Logline
When a $500-million space observatory begins falling toward Earth, a young
startup CEO leads an unproven team on a high-risk rescue mission—where
success is uncertain, failure is public, and leadership means acting without
knowing the outcome.


Synopsis
When a $500-million space observatory begins an accelerated descent
toward Earth, Jae-Min Han, the young CEO of a scrappy aerospace
startup, is handed a mission no one has ever attempted: rescue an
unprepared satellite before it burns up in the atmosphere.
With time running out, Jae-Min must lead a largely untested team
through a high-risk operation involving autonomous robotics, unproven
software, and an unforgiving orbital window. As financial pressure
mounts and public scrutiny intensifies, the technical challenge becomes
secondary to a deeper one—how to lead when certainty is impossible
and failure will be visible to the world.
Told from the inside of innovation rather than the spectacle of
spaceflight, Orbit Downfall explores the human cost of progress:
fragmented focus, burnout, trust, and the quiet courage required to
move forward without guarantees. Inspired by real events, the film is
not about whether the mission succeeds, but about what is learned
when ambition, responsibility, and the unknown collide.
Orbit Downfall is a grounded, character-driven space drama about
leadership, learning, and the moments that define who we become
when outcomes are still unwritten


Themes
 	Learning over winning
Trusting systems you’ve built
Letting go of control
Progress without guarantees



Format & Audience
•	Format: Feature Film (90 to  120 minutes) 
•	For fans of: Apollo 13, First Man, All is Lost, and Margin Call﻿
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