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Muon will launch three satellites for Space Systems Command's prototype demonstration to support commercial environmental monitoring Data as a Service integration.
The SYD 810 demonstration will integrate Muon's enhanced Quickbeam-SBEM payload on three Halo-based satellites to validate dual-use capabilities for DoD weather and environmental applications.
This mission builds on technology developed for Muon's FireSat Protoflight launched in March 2025 in partnership with the nonprofit Earth Fire Alliance.
The Quickbeam-SBEM variant enhances Muon’s dual-use multispectral infrared imaging platform originally developed for global wildfire management.
Muon Space is building upon its commercial FireSat foundation to deliver operational value immediately while proving scalability for future defense missions.
Muon Space has been awarded a $44.6 million Small Business Innovation Research Phase III Other Transaction Authority Agreement from the United States Space Force’s Space Systems Command System Delta 810.
Hubble has partnered with Muon Space to fly future satellites on Muon’s 500 kg-class XL spacecraft.
Muon Space is vertically integrated, designing and building its satellites, handling launches, and delivering data directly to customers.
Muon Space has launched two satellites to date: a demonstration mission in June 2023 and a prototype weather satellite in March 2024.
The SBIR Phase 2 agreement announced 2024-12-05 aims to assess whether Muon Space’s instruments can provide high-resolution imagery of cloud cover and weather conditions for military and intelligence operations.
Muon Space is partnering with the nonprofit Earth Fire Alliance to deploy a constellation of FireSat satellites in low Earth orbit to monitor wildfires and related environmental phenomena.
Muon Space was awarded a $2,900,000 Small Business Innovation Research Phase 2 contract by the U.S. Space Force to evaluate its satellite technology for military applications.
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).
The first phase of the FireSat Constellation will launch in 2026 and will consist of three Muon Halo™ satellites.
Muon Space and Earth Fire Alliance partnered to develop the FireSat Constellation.
The three Muon Halo™ satellites in phase one are equipped with 6-band multispectral infrared instruments designed and optimized for wildfire missions.
Muon Space will launch a FireSat pathfinder satellite in 2025 ahead of phase one of the FireSat Constellation.
Muon Space’s long-term goal for the FireSat network is more than 50 satellites with revisit times for most of the globe improving to 20 minutes.
Muon Space projects the first phase of the FireSat constellation will launch in 2026 and will consist of three Muon Halo satellites equipped with six-band multispectral infrared instruments.
Muon Space is working with the nonprofit Earth Fire Alliance to build a satellite constellation focused on prevention and monitoring of wildfires.