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Known for these resultsRole100%Role is parsed from founder titles in yc.db. Known for 100% of these rows — the rest have no title at all, mostly 2019–2023. Those rows stay in the result and are counted as Unknown, never as No.Bio100%Bio coverage: 100% of these founders have a bio on their YC profile. Every bio-derived facet (ex-company, school, credentials, discipline) is Unknown for the rest.Ex-company33%Ex-company is matched from bios with employment context (ex-, formerly, worked at). 33% of these rows have at least one match.School0%School is matched from bios, case-sensitive for acronyms. 0% of these rows have at least one match.
- Ben SchleunigerFounder/CEO · Orbital OperationsW25Industrials · Los Angeles
- Ross DohertyFounder/COO · Orbital OperationsW25Industrials · Los Angeles
- Stef Crum@StefReditusFounder/CEO · Reditus SpaceW25Industrials · Atlanta
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Ben SchleunigerOrbital OperationsFounder/CEOWinter 2025IndustrialsLos Angeles, United States10—Ross DohertyOrbital OperationsFounder/COOWinter 2025IndustrialsLos Angeles, United States10—Stef CrumReditus SpaceFounder/CEOWinter 2025IndustrialsAtlanta, United States12https://x.com/StefReditus
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Ben Schleuniger
Founder/CEO·Orbital Operations
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder/CEO
Team size10
BatchWinter 2025
LocationLos Angeles, United States
Company statusActive
StageEarly
BIO
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.
Ex-company, school and discipline below are derived from this bio. Nothing is inferred when the bio is missing.
BACKGROUND
Credentialsnone mentioned
DisciplineEngineerKeyword match from the bio text, not a classifier.
TRACK RECORD
First YC company on record
COMPANY CONTEXT
Orbital Operations
High Thrust Space Vehicles for Satellite Defense
IndustryIndustrials
Websiteorbitalops.tech/
Team size10
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LocationLos Angeles, United States
BatchWinter 2025
Co-foundersRoss Doherty
