, Onboard
Mobile390 × 844

System overview

Hero
conversion-led · left
Surface
dark
Density
sparse
Content width
1600px full-width canvas
Confidence
low
Primary action
Request a briefing

Color system

Dark surfaces use 8 repeated semantic colors; the primary action carries the strongest interactive emphasis.

Canvas

Page canvas

Dominant rendered page background.
Surface 1

Surface

Repeated container or section fill; relative occurrence score 12.
Surface 2

Surface

Repeated container or section fill; relative occurrence score 3.
Surface 3

Surface

Repeated container or section fill; relative occurrence score 1.
Primary text

Primary text

Observed display foreground with 14.1:1 contrast against the captured canvas.
Secondary text

Secondary text

Observed reading foreground; measured canvas-reference contrast is 4.0:1.
Action

Primary action

Fill used by the dominant first-viewport action.
Border

Border and divider

Most repeated inspectable border color.

Typography

The observed type system assigns NewBlack to display, heading text; Geist to body, label text.

Metric previews use the observed CSS values. Source font files are not bundled, so unavailable families fall back locally.
display

Mission Control, Onboard

NewBlack · 96px/101.76px · weight 600 · tracking -1.44px · color rgb(255, 255, 255) · preview scaled
heading

Orca Lives Onboard

NewBlack · 72px/77.76px · weight 600 · tracking -0.72px · color rgb(255, 255, 255)
body

Constellations grow by thousands of vehicles a year. Each one is flown from the ground, through…

Geist · 19px/30.4px · weight 400 · tracking 0px · color rgb(255, 255, 255)
label

The Problem

Geist · 13px/normal · weight 600 · tracking 2.08px · color rgb(143, 209, 249)

Spacing & shape

Spacing

Base unit
4px
Section gap
48px
Container
24px
24px28px48px20px16px8px10px32px9px140px

Shape

Sharp geometry is the dominant shape voice. Separation relies on borders and surface contrast rather than shadow.

Containers
2px
Inputs
2px
Buttons
2px
Media
0px
Inspect borders & shadows · 4
Borders
1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.141)1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.220)1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.122)
Shadows
None observed

Component grammar

Token-based examples, not original components. Source fonts may fall back locally.

Hero

Opening proposition

1 observed

Conversion led, left-aligned opening anchored by “Request a briefing”.

Inspect 4 properties
Pattern
conversion-led
Alignment
left
Heading
NewBlack · 96px / 600
Media
image-led

Navigation

Global wayfinding

1 observed

Static navigation with 6 visible actions in the desktop opening.

Inspect 7 properties
Text
#ffffff
Border
none
Radius
0px
Padding
0px 0px 0px 0px
Type
Geist · 16px / 400
Position
static
Height
37px

Primary action

Conversion

1 observed

“Request a briefing” is the strongest first-viewport action by semantic intent and visual contrast.

Request a briefing
Inspect 6 properties
Background
#068ceb
Text
#ffffff
Border
none
Radius
2px
Padding
14px 22px 14px 22px
Type
Geist · 16px / 600

Form control

Input and selection

1 observed

1 style-matched form control instance was found among 1 candidates; properties describe the dominant observed cluster.

Example input
Inspect 7 properties
Background
rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.078)
Text
#ffffff
Border
1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.220)
Radius
2px
Padding
14px 16px 14px 16px
Type
Geist · 16px / 400
Candidate pool
1

Badge or tag

Compact status or category label

1 observed

1 style-matched badge or tag instance was found among 2 candidates; properties describe the dominant observed cluster.

Example label
Inspect 7 properties
Background
#ffffff
Text
#17285c
Border
none
Radius
2px
Padding
9px 18px 9px 18px
Type
Geist · 15px / 600
Candidate pool
2

Media frame

Visual proof

2 observed

2 style-matched media elements were found among 3 rendered candidates; fill fitting and 0px are the most repeated treatments.

Inspect 4 properties
Fit
fill
Ratios
3.45, 0.96
Radius
0px
Candidate pool
3

Footer

Closing navigation

1 observed

5 visible actions close the page on a #040a1d surface.

Inspect 7 properties
Background
#040a1d
Text
#ffffff
Border
1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.122)
Radius
0px
Padding
0px 0px 0px 0px
Type
Geist · 16px / 400
Links
5

Layout & narrative

The homepage continues through 3 observed sections, moving from the opening proposition into Space Is Scaling Faster Than The People Who Fly It, Orca Lives Onboard, Put An Orca Onboard.

Structure
Conversion-led product story
Hero pattern
Conversion hero: the action is embedded in the opening
Grid
2 columns
Closing
Utility footer with 5 actions
Full section sequence · 3
  1. Space Is Scaling Faster Than The People Who Fly It
  2. Orca Lives Onboard
  3. Put An Orca Onboard

Imagery, motion & responsive

Imagery

Image led media acts as the page’s primary visual proof rather than decoration.

fill fitting · square-edged frames
Inspect imagery inventory
Composition
A focused visual anchors the first viewport.
Inventory
3 images/canvas elements and 0 videos across the analyzed homepage.

Motion

4 declared keyframes and 23 active animations were inspectable at capture; observed timing uses 0.8s, 44s, 0.001s.

Reduced-motion rules detected
Inspect motion inventory
Libraries
CSS / browser-native or bundled source not identifiable
Keyframes
hlRise, hlDrift, hlSwim, hlSwimR
Durations
0.8s, 44s, 0.001s, 52s, 48s, 56s
Easings
cubic-bezier(0, 0, 0.2, 1), linear, ease, cubic-bezier(0, 0, 0.2, 1), cubic-bezier(0, 0, 0.2, 1)
States
focus, hover, active

Mobile

The same 6 visible navigation actions remain at mobile width. Hero alignment changes from left to center; mobile heading size is 54px.

Primary content reads as a single-column mobile flow.
Inspect responsive test
Viewport
390 × 844
Overflow
No horizontal overflow detected

Reproduction guidance

Do

  • Pair the observed #17285c canvas with #ffffff primary copy before adding secondary surfaces.
  • Use NewBlack at 96px/101.76px, weight 600, for the primary display moment.
  • Reserve the strongest first-viewport contrast for “Request a briefing” within the left-aligned conversion-led hero.
  • Image led media acts as the page’s primary visual proof rather than decoration.

Don’t

  • Do not mix in arbitrary radii; 2px is the repeated treatment on containers.
  • Do not reuse the #068ceb action color across decorative elements; keep its interactive emphasis selective.
  • Do not introduce extra type families beyond NewBlack and Geist.
  • Do not add card shadows; the source separates content without repeated elevation.