{"id":53766,"date":"2023-03-28T17:05:39","date_gmt":"2023-03-28T09:05:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/how-spacex-alums-are-branching-out-and-shaping-the-startup-economy\/"},"modified":"2023-03-28T17:05:39","modified_gmt":"2023-03-28T09:05:39","slug":"how-spacex-alums-are-branching-out-and-shaping-the-startup-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/how-spacex-alums-are-branching-out-and-shaping-the-startup-economy\/","title":{"rendered":"How SpaceX Alums Are Branching Out and Shaping the Startup Economy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In SpaceX\u2019s more than two decades, the company has grown from a fledgling startup into the world\u2019s leading launch provider. Today, SpaceX boasts a reported staff of about 10,000 people. The space company is also hiring for hundreds of open positions, from Starship engineers and supply chain managers to space suit designers, according to its open positions listing. <\/p>\n<p>As SpaceX enters its third decade \u2014  and solidifies its reputation as one of the leading private space companies \u2014 a generation of people who cut their teeth at the startup during its earlier years are now looking to secure their own share of the space sector. A website that tracks SpaceX alums estimates there are now dozens of companies founded or co-founded by former SpaceX employees. It also calculates that they\u2019ve collectively raised $3.6 billion, with much of that fundraising taking place in just the last few years. <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/4jsK9vM2SkZQUkUqqIhe_VS_040123_DGTL_1-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 120px; height: auto;\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/4jsK9vM2SkZQUkUqqIhe_VS_040123_DGTL_1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/4jsK9vM2SkZQUkUqqIhe_VS_040123_DGTL_1-800x599.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/4jsK9vM2SkZQUkUqqIhe_VS_040123_DGTL_1-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/4jsK9vM2SkZQUkUqqIhe_VS_040123_DGTL_1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\t\t\t<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"fs-5 mt-0\">Explore the April 2023 Issue<\/h3>\n<p class=\"mb-0 fs-smaller text-balance\">Check out more from this issue and find your next story to read.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<button class=\"btn btn-primary\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"offcanvas\" data-bs-target=\"#offcanvasMENU\" aria-controls=\"offcanvasExample\" aria-label=\"button\" style=\"white-space: nowrap;\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tView More <i class=\"bi bi-arrow-right-circle\"><\/i><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/button><\/p>\n<p>Relativity Space, the 3D-printing rocket manufacturing startup co-founded by former SpaceX engineer Jordan Noone that is perhaps the most prominent SpaceX alum-founded company, raised a staggering $650 million in 2021. And Firefly Aerospace, a launch vehicle startup co-founded by former SpaceX site test director Thomas Markusic, is reportedly in the midst of a $300 million fundraising round. In recent months, companies founded by SpaceX alums focused on everything from Low-Earth Orbit navigation to payload delivery services have closed fundraising rounds, too. <\/p>\n<p>These founders are maybe even forming their own ex-SpaceX \u201cdiaspora,\u201d suggests Carissa Christensen, the founder and CEO of BryceTech, an analytics and engineering firm that tracks the space and satellite industry. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cSpaceX, and particularly Elon Musk, has articulated a future vision of space that I think was very compelling and energizing to many people and that further fed that cycle of attention and coverage and awareness,\u201d Christensen tells <em class=\"Annotation -emphasis\">Via Satellite<\/em>. \u201cWhat makes you want to invest is somebody with the right track record, and maybe SpaceX sends a message that\u2019s the right track record.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><script>var AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a68e72688246;googletag.cmd.push(function(){var AIMAP_29b58f13885ebf8ea6b032f958eb0748 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([992, 100], [[970, 90], [970, 250]]).addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_737ce075cc05dd766c8f8ea08f3faa73 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([1200, 100], [970, 250]).addSize([768, 100], [600, 300]).addSize([320, 100], [300, 250]).build();AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a68e72688246 = googletag.defineSlot('\/987\/satellitetoday.com\/via-satellite-digital-issue-ads', [ [600, 300], [300, 250], [970, 250] ], 'div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a68e72688247').defineSizeMapping(AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3).setCollapseEmptyDiv(true).addService(googletag.pubads());   });<\/script><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a68e72688247'); });<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The influx of SpaceX alum founders comes as interest in space continues to grow. NASA has made developing a commercial space industry a national priority and has been inviting private companies to play a role in work on the International Space Station, in Low-Earth Orbit, and even on the Moon as part of the Artemis program.