This high-flying ride offers a breathtaking view of Magic Kingdom and nearby Space Mountain. on the kid bedroom during the scene when Mike tries to make the kid laugh. Jump in a rocket and take flight over Tomorrowland for a short tour through the solar system on Astro Orbiter. The poster of the attraction appears as an easter egg in Monsters, Inc. The Rocket Jets appear in a scene from the Disney animated film Meet the Robinsons as well as another Disneyland attraction, Space Mountain. During Disneyland's 50th anniversary, one of the satellite dishes was replaced by a 50 Mickey Mouse head. One remains on display, along with Skyway gondolas, in 'Little Green Men Store Command' with a space ranger design. The Saturn V rocket that the rockets were attached to was sold on eBay by Disney Auction in 2005. Since this maintenance, the Observatron rarely breaks down and operates on a daily basis as intended.

As part of the maintenance, the old speakers were replaced with new ones and new speakers were added. In late 2006, the Observatron received much needed maintenance which allows the Observatron to now rotate every 15 minutes while playing its music as originally planned.

It appeared to have mechanical issues, sometimes only playing music every 15 minutes, or not doing anything at all. However, the Observatron often malfunctioned, as the machinery was built to operate more frequently and to carry the rockets, rather than the satellite dishes they were replaced with. The rockets were replaced by satellite dishes and the Saturn V rocket in the center was replaced by a laser-beam. There are only two tracks, from Space Mountain: De la Terre à la Lune (Space Mountain: From the Earth to the Moon) and Le Visionarium (The Timekeeper), both of which are defunct Disneyland Paris attractions (De la Terre à la Lune is now Space Mountain: Mission 2, while The Timekeeper was also an attraction at the Magic Kingdom in Florida). The Rocket Jets remained in their place above the former PeopleMover station as the Observatron, a sculpture that was intended to spin and play music every fifteen minutes.

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