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Space RCO hosted an industry day with satellite manufacturers and systems integrators focused on new entrants, including K2 Space and Turion Space.
The three Turion Space satellites will perform missions in both low Earth orbit and geostationary orbit carrying payloads for space surveillance and debris tracking.
SpaceWERX and Turion Space reached a STRATFI agreement in August, with the formal contract award occurring on 2024-12-18.
Under the STRATFI agreement, Turion Space will develop three small satellites scheduled for launch in 2026 and 2027.
Turion Space was awarded a $32,600,000 contract by the U.S. Space Force to launch three small satellites designed to monitor and track objects such as space debris.
Turion Space launched its first small satellite, Droid.001, in June 2023.
The 19 HALO pool members are Airbus U.S. Space & Defense (Arlington, Virginia); Apex Technology, Inc. (Culver City, California); AST Space Mobile USA LLC (Midland, Texas); Astro Digital, U.S. Inc. (San Jose, California); Capella Space Corp. (San Francisco); CesiumAstro Inc. (Austin, Texas); Firefly Aerospace, Inc. (Cedar Park, Texas); Geneva Technologies Inc. (Monument, Colorado); Impulse Space, Inc. (Redondo Beach, California); Kepler Communications U.S. Inc. (Wilmington, Delaware); Kuiper Government Solutions (KGS) LLC (Arlington, Virginia); LeoStella LLC (Tukwila, Washington); Momentus Space (San Jose, California); Muon Space, Inc. (Mountain View, California); NovaWurks Inc. (Los Alamitos, California); Space Exploration Technologies Corps. (SpaceX) (Hawthorne, California); Turion Space Corp. (Irvine, California); Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems, Inc. (Irvine, California); and York Space Systems LLC (Denver).
Turion Space is preparing to launch a demo spacecraft, Droid.002, on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rideshare mission later 2024.
Turion Space plans to launch its first enhanced mobility vehicle in 2026 for a de-orbiting demonstration by early 2027.
Turion Space has received approximately $7,000,000 in contracts from NASA, the U.S. Space Force, and the U.S. Air Force to develop data-collecting and satellite-servicing technologies.
Turion Space has publicly announced $10,000,000 in funding to date and is supported by a fresh round of additional funding to help produce Droid Alpha satellites.
Turion Space’s debut satellite Droid.001 is a 32-kilogram spacecraft that launched on a SpaceX mission in June.
Turion Space aims to develop and operate spacecraft capable of in-orbit services, including debris removal.
Turion Space moved into a 2,400-square-meter facility where it aims to produce seven Droid Alpha satellites by 2026.
Before deploying Droid.001, Turion Space had planned a first de-orbit demonstration in 2025 and planned to have three to four SSA-focused satellites in low Earth orbit by around mid-2024.
Turion Space intends to sell imagery from Droid.001 to the U.S. Department of Defense and satellite operators seeking improved space situational awareness.
Lithuanian company NanoAvionics supplied the bus and subsystems for Droid.001 and Turion Space integrated those systems in-house.
Turion Space plans to build 10 spacecraft by 2026 that it would sell to other operators at prices starting at $4,000,000.
The National Reconnaissance Office selected Airbus U.S. Space and Defense, Albedo Space, Hydrosat, Muon Space, and Turion Space to provide new and emerging electro-optical imaging capabilities.
The National Reconnaissance Office signed agreements on 2023-12-05 with Airbus U.S. Space and Defense, Albedo Space, Hydrosat, Muon Space, and Turion Space for the Strategic Commercial Enhancements program.