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Muon Space Unveils Condor-Ultra, Starship-Class Spacecraft Platform Built for Scale
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- Muon Space unveils Condor-Ultra, a high-power, Starship-class platform designed to enable scalable orbital data centers with multi-hundred to thousand-satellite constellations.
- Initial power starts at 20 kW, with future variants reaching up to 100 kW to support orbital compute workloads and large-scale networking.
- Condor-Ultra provides more than 18 m2 of nadir payload area, enabling diverse sensors, Starlink connectivity, and high-speed intersatellite links.
- Vertical integration remains central, with Muon internalizing critical subsystems to cut costs and speed delivery.
- A Condor-Ultra pathfinder is planned for delivery in 2028 to validate the platform and its orbital-data-center concepts.
- NVIDIA Space-1 Vera Rubin Module is offered for AI inference in space, delivering substantial compute performance for orbital workloads.
- Condor-Ultra is designed for constellation-scale deployments with stackable configurations that reduce launch costs and enable large-scale deployment.
- Muon plans a new facility in San Jose to scale production to roughly 500 satellites per year, dramatically expanding manufacturing capacity.
- The platform supports high-throughput intersatellite links and persistent Starlink connectivity, enabling continuous mission operations and near real-time data delivery.
- Condor-Ultra supports multiple launch vehicles, including Falcon 9 and Rocket Lab's Neutron, providing flexible options for deployment.
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