Orbital Ascension: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Space Legacy series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Orbital Ascension audiobook runs 7.8 hours unabridged, narrated by James Patrick Cronin (about 5.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 7.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 16 days |
| 1 hour / day | 8 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 7.8 hours, it is shorter than 58% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Space Legacy
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 9.1 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 26.3 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Spaceship In The Stone | 9.1 hrs |
| 2 | Orbital Ascension | 7.8 hrs |
| 3 | Ancient Enemies | 9.5 hrs |
More narrated by James Patrick Cronin
James Patrick Cronin narrates 207 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,104 hours in all.
About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf
1,648 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
Orbital Ascension is book 2 of Igor Nikolic's Space Legacy series: a 7.8-hour unabridged recording, read by James Patrick Cronin, released March 7, 2023, on the Science Fiction and Space Opera shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 7.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- James Patrick Cronin
- Released
- March 7, 2023
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Science Fiction, Space Opera
- Series
- Space Legacy #2
- ISBN
- 9798765057902
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Orbital Ascension audiobook?
Orbital Ascension runs 7.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.2 hours.
Is the Orbital Ascension audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Orbital Ascension?
Orbital Ascension is narrated by James Patrick Cronin.