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Funding · Aug 22, 2026, 10:05 AM · 5 sources

Muon Space raises $250M Series C at $1.5B; 100% launch success, 500 sat/year capacity by 2027

<cite index="41-1,42-1">Muon Space closed a $250 million Series C financing in a heavily oversubscribed round.</cite> <cite index="50-1">The funding valued the satellite manufacturer at $1.5 billion, led by Eclipse Capital with participation from Google and Salesforce Ventures.</cite> <cite index="42-2">The round follows Muon's most productive stretch: seven satellites launched in H1 2026 brought its total to 11 deployed across six launches with a 100% mission success record.</cite>

<cite index="42-2">Muon is bringing two customer constellations into operation this year: Vindlér 2.0 for SNC delivering RF data and analytics, and FireSat, the global wildfire-monitoring constellation developed with Earth Fire Alliance and Google.org, which was named one of TIME's Best Inventions of 2025.</cite> <cite index="42-2">The company has over 50 satellites in development for customers, including 13 already manifested for launch over the next year.</cite>

<cite index="42-2">Muon recently opened an advanced manufacturing facility in San Jose designed to produce up to 500 satellites annually by 2027, a tenfold expansion over previous capacity.</cite> <cite index="49-2,49-4">The company controls 95% of its spacecraft production in-house under its Mission Foundry model, integrating mission design, spacecraft, payloads, software, operations and data.</cite>

For satellite operators and national security, Muon's bet is that the industry can industrialize space infrastructure the way cloud industrialized compute: design once, manufacture repeatably. 100% mission success + visible customer constellations (Vindlér, FireSat) + 500 satellites/year capacity by 2027 signals production-readiness, not just engineering promise. Google and Salesforce backing suggests enterprise/sovereign demand is moving beyond RF payloads into broader earth-intelligence infrastructure.

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  1. 01 Primary source globenewswire.com
  2. 02 globenewswire.com globenewswire.com “Muon Space closed a $250 million Series C financing in a heavily oversubscribed round. The Series C follows the most productive stretch in Muon's history: seven satellites launched in the first half of 2026 brought Muon's total to 11 satellites deployed across six launches with a 100% mission success record.”
  3. 03 globenewswire.com globenewswire.com “Muon recently opened its advanced manufacturing facility in San Jose, designed to produce up to 500 satellites annually by 2027, a tenfold expansion over its previous capacity. The company now has over 50 satellites in development for customers, including 13 satellites already manifested for launch over the next year.”
  4. 04 globenewswire.com globenewswire.com “Muon is also bringing two customer constellations into operation this year: Vindlér 2.0 for SNC, delivering RF data and analytics, and FireSat, the global wildfire-monitoring constellation developed with Earth Fire Alliance and Google.org that was named one of TIME's Best Inventions of 2025.”
  5. 05 satnews.com satnews.com “Muon Space reached a $1.5 billion valuation following the $250 million Series C round. The funding was led by Eclipse Capital, with participation from Google and Salesforce Ventures.”