Space Rising is the global platform building the connective infrastructure of the space economy.

The commercial space economy is expanding rapidly, but the organizations shaping its future remain fragmented across regions, sectors, and disconnected platforms.

We design and operate the infrastructure that helps regions, governments, industry, academia, investors, and entrepreneurs coordinate around shared priorities, discover opportunities, and accelerate growth.

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What we do

Space Connective Infrastructure

Transform fragmented information into actionable intelligence.

Ecosystem
Development

Build stronger regional space economies through shared infrastructure.

Strategic
Convening

Move industries from conversation to coordinated action.

SpaceOS
Platform

Align the space economy with a shared operating layer.

Research and
Publications

Produce intelligence that helps organizations make better decisions.

Communications
and Visibility

Help organizations become visible within the commercial space economy.

The operators

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    Ben Smith

    Chief Executive Officer

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  • Taryn Struck

    Chief Operating Officer
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  • Tim R. Struck | Co-Founder | AZ Spacelab

    Tim Struck

    Chief Brand Officer
    Co-Founder

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    Angelica Sirotin

    Chief Communications & Partnerships Officer

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    Jospeh Valdez

    Chief Strategy Officer

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    Patrik Matheson

    Lead Systems & Media Architect

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The six space missions

01 Build
Space Infrastructure Explore Mission + 01 Infrastructure Building workforce, policy, manufacturing, supply chain, and the physical backbone of space on Earth. Explore Mission →
02 Move Through
Space Mobility Explore Mission + 02 Mobility Advancing launch, transportation, navigation, and logistics systems that move people, payloads, and resources through space. Explore Mission →
03 Operate in
Space Intelligence Explore Mission + 03 Intelligence Advancing data, communications, sensing, AI, robotics, and the systems that run orbital and lunar operations. Explore Mission →
04 Live in
Space Life Explore Mission + 04 Life Developing the health systems, habitats, food, research, and human experiences needed to sustain life beyond Earth. Explore Mission →
05 Prosper in
Space Industry Explore Mission + 05 Industry Expanding commercial activity, resources, and the businesses that turn capabilities into economic value. Explore Mission →
06 Secure
Space Defense Explore Mission + 06 Defense Protecting the infrastructure, information, missions, and assets essential to national security and continued access to space. Explore Mission →

Our platform

Building the connective infrastructure to inform, align, and mobilize the space economy.

Space_OS™

The intelligence and community platform connecting the space economy. It is a live directory where the space economy's companies, contracts, grants, and events sit in one place.

Space_Congress™

The annual convening, where the six markets of the space economy meet, debate the priorities, and vote them into a shared roadmap, called the Space Blueprint.

Space_Councils™

The six standing bodies, one per market, that steward the space economy: they read their market, set annual priorities, curate Space Congress, and elevate the community's strongest work into the Space Blueprint.

Who we work with

Space Companies

Defense

Universities

Workforce Organizations

Startups

Investors

Research Institutions

Community Partners

Government

Economic Development Organizations

Industry Associates

Media Organizations

Our differentiators

One loop, not point tools.

Space Rising owns the platform, the convening, and the stewardship, so intelligence, priorities, and action stay connected rather than scattered across vendors.

Verified, AI-augmented intelligence.

Data and analysis are fact-checked and built to inform decisions, not to market them.

Federated by design. 

Regions license SpaceOS, keep their own identity, and connect into a shared national layer, so the model scales from one state to the country.

Industry-authored priorities.

The sector votes its own priorities at Space Congress; they are not assigned from the outside.

Principles guiding the way

1.

Open Participation

Space is an opportunity for everyone.

2.

Regional Leadership

Solutions are driven by local strengths and priorities.

3.

Cross-Sector Collaboration

Innovation happens when diverse stakeholders work together. 

4.

Action over Discussions

Every convening produces voted priorities for mobilization.  

5.

Ideas with Purpose

Advance ideas that create economic and societal value.

6.

Stewardship

Build resilient systems that endure across generations.