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Jacob Balaj

Jacob Balaj is the Co-founder & CTO of Hop Aero (YC S26). US Marine Corps (MV-22 avionics) → SpaceX (Falcon 9/Heavy, built booster refurbishment program) → Virgin Orbit (LauncherOne) → Masten Space Systems (led systems integration on NASA CLPS lunar lander) → SpinLaunch. A decade of making rockets fly on schedule.

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Hop Aero Co-founder & CTOSecondary-verified
Hop Aero Co-founderSecondary-verified

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SpaceX Integration & Test Engineer (Falcon 9/Heavy)Secondary-verified
SpinLaunch Integration & Test EngineerSecondary-verified

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https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/hop-aero

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