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Brian Ippolito

Brian Ippolito

President and CEO of Contiem, aerospace engineer with 20+ years in space systems and defense

Jun 19, 2026

3:33
Um, what is fundamentally driving that surge in demand across commercial space, and how has it changed what scale means for space suppliers?
3:42
Yeah.
3:43
So, um, a, uh, the, the growth in commercial space has really been the, the launch vehicle cadence.
3:50
I don't think there's any secret there.
3:52
So, uh, if you look back, you know, 15, 20 years ago, uh, the United States was launching a handful of, of vehicles from, from US soils, um, annually, and now it's hundreds, right? So if you look at the, the, the mass to, to orbit, um, you know, US is, is definitely, uh, winning in that front.
4:11
So, um, Moroda with, uh, partnership with various launch vehicle companies has really, uh, reaped the benefits there on, on, on the volume side of things.
4:21
So when I first started as an engineer, uh, here at Moroda in 2010, I was assigned a program.
6:02
Um, for our listeners who are not propulsion engineers, can you first just ex- explain what functionality and performance Moroda's valves provide for launch vehicles and in-space propulsion systems?

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