Turion Space is making space safer for everyone  

Turion Space is working with the Air Force, the U.S. Space Force and others to clean up space. By Tom Berg July 3, 2024 Turion Space is working with the Air Force, the U.S. Space Force and others to clean up space. Last year, the Irvine-based company launched the world’s first commercial satellite dedicated to […]

Turion wins Space Force contract for debris-capture technology

The startup Turion Space is developing a family of satellites for autonomous docking and deorbiting services Sandra ErwinJuly 1, 2024 WASHINGTON — Turion Space, an Irvine, California-based startup, has secured a $1.9 million contract from SpaceWERX, the U.S. Space Force’s technology arm, to develop an autonomous spacecraft docking and maneuvering system. The contract aims to […]

Steve Wozniak’s Privateer Acquires Orbital Insight

By Rachel Jewett | May 8, 2024 Privateer, a space data company started by Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, acquired Earth observation (EO) analytics company Orbital Insight in a deal announced May 6. Privateer pitched the acquisition as a way to “make space data and Earth insights more powerful and accessible than ever.”  Privateer said that Orbital Insight’s TerraScope analytics […]

NRO signs agreements with five  commercial suppliers of electro-optical imagery

Airbus U.S., Albedo Space, Hydrosat, Muon Space and Turion Space won study contracts that allow the NRO to assess their products Sandra ErwinDecember 5, 2023 WASHINGTON — The National Reconnaissance Office announced Dec. 5 it has signed agreements with five commercial providers of electro-optical satellite imagery, including four startups that are just starting to build […]