Orbital Operations
High Thrust Space Vehicles for Satellite Defense
About Orbital Operations
High Thrust Space Vehicles for Satellite Defense
Open positions (5)
Rockstar
Avionics Mechanical Engineer
Turbomachinery Mechanical Design Engineer
Structures Design Engineer
Engine Responsible Engineer
Company details
Funding
Total raised
$8.8M
Last stage
Seed
Investors
Founders
Ben Schleuniger
Ben Schleungier is the Co-founder and CEO of Orbital Operations. He started his career at NASA in propulsion before moving on to SpaceX and then as an early employee at Relativity Space. He owned the fluid systems for the TM1 rocket, the complex heat exchangers on the AeonR engine, and built the Components team and the Integrated Design and Analysis teams from the ground up. Ben has an deep understanding of rocket engine design and analysis and building high performance engineering teams.
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Ross Doherty
Ross is the Co-founder and COO of Orbital Operations. He has spent his entire career in the aerospace industry, from Aerojet Rocketdyne, to Blue Origin, and most recently Relativity Space, where he owned all turbomachinery manufacturing and assembly for the Aeon-R engine. He was also responsible for the Flight Termination System test and qualification program for the TM-1 rocket. Ross has deep expertise in complex manufacturing processes, assembly, test, and chemical propulsion development.
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No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.
Confirm the fit
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A meeting lands on your calendar
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