About
We Build Proving Grounds
Sunburnt Space Co is the proving ground for the space economy. The place where science and hardware get proven before they go to space, and where one day people will too.
Who We Are
Where Space Begins
We are not a transport company. The race to move mass to orbit is crowded and commoditising fast, and a company that starts at 80 km does not win it by trying to out-truck the giants. Our edge is iteration, not transportation. We own the layer the transport companies do not even operate at, the place things get proven. Proving is step one of every space mission ever flown, and proving is us.
The Proving-Ground Thesis
A Front Door, Not a Fence
Being the proving ground tells the world who we are. It does not cap what we do. We can be the proving ground and still fly higher, reach orbit, and human-rate a vehicle later, none of which contradicts the identity. We lead with the concrete and credible thing, and let the scale reveal itself rather than announcing it.
How We Scale
We Do Not Scale by Betting Bigger. We Scale by Spinning Faster
Every flight turns a wheel. We fly a low-cost flight. We learn, because every flight returns data, proves a payload, and earns flight heritage. That proof earns the next flight, and the trust built over time brings customers back and brings their peers in. Then we climb, each cycle reaching higher and carrying more than the last. The wheel is how a vehicle flying to 80 km becomes the foundation of something far larger.
The Ladder of Proving Grounds
Same Wheel, One Tier Further Out Each Time
The same move repeats outward. A suborbital proving ground today. Then orbital, then cislunar, then lunar. Each tier is a business in its own right and the infrastructure that makes the next one reachable. We never have to pitch a separate space-economy play. We just build proving grounds, further out each time, and the broader vision becomes the byproduct of climbing our own ladder.
The Journey So Far
Milestones
- Designed, built, and tested our first liquid bipropellant engine
- Completed our first launch
- Generated our first revenue
- Customers on the manifest, with a pipeline across research and hardware
Roadmap
The Road Ahead
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2026Now
Test flights underway, first commercial flights, first engine and first launch behind us.
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2027
Mini Meggs flying monthly to 80 km from White Cliffs, NSW.
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2028
Ginger Meggs flying, opening higher altitudes and hypersonic test work.
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Beyond
Meggs 11 to orbit, then the climb outward along the ladder.
The Team
Meet the Co-Founders
Brad Younger
Co-founder and CEO
Robin Biskupic
Co-founder and Chief Engineer
Has been machining since he was a teenager, and leads all engineering from vehicle architecture through to test and launch.
Sam Cain
Co-founder and Program Director
Bridges business objectives and hardware delivery, translating commercial requirements into team execution.
[Founding team to be added later]
Values
What We Stand By
Prove It
Evidence over claims, every flight.
Fly Often
Cadence is the whole thesis.
Bring It Back
Recovery and iteration are how customers improve.
Get Started
Where Space Begins
See what is flying with us.