{"city":"Irvine","name":"Turion Space","slug":"turion-space","facts":[{"date":"2026-04-15","type":"revenue_band","value":"[object Object]","source":"SpaceNews"},{"date":"2026-04-15","type":"partnership","value":"Washington Harbour Partners","source":"SpaceNews"},{"date":"2026-04-15","type":"funding_round","value":"Series B","source":"SpaceNews"},{"date":"2025-10-14","type":"contract","value":"US Space Force STRATFI contract","source":"Payload"},{"date":"2025-10-14","type":"headcount","value":"More than 140 employees","source":"Payload"},{"date":"2025-02-05","type":"partnership","value":"ThrustMe","source":"ThrustMe"}],"peers":[],"stage":"Early","state":"California","aliases":[],"country":"United States","domains":[{"why":"Turion Space builds Droid spacecraft for in-space inspection, servicing and rendezvous operations, and for imaging objects in orbit.","list":null,"rank":null,"tier":"watchlist","layer":null,"total":56,"domain":"Space","scores":{"gate_ne":["firepower"],"leverage":6,"position":6,"progress":8,"firepower":6,"commercial":4,"deployment":4,"production":4,"technology":6},"edition":null,"segment":null}],"founded":null,"signals":[{"date":"2026-04-15","header":"Turion Space has received more than 25 U.S. government contracts.","outlet":"SpaceNews"},{"date":"2026-04-15","header":"Turion Space’s DROID spacecraft supports rendezvous, proximity operations, and modular payload hosting.","outlet":"SpaceNews"},{"date":"2026-04-15","header":"Turion Space has delivered more than 40,000 images from its DROID spacecraft.","outlet":"SpaceNews"},{"date":"2026-04-15","header":"Turion Space scheduled additional missions in low Earth orbit and geostationary orbit.","outlet":"SpaceNews"},{"date":"2026-04-15","header":"Turion Space closed a Series B financing led by Washington Harbour Partners.","outlet":"SpaceNews"},{"date":"2026-04-15","header":"Turion Space expanded Starfire into an autonomous mission-operations platform.","outlet":"SpaceNews"}],"website":"https://turionspace.com","category":"Space · Satellites & spacecraft","categories":[{"name":"Servicing & tugs","domain":"Space","parent":"Space · Satellites & spacecraft"}],"last_round":null,"updated_at":"2026-10-25T23:19:36.455605+00:00","facts_total":8,"positioning":"Turion Space (Irvine, ~200 staff) operates the DROID space-domain-awareness satellites (DROID.001 and .002 operational, 40,000+ images delivered, DROID.003 launching 2026) with its Starfire NEXUS software platform, and was recognized as a Golden Dome space-based interceptor performer in May 2026 (a member of the $1.84B Andromeda pool). It raised a $75M+ Series B in April 2026 (Washington Harbour-led) and acquired Tychee Research Group in January 2026. Revenue, the interceptor scope, and the DROID.003 date are open (funding totals conflict across trackers).","sub_category":"Servicing & tugs","signals_total":9,"url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/turion-space","title":"Turion Space · space, Irvine, California, United States · scores, facts and signals · Frontier Tech Intelligence","description":"Turion Space builds Droid spacecraft for in-space inspection, servicing and rendezvous operations, and for imaging objects in orbit. Space watchlist (score 56) 9 signals and 8 facts with sources.","publisher":"Frontier Tech Intelligence (Future Frontiers, a trade name of Essential Cognition Inc.)","note":"Assessment by Frontier Tech Intelligence; facts and signals carry their sources."}