Muon Space ranks 20 on the Space 100 with a score of 81; Astranis ranks 61 with 71. Muon Space is ahead on deployment, production, positioning and leverage. Level on commercials, progress, technology and firepower. Astranis is based in San Francisco, United States, Muon Space in Mountain View, United States. Astranis: Growth. Muon Space: Growth. Astranis is named in 26 signals and Muon Space in 65.
Astranis designs and manufactures small geostationary broadband satellites, including dedicated satellites for customers such as stc Group and its MicroGEO product line.
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Astranis is a US satellite maker whose MicroGEO small dedicated GEO satellites (multiple on orbit since 2023, with the next-gen Omega program) offer niche-GEO-as-a-service, the counter-thesis to LEO constellations, serving nations and telcos without $300M satellite budgets. It raised a Series E in May 2026 (a16z participating) on top of ~$750M in prior rounds. The Series E amount was not disclosed in this pass's sources (a gap).
26 signals name Astranis.
22 facts on file.
Muon Space designs, builds and operates satellites and spacecraft platforms, including Halo, Quickbeam and Condor-Ultra, for customer constellations.
Darker bar: ahead of the other company on that measure.
Muon Space is a US satellite maker (founded by ex-SpaceX engineer Jonny Dyer) built on a full-stack Mission Foundry model, with 11 satellites flown and a San Jose plant targeting 500 satellites a year by 2027. It raised a $250M Series C in August 2026 at a $1.5B valuation (Eclipse-led, with Google, Salesforce Ventures, and Woven/Toyota), launched the first three operational FireSat wildfire-detection satellites with Google in July 2026, and debuted a higher-power platform aimed at orbital data centers (pathfinder 2028). Revenue, FireSat economics, and the 500-per-year credibility are open.
65 signals name Muon Space.
58 facts on file.
Muon Space ranks 20 on the Space 100 with a score of 81; Astranis ranks 61 with 71. Muon Space is ahead on deployment, production, positioning and leverage. Level on commercials, progress, technology and firepower. Astranis is based in San Francisco, United States, Muon Space in Mountain View, United States. Astranis: Growth. Muon Space: Growth. Astranis is named in 26 signals and Muon Space in 65.
Muon Space ranks 20 on the Space 100 with a score of 81; Astranis ranks 61 with 71. Muon Space is ahead on deployment, production, positioning and leverage. Level on commercials, progress, technology and firepower. Astranis is based in San Francisco, United States, Muon Space in Mountain View, United States. Astranis: Growth. Muon Space: Growth. Astranis is named in 26 signals and Muon Space in 65. Both company files carry the scores on eight measures, the facts with sources and the latest signals.
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