Muon Space

Muon Space is an aerospace company that develops low-Earth orbit satellite constellations for intelligence missions such as climate monitoring and national security. The company follows a three-phase approach: 1) designing the architecture, 2) building the hardware and software, and 3) cloud-based operations.

The company uses remote sensing technology, including multispectral sensors and radio frequency instruments, to measure the impact of climate change by observing atmospheric and land characteristics as well as determining soil moisture.

Muon Space’s technology platform Muon Halo was launched in April 2024, and the company reported that it had secured contracts worth over USD 60 million as of April 2024 to launch 10 satellites with remote sensing payloads between 2025 and 2026. 

Muon Halo is positioned on a vertically integrated technology platform incorporating the digital engineering and simulation platform MuSim, the data-centric middleware architecture MuOS, and the software-defined building blocks MuSat and MuCore. All of Muon Space’s mission operations are integrated within its cloud-based platform MuDash, to manage tasking, scheduling, and automated management of software updates and customer uploads. 

Muon Space’s state-of-the-art production facility in Silicon Valley is enhanced with its in-house hardware and software system for high-mix satellite integration at volumes and throughput “standard bus” lines.

Key Customers and partnerships 

The company partnered with Microsoft in June 2023 to use the Azure Orbital Ground Station as its ground station for its MuSat-1 launch mission. Muon Space also partnered with the Earth Fire Alliance (EFA) in May 2024 and Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) in August 2024 to deliver three Muon satellites each to EFA’s FireSat constellation in 2026 and SNC’s Vindlér constellation in 2025.

In November 2023, Muon Space partnered with Hydrosat to equip one of its satellites in 2024 with the latter’s second demonstration commercial imaging payloads to receive data to improve agricultural water. 

Muon Space was also selected by the Air Force WERX (AFWERX) in January 2024 for an SBIR Phase I contract focused on weather intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance (ISR), and operational mission planning.