Muon Space, founded in 2021, is an end-to-end space systems provider that designs, builds, and operates LEO satellite constellations to deliver mission-critical Earth observation data. They offer a "Constellation-as-a-Service" (CaaS) model, providing customers with tailored remote sensing solutions. Muon Space's integrated technology stack and Silicon Valley facility enable rapid payload integration and satellite manufacturing, with key applications including climate monitoring, weather forecasting, and national security. They partner with organizations like Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC), Tomorrow.io, and Google. Associated keywords: Earth Intelligence, LEO Satellites, Remote Sensing, Climate Monitoring.
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Muon Space selected Exolaunch for Exolaunch’s expertise with SpaceX’s Falcon 9 and for Exolaunch’s flight heritage of more than 320 launched satellites.
Under the multi-launch agreement, Exolaunch will provide turnkey launch and deployment solutions for Muon Space’s satellites through 2024.
Muon Space’s first satellite, MuSat-1, launched in June via Exolaunch on SpaceX’s Transporter-8 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
Muon Space’s original contract was awarded in September 2022 to develop a space-based prototype for global weather sensing.
Muon Space was awarded an option to its contract with the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center Weather Systems Branch and the Defense Innovation Unit to collect ionospheric data on the MuSat-2 satellite mission.
Muon Space was awarded an option to their contract with the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s Weather Systems Branch and the Defense Innovation Unit to collect ionospheric data on the MuSat-2 satellite mission.
Muon Space operates a facility in Silicon Valley optimized for manufacturing spacecraft and integrating payloads at scale.
The contract option is an expansion in scope to an original contract awarded to Muon Space in September 2022 to develop a space-based prototype for global weather sensing.
A $400,000 contract option awarded on 2023-07-11 directs Muon Space to deliver space weather data to the U.S. Space Force.
The contract option directs Muon Space to monitor the ionosphere for the U.S. Space Force through September 2024.
The original $2,800,000 contract awarded in 2022 to Muon Space by the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center Weather Systems Branch and the Defense Innovation Unit requires Muon Space to deliver terrestrial weather products to the Air Force 557th Weather Wing from a space-based prototype microwave sensor.
MuSat-2 will share the same spacecraft bus as MuSat-1 and will be equipped with Muon Space’s first software-defined sensor.
Muon Space will supply the U.S. Air Force with global soil moisture and sea surface wind measurements and will supply ionospheric data to the U.S. Space Force.
Muon Space designed, built, and launched MuSat-1 in less than two years.
MuSat-2 and MuSat-3 are close behind MuSat-1 to establish a regular launch cadence for Muon Space’s Climate Constellation.
Muon Space's MuSat-1 was deployed using a CarboNIX separation system on Transporter-8.
Muon Space designed, built, and launched an ESPA-class spacecraft in less than two years.
MuSat-2 and MuSat-3 are scheduled to follow MuSat-1 to establish a regular launch cadence for Muon Space’s Climate Constellation.
Muon Space plans two launches in 2024 to begin testing sensors designed to provide sub-hourly global measurements.
Muon Space launched its first satellite into orbit on 2023-06-12 on the SpaceX Transporter-8 rideshare flight.