Company:Muon Space
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Muon Space is an American aerospace startup located in Silicon Valley, California . The company was founded in 2021 with the goal of building a climate-monitoring satellite constellation. By July 2023, the company had raised approximately $35 million in total funding to allow them to develop the technology to do so.[1][2]
The company launched the first satellite of its constellation, dubbed MuSat-1, on June 12, 2023, on SpaceX's Transporter-8 rideshare mission aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base.[3] This first satellite weighs 70 kg and will demonstrate the technology developed by Muon for the other satellites in its constellation. In 2024, Muon Space is expecting to launch two more satellites, MuSat-2 and MuSat-3.[4]
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- ↑ Dyer, Jonathan (January 21, 2022). "Startups to Watch: Muon Space heads to orbit to get eyes on climate change". https://bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/inno/stories/profiles/2022/01/21/startups-to-watch-2022-muon-space-jonathan-dyer.html.
- ↑ Coldewey, Devin (2022-08-09). "Muon Space plans a 'turnkey solution' for custom Earth observation satellites" (in en-US). https://techcrunch.com/2022/08/09/muon-space-plans-a-turnkey-solution-for-custom-earth-observation-satellites/.
- ↑ Space, Muon. "Muon Space Proves Satellite Platform in Flight with Successful First Launch, Paving Way for Climate Constellation". www.prnewswire.com (Press release). Retrieved 2023-06-16.
- ↑ Werner, Debra (2023-06-14). "Muon celebrates launch of first satellite in Climate Constellation" (in en-US). https://spacenews.com/muon-celebrates-launch-of-first-satellite-in-climate-constellation/.
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