LaunchTrail

LaunchTrail helps people reliably watch rocket launches from legal, safe, and actually-visible locations. It aggregates launch schedules, predicted visibility corridors, and crowd/traffic signals to recommend where to stand and when to leave. Users pick a launch, set their starting point, and get a ranked list of viewing areas with line-of-sight confidence, parking reality checks, and “you’ll miss it if you leave after X” alerts. The app also includes on-the-ground reports (photos, notes, closures) from recent launches, because official maps rarely match what happens on launch day. This is a mobile app (iOS/Android) with a lightweight web companion for sharing spot guides. It’s a combination traditional + AI app: traditional for maps/routing and AI to summarize reports, detect recurring closures, and estimate visibility confidence from weather and terrain data.