We no longer have the culture, the expertise, or the infrastructure to do these things. They moved it all overseas and to Mexico to save a quick buck. America is dead.

SpaceX has >11,000 satellites whipping around the planet. They increased the number of LEO sats by nearly one order of magnitude in bit more than 5 years.

So apparently, in the US, the culture, expertise and infrastructure do exist to do these things.

I have to disagree Newport, RI. is a hot bed for this kind of development and I’m sure there are other places not mentioned on HN.

Here is a trade school that is actively training the needed workforce.

https://www.iyrs.edu/