Satellite Flight: The Journey to Mother Moon (stylized as KiD CuDi presents SATELLITE FLIGHT: The journey to Mother Moon) is the fourth studio album by American rapper Kid Cudi. The album, which was issued on February 25, 2014, with only few hours' notice, was first released to digital retailers by Wicked Awesome Records and Republic Records. The album features a sole guest appearance from Raphael Saadiq. The album received praise from critics for its production, vocal performance, as well as the album's surprise release strategy. Kid Cudi first revealed information about the project in October 2013, announcing it would be an EP, primarily produced by himself, much like his last effort Indicud (2013). Cudi has stated the album is a prelude to Man on the Moon III: The Chosen, the then-unreleased final installment in his Man on the Moon trilogy of albums, and that it serves as a bridge between Indicud and Man on the Moon III, which was ultimately released in December 2020. Background and development In October 2013, while on tour at a show in Texas, Kid Cudi announced he would be releasing an extended play (EP), sometime in the next three months. Cudi also revealed he would be producing it alongside his WZRD bandmate Dot da Genius and that frequent collaborator King Chip, would appear on the EP. He then called the EP a prelude to what was originally planned to be his fourth album, Man on the Moon III, and stated that the album would be released in 2015. It was not released that year, however, ultimately being released as his seventh album five years later in 2020. On October 19, 2013, Cudi revealed "Going to the Ceremony", a song he had released via online audio distribution platform SoundCloud, earlier in July, would be included in the EP. Cudi would also go on to reveal a remix of his hit single "Day 'n' Nite", which was briefly previewed on the intro of his 2008 breakout mixtape A Kid Named Cudi, would also appear on the EP. On November 25, 2013, via his Twitter feed, Cudi revealed the title of the EP to be Satellite Flight: The Journey to Mother Moon. On December 16, 2013, Kid Cudi once again used SoundCloud to release "Satellite Flight", the EP's title-track. On December 20, 2013, Cudi expressed on Twitter: "This EP is designed to reclaim my style others have been