Our vision is to set a new standard for space mobility. One where Orbital Operations’ fleet maintains unbroken orbital dominance, empowers sustainable in-space infrastructure, and safeguards humanity’s interests across LEO, GEO, and beyond.
The current mission is engineering and deploying high-thrust, cryogenic-powered space vehicles delivering rapid-response interception and in-orbit defense capabilities. These vehicles deliver decisive protection for critical assets, ensuring security at the speed of need.
Ben has over 7+ years of experience in development aerospace, from NASA, SpaceX, and Relativity. An early employee at Relativity Space, Ben owned the initial fluid systems design for Terran 1, built the components team from the ground up, and qualified the flight termination valves. From there he transitioned to turbomachinery, designing the heat exchangers for the Aeon R engine and becoming the Lead Engineer for the Integrated Design and Analysis team on propulsion.
While working at Relativity, Ben also supported the Dark Fission team by designing, analyzing, and creating test plans for their first nuclear propulsion demonstrator.
Ross has been in the aerospace industry for nearly a decade, with experience from Aerojet Rocketdyne, Blue Origin, and Relativity Space. Ross joined Relativity to become the Lead Turbomachinery Manufacturing Engineer where he was instrumental in the build, test, and issue resolution of the Aeon 1 turbopumps and the flight termination valves. Ross was repeatedly flown out to Cape Canaveral by Relativity to support testing and re-works of the engine on the launch pad.
Ross transitioned to becoming the Lead Turbomachinery Manufacturing Engineer for Aeon R supporting development, qualification, and testing of the new engine.
At Orbital Operations, every line of code, weld, and design decision directly contributes to national defense and space security. We’re not building demos—we’re deploying assets that matter. The missions we take on are urgent, strategic, and built to make a difference.
From cryogenic propellant management to in-orbit thermal systems, we work on problems that few teams dare to tackle. If you’re motivated by complexity, frontier tech, and first-of-its-kind systems, you’ll find your edge here.
