Orbital WatchtowerPublic Status JournalAll times UTC

Status signal guide

Five states, each with one public meaning.

The same labels are used on the homepage, status table, availability history, JSON snapshot, and incident archive.

Signal definitions

Operational

The latest reliable published reading shows normal visitor access.

Degraded

The surface remains usable, but some requests may be slow or incomplete.

Disruption

The surface is partially or fully unavailable to visitors.

Maintenance

Planned work is active and its expected impact has been published.

No data

No reliable public reading exists for the stated interval.

Record states are different

Published, Resolved, and Completed describe the lifecycle of a record. They do not replace service states. An incident record can be Resolved while the current service signal is Operational.

LabelApplies toMeaning
PublishedStatus or notice recordThe record is part of the public journal.
ResolvedIncident recordThe unplanned impact has ended.
CompletedMaintenance recordThe planned work has ended.

How ambiguity is handled

When evidence is missing or too old to support a reliable claim, the journal uses No data. It does not silently carry Operational forward, and it does not turn editorial review states such as Reviewed or Clear into service availability labels.