Animation

Endurance

An immersive video production for the Endurance product by Infinite Orbits, highlighting its resilience and innovation in satellite technology for space environments.

Client

Infinite Orbits

Date

Mar 2024

Services

Animation, Video Production, Audio Production, Scripting

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About Work

Infinite Orbits, based in Toulouse, is a NewSpace company developing in-orbit services for GEO satellites using its proprietary Rendezvous solution and Autonomous Vision-Based Navigation. Their Endurance servicer docks with ageing satellites, takes over propulsion and extends operational life while enabling controlled, low-debris disposal.

We’ve worked with Infinite Orbits from the first Endurance film, through their logo, website visuals and mission videos, helping to build one consistent visual language for the brand. As they grew from a €12M funding round to securing over €40M to scale their GEO life-extension and inspection fleet, Endurance 2024 refreshes the original animation with updated design, refined motion and an evolved soundtrack to match a more mature platform and commercial roadmap.

Concept

Crafting The Roadmap

With Endurance 2024, the brief was to evolve the story, not reinvent it. Stakeholders already knew the original Endurance film from 2022, so we focused on showing how the spacecraft – and the company – had moved forward: stronger hardware, refined mission modes and a clearer commercial roadmap.

We revisited the initial storyboard with the Infinite Orbits team and mapped the new mission beats: updated RPO profiles, extended life-extension scenarios, clearer disposal strategies and a stronger link to European space sovereignty. Each scene is tied to a real question from operators, agencies and investors: Is it safe? Is it compatible? How does it cut risk and cost?

Here's what we do:

  • Review the original Endurance film to see what still works and what needs to change.
  • Align the new narrative with the current mission design and funding story.
  • Emphasise key value points: GEO life extension, autonomous servicing and sustainability.
  • Build a storyboard that works for pitches, agency programmes and conference talks.

The result is a roadmap that feels familiar to existing stakeholders, but clearly marks Endurance 2024 as the next step in Infinite Orbits’ journey from early concept to fully funded, European-scale in-orbit servicing.

Animation

Precision Rigging And Motion Graphics

For Endurance 2024, we upgraded our 3D rigs to reflect the current spacecraft design: new thrusters, refined structures and updated sensor suites. This let us animate more nuanced approach trajectories, attitude control and docking behaviours that mirror how the mission is planned today.

Motion graphics highlight the strengths of Infinite Orbits’ Rendezvous solution and vision-based navigation. Sensor fields of view, relative motion and orbit changes are visualised as clean overlays that support the story instead of overwhelming it.

Here's what we do:

  • Refresh 3D models and rigs to match the latest Endurance configuration.
  • Animate RPO sequences that feel controlled, stable and technically credible.
  • Use motion graphics to show relative motion, navigation and orbit management at a glance.
  • Collaborate with Infinite Orbits to ensure key manoeuvres and behaviours are represented correctly.

Together, the updated rigging and graphics make Endurance feel like a mature, ready-to-fly servicer, not just a theoretical concept – in line with the company’s growing funding and mission pipeline.

Audio Production

Bespoke Audio Production And Sound Design

For Endurance 2024, the audio is not just background – it’s part of Infinite Orbits’ identity. Across all their missions we’ve developed a recognisable sonic signature built around a delayed synthesiser motif: a clean, evolving synth line, shaped with rhythmic delay, that has become the sound of Infinite Orbits.

You can hear this theme in Endurance 22, Endurance 2024, OrbitGuard and their logo animations. Sometimes it is upfront and melodic, sometimes it is subtle and textured, but it always carries the same feel of precision, confidence and forward motion. This creates a familiar thread that links every mission film, website animation and brand touchpoint.

Here's what we do:

  • Compose bespoke music that aligns with your project’s vision.
  • Design immersive soundscapes to enhance narrative and mood.
  • Develop unique sound effects that sync seamlessly with visual elements.
  • Enhance the sonic branding strategies that reinforce your brand’s identity.

The result is that even with eyes closed, the audience can recognise an Infinite Orbits film. The delayed synthesiser has become part of their brand – a consistent, modern sound that ties together Endurance, OrbitGuard and the company’s wider visual and communication ecosystem.

Post Production

Creative Video Editing And Post-Production

In post-production, our job was to make Endurance 2024 feel both familiar and clearly upgraded. We preserved a few key compositions and beats from the original film, then introduced new angles, transitions and UI overlays where the mission, branding or funding story had advanced.

Colour and compositing were used to keep Endurance visually consistent across all Infinite Orbits material – from the 2022 film, to OrbitGuard, to the latest campaigns. This supports a single, recognisable visual identity across website, pitches and mission videos.

Here's what we do:

  • Edit the new film to echo key moments from the original Endurance narrative.
  • Composite updated UI, sensor visualisations and orbit graphics into each shot.
  • Apply a consistent grade that links Endurance to the wider Infinite Orbits brand.
  • Review each sequence with the client to balance technical accuracy and clarity.

The final cut works as a stand-alone mission film and as part of a coherent visual toolkit that Infinite Orbits can reuse across presentations, funding rounds and public announcements.

Final Delivery

Video Finalisation And Delivery

Endurance 2024 is used across conferences, investor meetings, agency reviews and online channels, so the delivery package needed to be flexible and robust.

We supplied the flagship film alongside shorter edits that focus on themes such as life extension, autonomy and space sustainability, with formats tuned for different screens and platforms.

Here's our approach:

  • Run detailed quality checks on picture, graphics and audio across all exports.
  • Prepare multiple aspect ratios for LED walls, presentation decks and web embeds.
  • Create short themed cuts for targeted discussions and social media.
  • Deliver ready-to-use files so the Infinite Orbits team can deploy the content quickly.

This gives Infinite Orbits a reusable mission asset that supports their move from a €12M technology round to a €40M European-scale in-orbit servicing programme – and shows how strong visual storytelling can grow alongside a fast-moving NewSpace brand.

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