<\/p>\n<p>Christensen adds that sometime around 2015, venture capital support for space-related startups finally started picking up, unleashing funding for all sorts of companies. The sector is reportedly worth nearly half a trillion dollars, and the space industry has grown more than 70 percent since 2010. <\/p>\n<p>Amid the broader growth of the commercial space industry, some say that SpaceX has had an outsized influence. Many former SpaceX employees have taken the credentials and skills they gained at the company to zero in on emerging niches in the space economy, like in-space manufacturing and asteroid mining. Some company alums have taken their engineering experience to new domains and used the tech know-how they gained at SpaceX for other types of technical challenges, like developing new forms of GPS and even submarines. <\/p>\n<p>SpaceX, founders tell <em class=\"Annotation -emphasis\">Via Satellite<\/em>, ultimately gave them a high-risk tolerance and the critical experience of working at a space industry startup. At the same time, they say the company is still helping them, primarily by accelerating the broader commercial launch industry, clearing the way and \u2014 creating the need \u2014 for new types of space businesses that, before SpaceX\u2019s time, wouldn\u2019t have existed. <\/p>\n<h3>SpaceX, a Startup Culture<\/h3>\n<p>Timing is everything. When Laura Crabtree, an engineer, first started working at SpaceX in 2009, it was still early days for the company. She had just come from a job at Northrop Grumman, where she\u2019d been assisting with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. At the time, SpaceX was relatively small and represented a stark contrast to her former employer, a more-established aerospace manufacturer. Joining was still considered risky and uncertain.<\/p>\n<p>Still, Crabtree made the leap and ended up working on the Crew Dragon program that brought an American spacecraft carrying U.S. astronauts back to the International Space Station in 2020. Working at SpaceX, Crabtree explained, was really a startup experience. Just a handful of people might be assigned to handle scores of problems, and working at SpaceX felt like a \u201cconglomeration\u201d of smaller companies housed within a larger one.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think about my day-to-day challenges and nothing seems scary anymore, as it did before I worked at SpaceX,\u201d Crabtree says. \u201c[The SpaceX community goes] back to their first principles and engineering to solve problems and make sure that their engineering is sound, but they\u2019re also not afraid to take risks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Crabtree ultimately worked at SpaceX for more than a decade \u2014 during which an entire space startup scene emerged. There were hundreds of space startups when she finally left two years ago, and Crabtree says she interviewed with many companies while looking for her next position. Those conversations ultimately inspired her own concept for a startup, and in 2021, she founded Epsilon3, a software service platform that\u2019s meant to help streamline building, integration, and testing. She says she wasn\u2019t worried about starting her own company, since she\u2019d already had much of the startup experience, other than fundraising and hiring an initial team.<\/p>\n<p>Crabtree still talks to a group of former SpaceX-ers who joined the company during the period she was there, and then went on to found their own startups. One colleague she used to share a cubicle with, she says, went on to create Varda, a company that focuses on in-space manufacturing. Another, Benson Tsai, went on to create Stellar Pizza, a startup developing robotic pizza trucks that now has about 30 former SpaceX employees on its staff, Tsai says.<\/p>\n<p><script>var AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a68e726889a8;googletag.cmd.push(function(){var AIMAP_29b58f13885ebf8ea6b032f958eb0748 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([992, 100], [[970, 90], [970, 250]]).addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_737ce075cc05dd766c8f8ea08f3faa73 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([1200, 100], [970, 250]).addSize([768, 100], [600, 300]).addSize([320, 100], [300, 250]).build();AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a68e726889a8 = googletag.defineSlot('\/987\/satellitetoday.com\/via-satellite-digital-issue-ads', [ [600, 300], [300, 250], [970, 250] ], 'div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a68e726889a9').defineSizeMapping(AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3).setCollapseEmptyDiv(true).addService(googletag.pubads());   });<\/script><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a68e726889a9'); });<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Those relationships serve as a reminder that one of the benefits of working at SpaceX is the community of ex-employees that stay in touch with one another even after they\u2019ve left.