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Startup · United States

Turion Space

HQ Irvine, CAFounded 2021201-500 employees

Spacecraft developer; one of 12 Space-Based Interceptor prototype OTA awardees for Golden Dome.

Website

Federal Obligations by Year (All USAspending, as Reported at the Time)

Turion Space federal obligations by fiscal year
Fiscal yearDirect: contracts
FY2026$14.1M
FY2025$8.0M
FY2024$3.6M
FY2023$5.8M
FY2022$1.0M

Direct is the company's own reviewed UEIs. Reported by USAspending is subsidiaries as reported by USAspending: recipients that name this company as their parent, not yet reviewed ownership.

Recipients (UEIs) tied to this company

Each action counts for the company USAspending reported on that row, so a subsidiary's dollars count for Turion Space only for the period it reported Turion Space as its parent. Net of de-obligations; these are obligations, not ceilings. They come from the whole USAspending baseline (every recipient size, contracts and assistance) and are a separate view from the curated contract totals on this page. Fiscal year 2027 is partial.

Funding4 rounds · $101M

Equity raised
$101M
Latest
$75.0MSeries B · Apr 15, 2026
Last valuation
$36.0M?Basis not stated · Seed · Aug 16, 2021
Cumulative raised$101M
Aug 16, 2021Apr 15, 2026

Raised counts equity rounds; debt, secondary sales and grants are totaled separately. Amounts in other currencies are converted at the announcement month's average rate. A ~ marks an estimated or converted amount.

Programs1 program

Programs1

Systems4

DROID

Maneuverable satellite for space domain awareness imaging and proximity operations.

Limited fielding

Starfire

Mission planning, tasking and constellation command-and-control software.

Maturity not rated

Starforge

A satellite system designed for resource extraction from near‑earth asteroids.

Maturity not rated

Newest unveiled first. Open a system for its milestone timeline, components and sources.

Capabilities2

  • Developer
    classify_sectors run 37, haiku, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: Named as one of 12 Space-Based Interceptor prototype OTA awardees for Golden Dome, a missile-defense program.
    —Reported
  • Developer
    classify_sectors run 37, haiku, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: Named as one of 12 Space-Based Interceptor prototype OTA awardees for Golden Dome, a missile-defense program.
    —Reported

Maturity and TRL describe this organization's work; the field-wide maturity is on each technology's page.

Supply Chain1 facility

Facilities1

Every facility is also listed below
  • Turion Space Irvine headquarters
    Headquarters · Irvine, CA, United States
    Operating
    Confirmed
People
PersonRole
Patryk Wiatr · LinkedIn ↗Co-Founder
Ryan Westerdahl · LinkedIn ↗Co-Founder
Tyler James Pierce · LinkedIn ↗Co-Founder
Patryk Wiatr · LinkedIn ↗CIO & Co-Founder
Rich MinfordChief Operating Officer
Rob BradyChief Product Officer
Ryan Westerdahl · LinkedIn ↗CEO & Co-Founder
Tyler James Pierce · LinkedIn ↗CTO & Co-Founder

Company Metrics

LinkedIn employee profiles
211
Observed Oct 5, 2026
Bright Data / LinkedIn · Source ↗
LinkedIn followers
20,458
Observed Oct 5, 2026
Bright Data / LinkedIn · Source ↗

Employee-profile counts reflect LinkedIn profiles associated with the company, not verified headcount. One observation establishes a baseline; it does not establish growth.

Sources19

Show all 19 sources and supporting evidence

Profile3

  1. 1

    DefenseScoop · Apr 24, 2026 · Supports Organization

    “The companies that received OTAs are Anduril, Booz Allen Hamilton, General Dynamics Mission Systems, GITAI USA, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Quindar, Raytheon, Sci-Tec, SpaceX, True Anomaly and Turion Space Corp.”
  2. 2

    Supports Organization · founded year

    “It was founded in 2021 and is based in Irvine,California.”
  3. 3
    DatabaseTurion Space

    Crunchbase · Supports Organization · hq city, Organization · legal name, Organization · website

    “Location: Irvine, California, United States”

Systems4

  1. 4

    Turion Space · Apr 15, 2026 · Supports Organization · hq city, System

    “Turion employs approximately 200 people at its Irvine, California headquarters.”
  2. 5

    Turion Space · Jan 13, 2026 · Supports Role, System, System · maturity

    “said Ryan Westerdahl, CEO and Co-Founder of Turion Space Corp.”
  3. 6

    Turion Space · Supports Organization · name, System

    “Turion Space”
  4. 7

    Supports Funding round · amount, Role, System · first fielded year

    “$15 Million Series A”

Funding7

  1. 8

    Multiples · Oct 6, 2026 · Supports Funding round · post money valuation usd

    “Turion Space is valued at $36M as of September 2021.”
  2. 9

    Tracxn · Oct 6, 2026 · Supports Funding round

    “Reinforced Ventures, located in Pittsburgh (United States), made their first investment in Turion Space on Nov 17, 2020 in its Seed round.”
  3. 10

    Los Angeles Times · Jun 2, 2026 · Supports Funding round · amount, Organization · ownership

    “raised a $75 million Series B financing round led by Washington Harbour Partners”
  4. 11

    Pulse 2.0 · Apr 15, 2026 · Supports Funding round

    “raised more than $75 million in a Series B funding round led by Washington Harbour Partners”
  5. 12

    Orange County Business Journal · Apr 15, 2026 · Supports Funding round · amount, Funding round · announced on

    “Space infrastructure company Turion Space said today it has raised more than $75 million in a Series B financing round led by Washington Harbour Partners”
  6. 13

    PR Newswire · Dec 2, 2024 · Supports Funding round

    “Veteran Ventures Capital invested in Turion's recently closed and oversubscribed Series A funding round.”
  7. 14

    U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission · Nov 2, 2023 · Supports Funding round · amount

    “Total Amount Sold $11,118,933 USD”

Supply chain3

  1. 15

    Turion Space · May 6, 2026 · Supports Facility

    “Turion is headquartered in Irvine, California.”
  2. 16

    U.S. Census Bureau · Supports Facility · coordinates

    “Census address-range match: 5 TECHNOLOGY DR, IRVINE, CA, 92618; longitude -117.735678409581; latitude 33.648529947638.”
  3. 17

    LinkedIn · Supports Facility, Facility · street address, Organization · linkedin url, Organization metric · employees in linkedin, Organization metric · followers

    “headquarters: Irvine, California”

People2

  1. 18

    Supports Organization · employee range, Role

    “200+ people in Irvine, California and Washington, DC”
  2. 19

    Y Combinator · Supports Role

    “Ryan Westerdahl ... Founder ... Engineer working in aerospace over the last decade, coming most recently from 8.5 years at SpaceX.”

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