RATLOG Wants to Cut ~90% of a Rocket Engine’s Parts

What happened

The heavy-lift rocket startup debuted on Y Combinator as part of the Fall 2026 batch. RATLOG launched this week—but not from a pad.

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“Every launch company wants to catch SpaceX,” RATLOG CEO and cofounder Charlie Weise told Payload. “SpaceX has like 20 years in advance. Nobody can change time, or make time go back.”