Turion Space
Designs, builds, and operates autonomous spacecraft for space domain awareness, debris removal, and in-orbit servicing using gridded ion propulsion
Turion Space designs, builds, and operates autonomous spacecraft for space domain awareness, orbital debris removal, and in-space logistics. The company's vertically integrated facility in Irvine, California produces the DROID satellite family, including the 70 kg DROID Alpha Mini for rapid demonstrations, the 500 kg DROID Alpha EP with electric propulsion, and the 500 kg DROID Alpha Chem for tactically responsive operations.
The Starfire platform provides constellation command, fleet coordination, and autonomous mission planning. Turion's proprietary TIE-20 gridded ion thruster delivers up to 52 mN of thrust and 4,265 seconds of specific impulse. A ground-based multi-modal sensor system provides dawn and dusk LEO surveillance, selected by the U.S. Office of Space Commerce for the TraCSS Collision Avoidance Pathfinder. Turion serves the U.S. Space Force, NASA, the NRO, and commercial operators, and has raised approximately $28 million in total funding.
Operates orbital transfer vehicles for last-mile satellite delivery, hosted payload services, space cloud computing, and in-orbit servicing
Designs and manufactures chemical, electric, and hybrid propulsion systems for spacecraft ranging from cubesats to orbital transfer vehicles
Designs and operates robotic spacecraft for active debris removal, satellite life extension, and in-orbit inspection services