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Launch & Mission Operations

$104k–$219k/yrtypical paylive median $130k/yr hire for it

Measured from 103 distinct posted rates, across 22 employers, each as a year's pay (an hourly rate × 2,080 hours). 115 of the 218 listings open here post no pay at all.

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Updated 30 Oct 2026, 07:01 UTC
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Get vehicles off the ground and keep them flying: launch site and pad operations, launch control and range, recovery of reusable stages, mission operations and flight control, satellite and constellation operations, and ground station operations around the clock.

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In short

Launch & Mission Operations. Get vehicles off the ground and keep them flying: launch site and pad operations, launch control and range, recovery of reusable stages, mission operations and flight control, satellite and constellation operations, and ground station operations around the clock. The usual range is $104k–$219k/yr and the median $130k/yr, both taken from rates printed on postings that are live today. hire for it, including Muon Space, Turion Space, Quindar.

Who hires for launch & ops work

EmployerOpen nowPay for this work
Muon Space logoMuon Space4$141k–$199k/yr
Turion Space logoTurion Space2Stated per posting
Quindar logoQuindar0Stated per posting
Loft Orbital logoLoft Orbital3Stated per posting
Stoke Space logoStoke Space3$204k–$377k/yr
Slingshot Aerospace logoSlingshot Aerospace1Stated per posting
True Anomaly logoTrue Anomaly3Stated per posting
Firefly Aerospace logoFirefly Aerospace9Stated per posting
Axiom Space logoAxiom Space2Stated per posting
Blue Origin logoBlue Origin28Stated per posting
Boeing logoBoeing2Stated per posting
Dawn Aerospace logoDawn Aerospace0Stated per posting
ICEYE logoICEYE5Stated per posting
Isar Aerospace logoIsar Aerospace7Stated per posting
Northrop Grumman logoNorthrop Grumman15Stated per posting
SpaceX logoSpaceX31$80.1k–$179k/yr
Planet logoPlanet8$114k–$155k/yr
Vantor logoVantor3Stated per posting
AST SpaceMobile logoAST SpaceMobile14Stated per posting
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory logoNASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory2Stated per posting
Relativity Space logoRelativity Space10$90k–$152k/yr
Vast logoVast2Stated per posting
Rocket Lab logoRocket Lab27$98.6k–$119k/yr

Sorted by the expected value of an application (acceptance odds times posted pay). A referral agreement, if an employer has one, can raise it in this order but never changes the salary it offers.

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