Protocol orbit
Contact Protocol Orbit
Interactive 3D orbit for cadence planning, packet design, and governance checkpoints before any outbound transmission.
Synchronizing deep-space research lanes...
Paradi
Exo-Intelligence Atlas
Paradi / Contact Lab
An interactive experiment console for cautious outbound messaging, encoding rehearsal, and latency planning.
Experimental route
The first-contact lab.
This route turns the research atlas into a planning environment. It does not claim that we know who to contact or that we should transmit immediately. It gives you a disciplined way to think about what a message would contain, how it might be encoded, and what the time horizon really looks like.
Signal design gallery
Visual anchors for cautious transmission thinking.
The lab now includes mission and signal-context visuals so each planning decision sits next to the larger astrophysical and protocol backdrop.
1 / Composer
Build a first-contact message frame.
This is not a real transmitter. It is a protocol rehearsal tool: choose a target, choose a channel, decide who claims legitimacy, and force the message to stay interpretable before it becomes expressive.
Preset stance
Channel profile
Message blocks
Generated outline
Deterministic packet sketch
This output is intentionally plain. It is a protocol stack, not a poetic statement. The point is to force ordering: sync first, reference next, content later, reply instructions last.
TARGET PROXIMA CENTAURI / 4.24 LY CHANNEL RADIO BEACON / RADIO POSTURE RESEARCH DEMONSTRATION CADENCE 12 TRANSMISSIONS PER YEAR SYNC 2:11 | 3:111 | 5:11111 | 7:1111111 | 11:11111111111 MATHEMATICS: SYNC: 2 3 5 7 11 / BINARY: 1 10 11 100 REFERENCE UNITS: UNITS: time_base / frequency_base / pulse_interval LOCATION: LOC: star=Sol / planet=3 / orbit_index=3 REPLY INSTRUCTION: REPLY: same cadence / same target / same framing order ENDMARK REPEAT / checksum / cadence-lock RATIONALE Best when the goal is detectability and interpretability rather than expressive richness.
Selected block count
4
Governance caution
More practical for near-term experiments, but it should not pretend to represent all of Earth.
Channel caution
Bandwidth is limited, and repeated transmission matters more than a one-off dramatic burst.
2 / Encoding
Encoding playground
Use the current message text as the input and preview it as binary, hex, or a simple prime pulse train. This is not a universal decoder. It is a framing exercise.
01010010 01100101 01110000 01100101 01100001 01110100 00100000 01100001 00100000 01101101 01100001 01110100 01101000 01100101 01101101 01100001 01110100 01101001 01100011 01100001 01101100 01101100 01111001 00100000 01101111 01100010 01110110 01101001 01101111 01110101 01110011 00100000 01101111 01110000 01100101 01101110 01101001 01101110 01100111 00101100 00100000 01100101 01110011 01110100 01100001 01100010 01101100 01101001 01110011 01101000 00100000 01110101 01101110 01101001 01110100 01110011 00101100 00100000 01101001 01100100 01100101 01101110 01110100 01101001 01100110 01111001 00100000 01101111 01110010 01101001 01100111 01101001 01101110 00100000 01100001 01110100 00100000 01100001 00100000 01100011 01101111 01100001 01110010 01110011 01100101 00100000 01100001 01110011 01110100 01110010 01101111 01101110 01101111 01101101 01101001 01100011 01100001 01101100 00100000 01101100 01100101 01110110 01100101 01101100 00101100 00100000 01100001 01101110 01100100 00100000 01110011 01110100 01101111 01110000 00100000 01100010 01100101 01100110 01101111 01110010 01100101 00100000 01100011 01110101 01101100 01110100 01110101 01110010 01100001 01101100 00100000 01100100 01100101 01110100 01100001 01101001 01101100 00100000 01101111 01110110 01100101 01110010 01110111 01101000 01100101 01101100 01101101 01110011 00100000 01101001 01101110 01110100 01100101 01110010 01110000 01110010 01100101 01110100 01100001 01100010 01101001 01101100 01101001 01110100 01111001 00101110
3 / Transmission simulator
Latency, cadence, and reply horizon
The simulator assumes a send date of April 22, 2026. Distances are shown in light-years, so the one-way and round-trip numbers are the first reality check.
One-way latency
4.24y
Earliest round-trip
8.48y
First possible reply date
October 14, 2034
Total planned bursts
72
Detectability note
Best for simple, repeated structure and long-term monitoring.
Pointing and coordination note
Moderate beam: still needs disciplined geometry and repetition.
Target rationale
If humanity ever ran a symbolic outbound rehearsal, proximity alone makes Proxima the cleanest latency benchmark.