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 raised a $146 million Series B funding round earlier in 2026.
Muon Space’s Muon Halo technology stack combines spacecraft buses, payload management, and software orchestration.
Muon Space acquired Starlight Engines in April 2026.
Muon Space’s acquisition of Starlight Engines removed an independent propulsion supplier from the open market.
Muon Space acquired Starlight Engines, a propulsion startup targeting the smallsat and microsatellite market.
Starlight Engines targeted the 50–200 kg spacecraft class with its propulsion products before its acquisition by Muon Space.
Muon Space doubled its workforce and announced production capacity for 500 spacecraft per year.
Muon Space closed a $44.5 million Series B extension in February 2026, bringing its total equity raise to $135 million.
Exolaunch customers on Transporter-16 included two Flylab satellites for French research lab ONERA, three satellites for HawkEye 360, three Vindlér radio frequency monitoring satellites for Sierra Nevada Corporation built by Muon Space, and 10 satellites for Spire.
Exolaunch provided deployment and integration services for Fergani’s FGN-100-d3 satellite, Muon Space’s PropSat, OHB Sweden’s ADIS satellite, two NewSat satellites for Satellogic, and eight satellites in OHB Italia’s IRIDE constellation.
Transporter-16 includes payloads from K2 Space, Momentus, Varda, AAC Clyde Space, Space Norway, NuSat, Muon Space, Capella Space, Satlantis, Spire, PeakSat, and ICEYE.
Muon Space launched FireSat’s initial Protoflight in March 2025.
Tracy Morgan is Vice President of Growth at Muon Space, joined in 2023, and grew Muon Space’s customer base tenfold in her first year.
FireSat is based on Muon Space’s vertically integrated Halo platform and uses a six-channel, high-dynamic-range multispectral infrared instrument to detect ignitions as small as 5 by 5 meters.
The JUNO VR display reconstructs high-energy cosmic muon events by showing muon tracks crossing the detector volume and associated energy deposition patterns.
Muon Space positions latency reduction as a core requirement for architectures that track both wildfires for first responders and missile trucks for the Space Development Agency.
Muon expects additional contracts to close in the coming year.
Muon has 20 satellites manifested to launch in the next 20 months.
Jonny Dyer is CEO of Muon.
The Mission Foundry is Muon Space’s industrial approach to constellation development that integrates spacecraft platforms, payloads, mission operations, and data processing from first simulation to on-orbit operations.