{"title":"Muon Space vs OHB: Platforms compared","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/compare/muon-space-vs-ohb","comparison":"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.","companies":[{"name":"Muon Space","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/muon-space","city":"Mountain View","country":"United States","stage":"Growth","founded":null,"last_round":null,"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.","assessed_in":{"domain":"Space","list":"Space 100","rank":20,"score":81,"tier":"member","scores":{"gate_ne":["firepower"],"leverage":8,"position":8,"progress":10,"firepower":8,"commercial":6,"deployment":8,"production":8,"technology":8},"why":"Muon Space designs, builds and operates satellites and spacecraft platforms, including Halo, Quickbeam and Condor-Ultra, for customer constellations.","segment":"Platforms","layer":"Satellites & spacecraft"},"signals_total":65,"facts_total":58},{"name":"OHB","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/ohb","city":"Bremen","country":"Germany","stage":"Public","founded":null,"last_round":null,"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.","assessed_in":{"domain":"Space","list":"Space 100","rank":32,"score":78,"tier":"member","scores":{"gate_ne":["firepower"],"leverage":8,"position":8,"progress":9,"firepower":8,"commercial":10,"deployment":8,"production":8,"technology":6},"why":"OHB develops, builds and integrates satellite platforms for institutional and commercial customers, including IRIS2 platforms, MTG weather satellites and Galileo hardware.","segment":"Platforms","layer":"Satellites & spacecraft"},"signals_total":54,"facts_total":72}],"note":"Assessment by Frontier Tech Intelligence; facts and signals carry their sources."}