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majorfinancialupdated 22 Aug2026-08-20

Muon Space raises $250 million Series C led by Eclipse Capital

Muon Space

Muon Space closed a $250 million Series C to scale satellite production toward 500 spacecraft a year by 2027.

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// sources · 5 attached
  1. [1]trade presspayloadspace.com
  2. [2]mainstream press · corroborationbloomberg.com
  3. [3]press wire · corroborationmanilatimes.net
  4. [4]trade press · corroborationsatellitetoday.com
  5. [5]informal · corroborationtechstartups.com

what happened

Muon Space announced August 20 it closed a $250 million Series C led by Eclipse Capital, with Google, Salesforce Ventures, Wellington Management, I Squared Capital, and other investors participating, per Payload and Bloomberg. The round brings Muon's total equity financing to more than $386 million; the company has launched 11 satellites since its 2021 founding, seven of them in the first half of 2026, and has more than 50 customer satellites in production.

why it matters

Muon builds complete spacecraft, payload and software included, for customers like Google and Earth Fire Alliance's FireSat wildfire-detection constellation; the new capital funds a jump to 500 satellites a year of production capacity by 2027, a step up in scale for a company that says its sales pipeline already tops $10 billion.

for who

Satellite manufacturers and constellation operators shopping for bus suppliers

signal-to-noise

WIDELY REPORTED
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quick facts

Companies
Muon Space
Category
financial
Impact
major
SNR
4 / 5
Event date
2026-08-20
Published
2026-08-20 17:28 UTC

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