<\/p>\n<p>There are other benefits, too. Beyond the technical and engineering expertise ex-employees gained, working at SpaceX \u2014 especially during the early years \u2014 comes with a level of legitimacy that people can cite when pitching their ideas and fundraising. Another convenience is that many founders still know people working at the company: Jose Acain, who worked at SpaceX before creating his asteroid mining company AstroForge, said he knew who to email first when trying to book space on an upcoming SpaceX launch.<\/p>\n<p>But founders also say that SpaceX instilled in them a highly-ambitious ethos that they were able to bring to their next ventures. This ethos includes a high-risk tolerance, an openness to working at a swift pace, and building failure into one\u2019s approach. <\/p>\n<p>The same is true of people who joined SpaceX during later eras. Max Benassi, who worked at SpaceX between 2015 and 2021 before founding Apex Space, a spacecraft manufacturing startup, had a similar takeaway. The former senior engineer says he joined SpaceX just weeks after the company\u2019s Falcon 9 rocket exploded during a cargo haul to the ISS \u2014 which was a major setback for the company at the time. <\/p>\n<p>Working at SpaceX helped Benassi think about the bread and butter of his subsequent startup \u2014 which focuses on manufacturing spacecraft at scale \u2014 and introduced to him a wide variety of hardware and different types of vehicles. But his experience at SpaceX also exposed him to an environment that operated at an extremely fast pace and actively pushed the limits of development. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe company had never landed a rocket before,\u201d Benassi says. \u201cPeople who were joining the company at the time probably have a little bit of a higher risk appetite than many others.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>A Launch Pad<\/h3>\n<p>After they\u2019ve left SpaceX, former employees-turned-founders continue to benefit from the company\u2019s massive launch service, which has allowed them to send satellites, technology prototypes, and other machinery into space. Launches haven\u2019t just gotten less expensive, but services like SpaceX\u2019s rideshare program have allowed startups to do the equivalent of buying a \u201cticket\u201d on a launch \u2014 instead of needing to book an entire rocket. That\u2019s helpful for smaller, and earlier-stage, companies.<\/p>\n<p>For example, Xona Space Systems, which focuses on navigation satellites, used a SpaceX mission to launch one of its test satellites last May. Impulse Space, a space transportation startup founded by one of SpaceX\u2019s first employees, Tom Mueller, announced in January that it had booked a slot on the upcoming SpaceX Transporter-9 launch for its first orbital mission, too.  <\/p>\n<p>AstroForge, the asteroid mining company, plans to use the upcoming Transporter-7 SpaceX launch to test a prototype of the company\u2019s technology. Eventually, they hope to mine platinum group metals, which are rare on Earth, from nearby asteroids. \u201cLargely in part to SpaceX, there\u2019s a pretty mature satellite bus market we can really utilize and contract these bus manufacturing companies,\u201d says Acain, the company\u2019s CTO. <\/p>\n<p><script>var AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a68e72689009;googletag.cmd.push(function(){var AIMAP_29b58f13885ebf8ea6b032f958eb0748 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([992, 100], [[970, 90], [970, 250]]).addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_737ce075cc05dd766c8f8ea08f3faa73 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([1200, 100], [970, 250]).addSize([768, 100], [600, 300]).addSize([320, 100], [300, 250]).build();AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a68e72689009 = googletag.defineSlot('\/987\/satellitetoday.com\/via-satellite-digital-issue-ads', [ [600, 300], [300, 250], [970, 250] ], 'div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a68e7268900a').defineSizeMapping(AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3).setCollapseEmptyDiv(true).addService(googletag.pubads());   });<\/script><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a68e7268900a'); });<\/script><\/p>\n<p>But SpaceX didn\u2019t just make it easier for companies that want to launch their technology into space, but it also fostered demand for the growing number of software-as-a-service (SaaS) companies hoping to serve the space startup ecosystem. For example, Crabtree, from Epsilon3, says that in 2009 and 2010 \u2014 back when she was first joining SpaceX \u2014 there simply weren\u2019t enough space-focused companies that would have needed help from her startup. \u201cIn 2009 [and] 2010, since there wasn\u2019t a very large ecosystem of startups, there wasn\u2019t enough of a market to support an enterprise SaaS business for specifically space,\u201d she added. