Oversubscribed financing supports propulsion acquisition, brand-new production center, and production scale-up to satisfy growing consumer need
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., June 12, 2025/ PRNewswire/– Muon Area, a leading service provider of end-to-end area systems concentrating on mission-optimized satellite constellations, today revealed the close of its oversubscribed $ 89.5 million Series B1 round, bringing overall Series B financing to $ 146 million The brand-new capital consists of $ 44.5 million in equity and $ 45 million in credit centers, and follows the business’s preliminary Series B close in August 2024
The B1 round was led by Congruent Ventures and consisted of existing financiers– Activate Capital, Acme Capital, Costanoa Ventures, and Radical Ventures. Muon likewise invited brand-new financier ArcTern Ventures to the distribute.
The brand-new capital is sustaining a significant scale-up of Muon’s operations– consisting of broadened satellite production; vertical combination of crucial elements such as propulsion and IR & & RF instruments; implementation of Muon’s full-stack automatic constellation operations platform; and the growth of our worldwide ground station network. The business has actually grown its group by 50% considering that December and exceeded $ 100 million in brand-new agreements checked in 2024, consisting of a landmark arrangement with SNC to establish next-generation satellites supporting its Vindlér business RF noticing constellation.
” We’re concentrated on providing mission-optimized satellite constellation systems to clients at unmatched speed,” stated Jonny Dyer, CEO of Muon Area. “High-performance constellations need the speed, expense, consistency, and efficiency of volume production– they can’t be constructed one satellite at a time. We are developing the world’s very first automated, high-mix, high-volume constellation production system. It’s constantly had to do with the objective– now we’re providing it at scale.”
” Muon is developing the high-performance scale option the area market has actually been missing out on,” stated Joshua Posamentier, Handling Partner at Congruent Ventures. “By satisfying objective requirements with a configurable, vertically incorporated platform covering hardware, software application, and operations, they provide a distinct course to on-orbit abilities– at a speed and cost point that business, civil and nationwide security clients urgently require.”
Starlight Acquisition Brings Advancement Zinc-Based Electric Propulsion In-House
Muon has actually gotten Starlight Engines, a propulsion start-up pioneering the very first commercially readily available strong propellant Hall-effect thruster systems– a safe, cost effective, and scalable option to standard propulsion systems. The acquisition even more extends Muon’s vertically incorporated Halo ™ platform by bringing internal propulsion abilities into its end-to-end satellite innovation stack.
Established in 2022 by veteran propulsion specialists Todd Bailey and Mark Hopkins, Starlight established an unique zinc-fueled thruster system that removes the high expenses and supply chain vulnerabilities of xenon and krypton-based systems. By getting rid of high pressure fluids management– the Achilles heel of every area propulsion system– Starlight’s innovation allows a drastically enhanced supply chain, extremely readily available and affordable propellant, streamlined combination, and more compact thruster and tank styles. The thruster system scales modularly supporting spacecraft varying from 100kg to 500kg+.
Combination of Starlight’s propulsion innovation is currently underway as Muon scales satellite production. “Propulsion stays among the most relentless expense and supply chain difficulties in satellite production,” stated Paul Day, VP of Spacecraft Production at Muon Area. “What Todd and Mark have actually accomplished at Starlight is an essentially more sophisticated and useful option– solid-state, scalable, throttleable, and more secure to manage. By bringing this innovation in-house and incorporating it into our Halo platform, we can speed up shipment timelines while enhancing both schedule dependability and general objective efficiency.”
New Advanced Production Center Powers Production Scale-Up
Muon has actually opened a 130,000-square-foot center in San Jose, California that will act as its production center, real estate production and test operations from basic material through ended up spacecraft. Purpose-built for complete vertical combination and high-throughput satellite production, the center can support as much as 500 satellites each year in the 100kg to 500kg+ class.
The website includes 70,000 square feet of making centers consisting of 30,000 square feet of cleanroom area throughout Class 10, 1,000, 10,000, and 100,000 environments– a 10x growth from Muon’s very first center. The versatile design accommodates production, assembly, and laboratory operations, with devoted locations for protected combination, spacecraft assembly, optical instrument combination (3 zones), propulsion combination, and an objective operations center. A 300 kW solar selection powers most of operations, while the center satisfies UL 2050 security requirements for defense programs.
Extensive ecological screening abilities consist of thermal vacuum chambers, vibration tables, and thermal chambers for both system- and system-level credentials.
About Muon Area
Established in 2021, Muon Area is an end-to-end area systems business that develops, develops, and runs mission-optimized satellite constellations to provide vital information and allow real-time calculate and decision-making in area. Its exclusive innovation stack, Halo ™, incorporates sophisticated spacecraft platforms, robust payload combination and management, and an effective software-defined orchestration layer to allow high-performance abilities at unmatched speed– from principle to orbit. With modern production centers in Silicon Valley and a growing performance history of nationwide security and business clients, Muon Area is redefining how vital Earth intelligence is provided from area.
To find out more, go to: https://www.muonspace.com/
SOURCE Muon Area