Condor-M
Muon Space
Muon Space's flight-proven, modular mid-size spacecraft platform, the workhorse bus of the Halo technology stack.
Technical specifications
- Platform family
- Condor (Halo technology stack)
- Intersatellite connectivity
- SpaceX mini laser terminals routed through Starlink
- Software stack
- MuOS middleware, MuCore instrument core, MuDash operations
- Heritage missions
- FireSat Protoflight & operational satellites, Hydrosat VanZyl-2, SNC Vindler
About
Condor-M is Muon Space’s flight-proven, modular spacecraft platform and the base configuration of the Condor family within the Halo(TM) integrated technology stack. It is built from Muon’s proprietary, reusable core components – including custom avionics, propulsion, communications, GNC and flight software – giving Muon end-to-end control of the spacecraft supply chain rather than integrating disparate third-party subsystems.
Condor-M is designed for rapid, scalable mission configuration and has already flown multiple operational missions, including the FireSat Protoflight and operational wildfire-detection satellites (built on Condor-M), Hydrosat’s VanZyl-2 thermal-infrared Earth observation mission, and Sierra Nevada Corporation’s Vindler RF-sensing satellites. All Condor platforms are equipped with SpaceX mini laser terminals for near-continuous connectivity by routing data traffic through Starlink, and run on the common MuOS middleware and MuCore instrument-core software stack, enabling high-mix, high-rate manufacturing at Muon’s San Jose production facility.
Documentation
No public datasheet yet — request the datasheet / ICD from the supplier.
