Muon Space vs OHB: Platforms compared

November 2026 edition · assessment by Frontier Tech Intelligence

Muon Space ranks 20 on the Space 100 with a score of 81; OHB ranks 32 with 78. Muon Space is ahead on progress and technology. OHB is ahead on commercials. Level on deployment, production, positioning, firepower and leverage. Muon Space is based in Mountain View, United States, OHB in Bremen, Germany. Muon Space: Growth. OHB: Public. Muon Space is named in 65 signals and OHB in 54.

Muon Space →

Mountain View, California, United States · Space · Satellites & spacecraft / Platforms · Growth · muonspace.com

Muon Space designs, builds and operates satellites and spacecraft platforms, including Halo, Quickbeam and Condor-Ultra, for customer constellations.

Space 100 · rank 20 · score 81

Scores, Space (of 10)

Deployment8
Production8
Commercials6
Progress10
Technology8
Positioning8
Firepower8
Leverage8

Darker bar: ahead of the other company on that measure.

Positioning

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.

Latest signals

  • Muon Space has delivered spacecraft from design to launch in under a year using repeatable manufacturing processes.Payload
  • Muon Space operates a high-mix spacecraft manufacturing facility and has vertically integrated electric propulsion.Payload
  • Muon Space’s FireSat and SBIR work led to a STRATFI award for further spacecraft development.Payload

65 signals name Muon Space.

Facts, with sources

  • Delivered spacecraft from design to launch in under a yearPayload
  • prototype environmental-monitoring satellites under the Quickbeam platformPayload
  • STRATFI award for further spacecraft developmentPayload

58 facts on file.

OHB →

Bremen, Bremen, Germany · Space · Satellites & spacecraft / Platforms · Public · ohb.de

OHB develops, builds and integrates satellite platforms for institutional and commercial customers, including IRIS2 platforms, MTG weather satellites and Galileo hardware.

Space 100 · rank 32 · score 78

Scores, Space (of 10)

Deployment8
Production8
Commercials10
Progress9
Technology6
Positioning8
Firepower8
Leverage8

Darker bar: ahead of the other company on that measure.

Positioning

OHB is Europe's listed pure-play space prime (ETR:OHB, family-led, 25 years public) at full demand, with H1-26 operating performance of EUR 628M (double-digit growth), adjusted EBITDA of EUR 60M (+30%), FY26 guidance of ~EUR 1.4B, and a record EUR 3,354M backlog. Its EPS-Sterna microsatellite constellation (EUR 248M) is OHB Sweden's largest-ever order, its MT Aerospace unit is the largest German Ariane supplier, and it sees a ~EUR 20B pipeline, though Q2 order intake was lumpy and Access-to-Space margins are soft on ramp costs. Its subsidiary RFA's first flight was delayed again; its stock rose 321% over the year to a ~$6.1B market cap.

Latest signals

  • Bromo’s planned European satellite-industry merger faces EU antitrust scrutiny and opposition from OHB.Heise
  • OHB System AG won an ESA study contract for the OASIS lunar infrastructure link.Via Satellite
  • ESA commissioned parallel concept studies for a European LEO space stationSpace24

54 signals name OHB.

Facts, with sources

  • First launch of IRIS2 MEO satellites planned for 2029Via Satellite
  • 348European Spaceflight
  • EUR 1200000000OHB

72 facts on file.

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Muon Space or OHB: which is ahead in space?

Muon Space ranks 20 on the Space 100 with a score of 81; OHB ranks 32 with 78. Muon Space is ahead on progress and technology. OHB is ahead on commercials. Level on deployment, production, positioning, firepower and leverage. Muon Space is based in Mountain View, United States, OHB in Bremen, Germany. Muon Space: Growth. OHB: Public. Muon Space is named in 65 signals and OHB in 54.

How do Muon Space and OHB compare?

Muon Space ranks 20 on the Space 100 with a score of 81; OHB ranks 32 with 78. Muon Space is ahead on progress and technology. OHB is ahead on commercials. Level on deployment, production, positioning, firepower and leverage. Muon Space is based in Mountain View, United States, OHB in Bremen, Germany. Muon Space: Growth. OHB: Public. Muon Space is named in 65 signals and OHB in 54. Both company files carry the scores on eight measures, the facts with sources and the latest signals.

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