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of the reasons you see so many software companies is because you can start up a software company with very little money and very few people,\u201d explains Christensen, from BryceTech. \u201cYou could start a software company on family and friends round. You don\u2019t need a big investment deal necessarily to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Still, the impact of SpaceX stretches far beyond companies focused on space. In addition to focusing on launch vehicles, space software, and satellites, many SpaceX alums have gone on to found companies in other adjacent industries, including energy, transportation, and even areas like gene sequencing. Even they bring with them the lessons they learned at SpaceX, whether it\u2019s expertise in aspects of robotics or broader strategies for building a new business. <\/p>\n<p>Those takeaways can, apparently, even be applied to pizza. Tsai, the Stellar Pizza CEO and co-founder who once worked on battery tech at SpaceX, says his goal was to bring modern manufacturing techniques to food trucks, applying technology that already exists to an entirely new arena. If anyone doubts the concept, the company raised more than $16 million this past fall. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re not inventing new science in the same way SpaceX didn\u2019t invent new science. They just used modern techniques, and modern technology, to do rockets,\u201d Tsai says. \u201cWe\u2019re using the same modern motors and modern electronics to build smaller, more compact, more tightly integrated versions of the factories that make pizza at large scale.\u201d <strong class=\"Annotation -strong\">VS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em class=\"Annotation -emphasis\">Rebecca Heilweil is a reporter covering emerging technology, including artificial intelligence, the future of transportation, and the commercial space industry<\/em><\/p>\n<p>,<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"widget-title\">In This Issue<\/h2>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<!-- post id 405073:  \/code\/wp-content\/themes\/ai-beehive\/template-parts\/content\/post-snippet.php --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"overflow-hidden w-100 me-3\">\n<p>\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/d6jwB6HQseV31Dm41cOr_VS_040123_DGTL_3-300x225.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/d6jwB6HQseV31Dm41cOr_VS_040123_DGTL_3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/d6jwB6HQseV31Dm41cOr_VS_040123_DGTL_3-800x599.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/d6jwB6HQseV31Dm41cOr_VS_040123_DGTL_3-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/d6jwB6HQseV31Dm41cOr_VS_040123_DGTL_3.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"fs-4 w-100 line-clamp-3\">\n<p>\t\t\t\tCelebrating Women in Satellite 2023 \u2014 Part 2<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p><!-- .post-snippet --><\/p>\n<hr class=\"my-3 d-block d-md-none\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- post id 405081:  \/code\/wp-content\/themes\/ai-beehive\/template-parts\/content\/post-snippet.php --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"overflow-hidden w-100 me-3\">\n<p>\t<img width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/QszpwTSIeMW69sQWsjQc_VS_040123_DGTL_5-300x225.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/QszpwTSIeMW69sQWsjQc_VS_040123_DGTL_5-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/QszpwTSIeMW69sQWsjQc_VS_040123_DGTL_5-800x599.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/QszpwTSIeMW69sQWsjQc_VS_040123_DGTL_5-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/QszpwTSIeMW69sQWsjQc_VS_040123_DGTL_5.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"fs-4 w-100 line-clamp-3\">\n<p>\t\t\t\tDelta Exec Ekrem Dimbiloglu Explains the Airline\u2019s Move to Free Wi-Fi<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p><!-- .post-snippet --><\/p>\n<hr class=\"my-3\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<!-- post id 405077:  \/code\/wp-content\/themes\/ai-beehive\/template-parts\/content\/post-snippet.php --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"overflow-hidden w-100 me-3\">\n<p>\t<img width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/iGrxFY5tRHyJduFc0Jvw_VS_040123_DGTL_4-300x225.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/iGrxFY5tRHyJduFc0Jvw_VS_040123_DGTL_4-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/iGrxFY5tRHyJduFc0Jvw_VS_040123_DGTL_4-800x599.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/iGrxFY5tRHyJduFc0Jvw_VS_040123_DGTL_4-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/iGrxFY5tRHyJduFc0Jvw_VS_040123_DGTL_4.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"fs-4 w-100 line-clamp-3\">\n<p>\t\t\t\tFree In-Flight Wi-Fi Takes Off After a Slow Taxi<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p><!-- .post-snippet --><\/p>\n<hr class=\"my-3 d-block d-md-none\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- post id 405084:  \/code\/wp-content\/themes\/ai-beehive\/template-parts\/content\/post-snippet.php --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"overflow-hidden w-100 me-3\">\n<p>\t<img width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/tYPE4mHaSWGstWLRMrmp_VZ06a4W9QVyce4hAkVJJ_VS_060121_DGTL_Aviation-300x225.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/tYPE4mHaSWGstWLRMrmp_VZ06a4W9QVyce4hAkVJJ_VS_060121_DGTL_Aviation-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/tYPE4mHaSWGstWLRMrmp_VZ06a4W9QVyce4hAkVJJ_VS_060121_DGTL_Aviation-800x599.