Turion Space

About

Turion Space is building spacecraft to move things around in space and image space objects when they’re not, and focused on developing the dual-use technology required to ensure a sustainable future in space. They aim to build a strong foundation selling space domain awareness imagery data while advancing their technology towards an affordable solution for orbital debris removal and eventually asteroid mining. The founding team originates from SpaceX, and after going through the Y-combinator accelerator in summer 2021 went on to raise a $6.2M seed round and is launching their first DROID satellite in early 2023.

Founders

Ryan WesterdahlFounder

Engineer working in aerospace over the last decade, coming most recently from 8.5 years at SpaceX. Automating data pipelines, performance simulations, vibration environments and testing, anomaly resolution, hardware design.

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Tyler James PierceFounder

Aerospace engineer and executive MBA candidate with over a decade of experience in the aerospace and defense sector. Specializes in analysis-driven design, multi-disciplinary optimization, and data processing. Hands-on experience with concept-qualification and testing including vacuum thermal testing of multi-billionaire dollar programs. Experienced with cradle-to-grave engineering of aerospace-assembly-automation system utilizing high-precision robotic manipulators and AI-based vision systems.

Patryk WiatrFounder

Full stack software engineer with almost 10 years of experience building and maintaining scalable web applications. Patryk has built applications from the ground up, including requirement gathering, testing, and deploying, as well as designing and implementing back end infrastructure solutions to power those applications.