TAMPA, Fla. — Space-based Bluetooth connectivity startup Hubble Network has become the anchor customer for Muon Space’s MuSat XL satellite platform, the smallsat maker’s largest yet at 500 kilograms.

Seattle-based Hubble ordered two MuSat XL satellites that are slated to launch in 2027 as part of an initial contract with the California manufacturer, the companies announced Aug. 7.

Hubble previously partnered with Spire Global to deploy seven smaller cubesats in low Earth orbit (LEO), enabling what it says was the first Bluetooth connection directly to a satellite last year.

“Muon’s platform gives us the scale and power to build a true Bluetooth layer around the Earth,” Hubble co-founder and CEO Alex Haro said in a statement.

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