Muon Space Accelerates Into a Pivotal Year of Government and Commercial Mission Execution

A growing mission portfolio and launch manifest mark Muon's transition to sustained, multi-mission execution under its Mission Foundry model

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Feb. 3, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Muon Space, the Mission Foundry for high-performance satellite constellations, is entering a new phase of operational scale, driven by a growing portfolio of government and commercial customers, an accelerating launch cadence, and increasing demand for its end-to-end, mission-optimized systems.

Over the past year, Muon has continued to expand its government and commercial customer portfolio while scaling the organization to support increased demand. In 2025, the company secured major government contracts supporting missile warning and tracking and dual-use environmental monitoring, while successfully launching new commercial satellites and advancing multiple operational constellations. During the same period, Muon more than doubled its employee base and delivered over 100% year-over-year growth for the second consecutive year.

Building on this foundation, Muon is supporting multiple defense and civil customers, with additional announcements expected at a later date. The company has also secured several new commercial awards for 2026 spanning hyperspectral imaging, high-resolution thermal infrared sensing, BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) detection, and high-quality weather data, with initial announcements expected in the near term and additional commercial milestones planned in the months ahead. Together, these programs reflect Muon's transition to repeatable, operational deployment at constellation scale.

"Customers are no longer asking for satellites – they're asking for operational outcomes," said Jonny Dyer, CEO of Muon Space. "They want high-performance missions delivered in months, not years, with tight integration across spacecraft, sensors, and operations. That's what the Mission Foundry delivers."

The Mission Foundry: Where Missions Are Forged, Not Assembled:

The Mission Foundry is Muon's industrial approach to constellation development: spacecraft platforms, payloads, mission operations, and data processing integrated from first simulation to on-orbit operations. Customer constellations are designed, launched, and enter operation faster, more affordably, and with higher performance and reliability than traditional approaches allow.

The Foundry draws on Muon's Halo^™ technology stack, M-class and XL-class spacecraft platforms, in-house propulsion, and deep expertise in advanced sensor design. These building blocks serve missions across defense, civil, and commercial domains – maritime intelligence, wildfire detection, logistics, agriculture – without forcing customers into one-size-fits-all architectures.

Launch Cadence Accelerates:

Muon is entering a period of sustained deployment, with an expanding launch manifest driven by growing government and commercial demand. In 2025, the company completed its third and fourth mission launches, setting the stage for higher operational tempo in 2026 and beyond. Upcoming programs span hyperspectral mapping, radio frequency (RF) sensing, thermal infrared sensing, weather and atmospheric intelligence, and other mission areas where rapid deployment and performance are critical.

Over the next 20 months, Muon has 20 satellites manifested for launch, underscoring the company's shift from discrete missions to sustained, operational cadence across multiple constellations. Notably, many of these contracts were secured in the second half of 2025 alone, demonstrating the rapid acceleration of Muon's market traction and momentum.

Near-term missions include deployments for customers such as SNC, supporting its next-generation Vindlér 2.0 constellation for RF collection and analytics functionality. The first three Vindlér satellites are scheduled to launch in Q1 2026. Three FireSats for Earth Fire Alliance will launch in mid 2026, expanding the constellation to significantly lower revisit times and enhance early wildfire detection and monitoring.

With additional missions already under contract and others in advanced stages of development, Muon expects its launch cadence to continue accelerating as more programs transition from demonstration to full operational deployment.

Customer and Business Milestones:

• Closed a $146 million Series B financing round
• FireSat Protoflight launched in 2025 and is approaching its first year of successful on-orbit operations
• The initial satellite in FireSat's satellite constellation delivered its first wildfire detection imagery in 2025, validating on-orbit performance and mission readiness
• Hydrosat's VanZyl-2 satellite launched in 2025
• Added veteran leadership from the Space Development Agency (SDA), Raytheon, and Loft Orbital to support the company's next phase of execution and scale
• Established a new partnership with Hubble Network to expand Bluetooth-based tracking services
• Awarded SpaceNews' 2025 Icon Award for Sustainability and Environmental Impact for the development of FireSat
• FireSat named among TIME Magazine's Best Inventions of 2025

Government Milestones:

• Awarded a $44.6 million U.S. Space Force SBIR Phase III OTA in 2025 to demonstrate a dual-use environmental monitoring constellation
• Awarded Stage II on a National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) contract in 2025, advancing the next phase of commercial electro-optical capabilities
• Secured a $1.9 million SBIR Direct-to-Phase II award from SpaceWERX, supporting the Space Development Agency's missile warning and tracking mission
• Selected for the Missile Defense Agency's SHIELD IDIQ program, supporting next-generation missile defense architecture

Key Technology Milestones:

• Expanded production facilities by 10x, increasing capacity to support up to 500 satellites per year
• Acquired Starlight Engines, bringing in-house propulsion capability with a zinc-based system designed for improved cost, stability, and rapid integration
• Launched Muon's new XL platform, enabling larger payloads, expanded mission flexibility, and higher-performance sensing
• Signed an agreement with SpaceX for Starlink's mini laser terminals, enabling industry-first persistent optical connectivity in orbit, with integration beginning in Q3 2026.

With a growing launch manifest, expanded production capacity, and a deepening pipeline of government and commercial missions, Muon is entering a phase of sustained execution – transforming innovative mission concepts into operational systems in orbit.

About Muon Space

Founded in 2021, Muon Space is an end-to-end space systems company that designs, builds, and operates mission-optimized satellite constellations to deliver critical data and enable real-time compute and decision-making in space. Its proprietary technology stack, Halo^™, integrates advanced spacecraft platforms, robust payload integration and management, and a powerful software-defined orchestration layer to enable high-performance capabilities at unprecedented speed – from concept to orbit. With state-of-the-art production facilities in Silicon Valley and a growing track record of defense, civil, and commercial and national security customers, Muon Space is redefining how mission-critical intelligence is delivered from space.

For more information on Muon Space, visit: https://www.muonspace.com/

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