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Turion Space is developing spacecraft for in-orbit servicing, debris removal, and space domain awareness missions.
ACTIVETurion Space is an Irvine, California company that builds and operates DROID satellites and the STARFIRE software platform for space domain awareness, including non-Earth imaging of objects in low Earth and geostationary orbit.
Turion Space is an Irvine, California company that builds and operates DROID satellites and the STARFIRE software platform for space domain awareness, including non-Earth imaging of objects in low Earth and geostationary orbit.
Rank 45 of 94 ranked companies. With the pillars we have not measured for this company filled at the 10th and 90th percentiles of the companies we did measure, and every other company held at its published total, the rank is likely between 19 and 68.
3 of 7 inputs measured · Medium confidence · 63% of applicable weight backed by data
Not measured: Market value, Reported revenue
Not measured: Capital raised (24 months)
Not measured: Open-role change (90 days)
A pillar score averages the company’s percentiles among the tracked companies with a value: relative standing, not a grade. Inputs measured 2026-10-20 (UTC) · methodology v6. Every input, its value and percentile · How it is computed
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Sources: Founded, Headquarters, CEO, Employees, Legal name
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2 private rounds on record (1 with no stated amount, counted but not added). Debt, grants, state capital, owner funding and acquisitions are listed under Funding history by class and not added in.
Autonomous spacecraft line for space domain awareness and close inspection of objects in orbit; DROID.002, launched March 2025, is operating, with servicing and debris removal as later goals.
Contracts, suppliers, launches and schedule for each program, every fact sourced:
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Compiled Oct 20, 2026 from 7 public records. Every figure links the record it comes from.
Space federal awards
3 awards, $2.0M obligated
Awards with activity since Oct 1, 2018, as searched Sep 24, 2026. Awarded Jun 7, 2024 to Apr 29, 2026; most from DoD (3 awards)
Counts awards the government's own product code or programme title marks as space work, or the space research industry code; the satellite-telecoms industry code counts only together with a space agency, office or a space word in the award's own description. Obligated dollars, not ceilings; umbrella contracts (IDVs) are left out because their orders are counted one by one. Amounts as USAspending reported them on Sep 24, 2026.
Source: USAspending.gov recipient profile (all awards, not only space)
Latest award Apr 29, 2026
Latest space award
$100K from DoD
CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT MINIMUM GUARANTEE
Source: USAspending.gov award record
Awarded Apr 29, 2026
Form D notices
1 offering reported on Form D
Latest filed Nov 2, 2023; first sale Aug 16, 2021; 1 of them last updated by an amendment (D/A)
Each offering counts once: a later amendment (Form D/A) replaces its original. Form D names no round label and no investors. Filings for a merger or SPAC deal are left out.
Latest sourced round
Series B: amount undisclosed
Led by Washington Harbour Partners
Source: SpaceNews
Announced Apr 15, 2026
Sourced rounds on record
2 rounds, $11.1M disclosed
1 with no amount disclosed
Published rounds with a source link only, on the same rules as the funding tracker. Each round links the source that states its figure; amounts in other currencies are converted to dollars at the rate shown on the funding tracker.
Satellites owned or operated
1 in orbit of 2 launched
Latest: DROID.002
Payloads GCAT lists with this organisation as owner or operator. "In orbit" is GCAT status O. Counted under GCAT organisation code TURION. Catalogue updated Sep 24, 2026.
Source: GCAT satellite catalogue
Latest launch Mar 15, 2025
Satellites built
1 payload launched, 1 in orbit
Latest: DROID.002
Payloads GCAT lists with this organisation as manufacturer. Counted under GCAT organisation code TURION. Catalogue updated Sep 24, 2026.
Source: GCAT satellite catalogue
Latest launch Mar 15, 2025
Department of Defense
3 space awards, $2.0M obligated
USAspending.gov award record, Apr 29, 2026
Built one of its satellites (latest DROID.001)
GCAT satellite catalogue, Jun 12, 2023
Satellite data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0.
APA
SpaceNexus. (2026, October 20). Turion Space: Company dossier [Data set]. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/turion-space
Chicago
SpaceNexus. "Turion Space: Company dossier." Data as of October 20, 2026. Accessed October 20, 2026. https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/turion-space.
BibTeX
@misc{spacenexus_turionspace_2026,
author = {{SpaceNexus}},
title = {{Turion Space}: Company dossier},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
howpublished = {\url{https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/turion-space}},
url = {https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/turion-space},
urldate = {2026-10-20},
note = {Data as of 2026-10-20; each fact links its primary source}
}Took part in Series B (Apr 15, 2026)
SpaceNews, Apr 15, 2026
Magnetar Capital
Took part in Series B (Apr 15, 2026)
SpaceNews, Apr 15, 2026
Led Series B (Apr 15, 2026)
SpaceNews, Apr 15, 2026