Ryan McLinko

Ryan McLinko is a Spacecraft Engineer at Planet Labs, where he designs and builds a fleet of cubesats that will re-image the entire planet’s surface every day. He is also co-Founder and CEO of Rostrum, LLC, which provides integrated conference management solutions, a member of the Board of Trustees and Board of Advisors for SEDS-USA, and a project advisor at the Space Frontier Foundation, where he advises the annual NewSpace conference (which he previously ran for 5 years), and is.

Prior to this, he was a Systems Engineer at Sierra Nevada Corporation, where he was developing flight control systems for the Dream Chaser vehicle and previously interned at InfoScietex Corporation, United Launch Alliance, and SpaceX.He also attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, with Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Aerospace Engineering; his Master’s thesis was entitled “Structural Design of Low Cost, Rapid Development Satellites” and he was heavily involved with many projects while there, many of which were connected with the MITSEDS chapter.Current and future plans revolve around assisting the NewSpace industry in reducing the cost of putting people and payload into orbit.

Ryan McLinko is the Co-founder and CTO at Astranis, based in United States, North America. With a background in Internet, Ryan McLinko has a rich history of leadership and innovation.Ryan McLinko studied Masters Degree Aeronautics and Astronautics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Explore their detailed professional journey, key connections, and contributions to the industry on our platform.