Condor-Ultra
Muon Space
Starship-class, stackable high-power spacecraft platform for networked constellations of hundreds to thousands of satellites, including orbital data centers.
Technical specifications
- Launch configuration
- Stackable for SpaceX Starship; also configurable for Falcon 9 and Rocket Lab Neutron
- Power
- 20 kW initial power, modular architecture scalable to 100 kW future variants
- Nadir payload area
- >18 m2
- Intersatellite networking
- 100 Gbps optical mesh crosslinks
- Connectivity
- Always-on 25 Gbps via Starlink
- Propulsion
- Muon Starlight propulsion
- AI compute integration
- NVIDIA Space-1 Vera Rubin Module (up to 25x H100 AI compute performance)
- First pathfinder delivery
- 2028
About
Condor-Ultra is Muon Space’s newest spacecraft platform, developed for high-power, networked constellations of hundreds to thousands of satellites. It is optimized for stackable mass-deployment aboard SpaceX’s Starship and anchors communications, sensing, and data-center class compute missions with the most demanding power, aperture and data requirements at unprecedented scale and unit economics. Configurations for medium-lift launch vehicles, including Falcon 9 and Rocket Lab’s Neutron, are also available. The first Condor-Ultra pathfinder is slated for delivery in 2028.
Condor-Ultra’s power, thermal, and networking architecture is purpose-built for orbital data centers, with scalable power generation, high-density compute workloads, and reliable autonomous mission, network and data operations at constellation scale. The platform is architected to integrate next-generation AI inference hardware, including the NVIDIA Space-1 Vera Rubin Module. Consistent with Muon’s vertical-integration strategy, Condor-Ultra internalizes all critical subsystems – avionics, propulsion (Muon’s Starlight propulsion), communications, GNC, flight software and networking.
Documentation
No public datasheet yet — request the datasheet / ICD from the supplier.
