01
The circle
The bowl of the P is a true circle. That circle is also the first O. Everything else is measured from its centre.
Logo concepts
P1 Orbital
A single group device for a US and UK aerospace and defence company that designs and builds high-performance coaxial liquid-fuel rocket engines.
v18 · Damien Scott · [email protected]
Brief
First position, then orbit.
This is a logo-concept development for P1 Orbital — P1 Orbital Inc. in the United States and P1 Orbital UK Limited, its wholly owned UK subsidiary. The company sits in aerospace and defence. It designs and builds high-performance coaxial liquid-fuel rocket propulsion engines.
P1 is a homage to the origin of the technology: a motorsport way of working, and decades of Formula 1 experience held by the inventor and company CTO, Nick Wirth. In motorsport, P1 is the winner — first position, pole, the top step.
The device started as a combination of P, 1 and O. The circular bowl of the P is a true circle; that circle is already an O. The O of Orbital can be drawn two ways: a second concentric ring around the P — coaxial, like the turbopumps — or a filled Thrust circle inside it, the core of the engine. Both share the same centre; they can be used apart or together.
The 1 is the P, turned 180°. Stem down on the left, stem up on the right, same extra length, opposite tangents. One mark for both legal entities.
Cut
1 flag
P foot
Outer O
Thrust
Caps
Ground
Flag × O
Nine cuts of the same drawing.
Stem, weight, gap, foot and caps follow the sliders. Click a cell to load it.
Off
Full
Broken
Construction
One centre. Two tangents. Optional core.
02
Opposite stems
Left tangent, down: P. Right tangent, up: 1. Equal extra length. Rotate 180° and the drawing is itself.
03
The second ring
The outer O is a complete concentric circle. Broken punches a vertical slot only where the P crosses it (down-left) and where the 1 crosses it (up-right).
04
The thrust
A filled circle on the same centre, inside the P. It is the core — the thing the engine is for. Reads cleanest when the outer O is off, but it is legal with any ring.
Live cut
With guides
P1 ORBITAL
P1 ORBITAL
Lock-up
Device and wordmark, two axes.
Horizontal: the device is vertically centred on P1 ORBITAL. Vertical: the device sits above, horizontally centred on the letters.
Horizontal
P1 ORBITAL
Vertical
P1 ORBITAL
Scale
Down to a favicon.
Same live cut, from 128px to 16×16. The coaxial rings have to hold at the smallest size the mark will ever be asked to occupy.
128
64
48
32
24
16 · favicon
App icon
128
64
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16 · favicon
In use
Investor slide, a drawing block, cards, and kit.
P1 ORBITAL
P1 Orbital Inc. · P1 Orbital UK Limited
P1 ORBITAL
Coaxial turbopump assembly
Dwg no.
P1-TP-0001
Rev
A
Scale
1:2
Sheet
1 / 1
Material
Inconel 718
Mass
41.6 kg
Drawn
N. Wirth
Date
19 Aug 26
Proprietary
US · 3.5 × 2 in
P1 ORBITAL
Nick Wirth
Co-founder, CTO and Chief Rocket Engine Architect
M +1 555 878 0009
P1 Orbital Inc.
UK · 85 × 55 mm
P1 ORBITAL
Nick Wirth
CEng FREng FIMechE MIET
Chief Technical Officer / Chief Rocket Engine Architect
M +44 7802 311700
P1 Orbital UK Limited
Kit
Device only, in white.
