Behind every mission is a team of seasoned space industry veterans who thrive on collaborative problem solving, systems-level thinking, and finding innovative approaches to challenges others walk away from. Our depth of experience is what makes mission success not just possible, but predictable.
About Muon Space
Built for the Mission
Muon is built on the belief that speed, rigor, and mission focus aren’t trade-offs. We deliver constellation performance that is mission-optimized from day one.
2021
Founded
11
Spacecraft Launched
2
Facilities in Silicon Valley
500+
Annual satellite production capacity
Our Vision
A world that sees itself clearly – where real-time planetary insight drives action to protect lives, build resilience, and compounds into shared prosperity.
How We Build
We Build on a
Common Platform
Enabling customers to define and use new types of data without reinventing the wheel
We See the Big Picture
and Operate Lean
Looking across every interface and subsystem boundary to reduce complexity
We Beat Up our Designs, Test and
Integrate Early and Often
Emphasizing early and frequent integration, simulation, and testing to quickly identify and resolve issues
Our Story in Orbit
From Founding to
Constellation-Scale Operations
2021
2023
2024
2025
2026
2021
2021
The Beginning
Five space veterans set out with a mission to build satellite constellations the right way, end to end, to enable high performance missions for Earth ecosystems and national security. Muon is awarded a contract to formulate the FireSat constellation and opened its Mountain View Facility.
2023
2023
First Satellite on Orbit
Muon completed development of its Gen1 Condor vertically integrated satellite and operations platform. MuSat1 launched on Space-X Transporter 8 validating the core platform and technology. Muon achieved contact just 6 minutes from separation.
2024
2024
Constellation grows
MuSat2 reached orbit on SpaceX Transporter-10 carrying a Muon-developed payload to provide data to the US Air Force and US Space Force. New constellation customers include Earth Fire Alliance and SNC.
2025
2025
Scaling In-House and On-Orbit
Firesat, built and delivered in just sixteen months, reaches orbit and returned its first-light wildfire imagery. Acquired propulsion company Starlight Engines, expanded facilities, launched the Hydrosat mission, and added three customer missions, including SSC and Hubble.
2026
2026
Scaling the constellation
San Jose facility opened, purpose-built for high-throughput constellation production. Nine satellites launching for four missions including SNC Vindlér, marking the deployment of Muon’s first coordinated three-satellite constellation, flying in formation with inter-satellite links.
The Muon Team
LEADERSHIP TEAM
Humans Behind the Hardware.
Behind every mission is a team of seasoned space industry veterans who thrive on collaborative problem solving, systems-level thinking, and finding innovative approaches to challenges others walk away from. Our depth of experience is what makes mission success not just possible, but predictable.
Proudly backed by
FACILITIES
Two State-of-the-art Production Facilities in Silicon Valley.
Two State-of-the-art Production Facilities in Silicon Valley.
Predictable lead times. Consistent per-unit performance.
Mountain View, CA
Payload Manufacturing Facility
Muon designs, builds and tests payloads at its 18,000 sq. ft. facility in the heart of Silicon Valley. With 8,000 sq. ft. of clean rooms, machine and electronic labs, mission payloads come together under one roof.
San Jose, CA
Headquarters and Production Facility
Muon designs, builds, tests and operates satellite constellations at its 130,000 sq. ft. facility. With 30,000 sq. ft. of clean rooms, propulsion production labs, full on-site environmental testing and mission operations vertically integrated missions come to life.
Customers
Organizations that Partner With Us for End-to-End Mission Certainty