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/tYPE4mHaSWGstWLRMrmp_VZ06a4W9QVyce4hAkVJJ_VS_060121_DGTL_Aviation-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/tYPE4mHaSWGstWLRMrmp_VZ06a4W9QVyce4hAkVJJ_VS_060121_DGTL_Aviation.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"fs-4 w-100 line-clamp-3\">\n<p>\t\t\t\tIFC Update: 10,000 Aircraft Connected, Free Wi-Fi, and ESA\u2019s Impact on the Regional Jet Market<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p><!-- .post-snippet --><\/p>\n<hr class=\"my-3\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<!-- post id 405098:  \/code\/wp-content\/themes\/ai-beehive\/template-parts\/content\/post-snippet.php --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"overflow-hidden w-100 me-3\">\n<p>\t<img width=\"300\" height=\"167\" src=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/RfsuTMYoRVK3Qeg7GHE8_ED_Note-300x167.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/RfsuTMYoRVK3Qeg7GHE8_ED_Note-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/RfsuTMYoRVK3Qeg7GHE8_ED_Note-800x446.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/RfsuTMYoRVK3Qeg7GHE8_ED_Note-640x357.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/RfsuTMYoRVK3Qeg7GHE8_ED_Note.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"fs-4 w-100 line-clamp-3\">\n<p>\t\t\t\tLife After SpaceX<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p><!-- .post-snippet --><\/p>\n<hr class=\"my-3 d-block d-md-none\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- post id 405070:  \/code\/wp-content\/themes\/ai-beehive\/template-parts\/content\/post-snippet.php --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"overflow-hidden w-100 me-3\">\n<p>\t<img width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/6Dol0R8iQU2DU3153Dh7_VS_040123_DGTL_2-300x225.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/6Dol0R8iQU2DU3153Dh7_VS_040123_DGTL_2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/6Dol0R8iQU2DU3153Dh7_VS_040123_DGTL_2-800x599.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/6Dol0R8iQU2DU3153Dh7_VS_040123_DGTL_2-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/6Dol0R8iQU2DU3153Dh7_VS_040123_DGTL_2.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"fs-4 w-100 line-clamp-3\">\n<p>\t\t\t\tSatellite Vendors Adapt to the DoD\u2019s New Spiral Acquisition Model<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p><!-- .post-snippet --><\/p>\n<hr class=\"my-3\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<!-- post id 405095:  \/code\/wp-content\/themes\/ai-beehive\/template-parts\/content\/post-snippet.php --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"overflow-hidden w-100 me-3\">\n<p>\t<img width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/LNh54RIwQhGCl0vsB5KN_VS_040123_DGTL_TF-300x225.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/LNh54RIwQhGCl0vsB5KN_VS_040123_DGTL_TF-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/LNh54RIwQhGCl0vsB5KN_VS_040123_DGTL_TF-800x599.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/LNh54RIwQhGCl0vsB5KN_VS_040123_DGTL_TF-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/LNh54RIwQhGCl0vsB5KN_VS_040123_DGTL_TF.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"fs-4 w-100 line-clamp-3\">\n<p>\t\t\t\tSatellites On Demand: Achieving Tactically Responsive Space Missions<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p><!-- .post-snippet --><\/p>\n<hr class=\"my-3 d-block d-md-none\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- post id 405088:  \/code\/wp-content\/themes\/ai-beehive\/template-parts\/content\/post-snippet.php --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"overflow-hidden w-100 me-3\">\n<p>\t<img width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/hsJxCIKeSKaUmpdIfV5o_Opinion-300x300.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/hsJxCIKeSKaUmpdIfV5o_Opinion-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/hsJxCIKeSKaUmpdIfV5o_Opinion-800x800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/hsJxCIKeSKaUmpdIfV5o_Opinion-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/hsJxCIKeSKaUmpdIfV5o_Opinion-640x640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/hsJxCIKeSKaUmpdIfV5o_Opinion.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"fs-4 w-100 line-clamp-3\">\n<p>\t\t\t\tThe Role of Network Security in Open RAN and the Implications for 5G Non-Terrestrial Networks<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p><!-- .post-snippet --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In SpaceX\u2019s more than two decades, the company has grown from a fledgling startup into the world\u2019s leading launch provider. Today, SpaceX boasts a reported staff of about 10,000 people. The space company is also hiring for hundreds of open positions, from Starship engineers and supply chain managers to space suit designers, according to its [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":53769,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53766"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53766"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53766\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}