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DROID at Cerro Moreno Air Base, Antofagasta, Chile

Maneuverable autonomous satellite platform for space domain awareness, non-Earth imaging, and orbital debris tracking. DROID.002 deployed March 2026 for orbital object tracking.

DROID by Turion Space · Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verified · Space

Track DROID at Cerro Moreno Air Base, Antofagasta, Chile

DROID-002 performed the first-ever commercial on-orbit evasive maneuver during Exercise SALITRE 2026, a multinational military exercise led by U.S. Space Forces Southern and Chilean Air Force. The satellite executed a >1 m/s maneuver in response to a simulated adversary spacecraft, demonstrating real-time commercial space domain awareness.

Key facts

Maneuver type
On-orbit evasive (>1 m/s delta-v)
Exercise
SALITRE 2026 (Resolute Sentinel series)
Coalition participants
US, Chile, Brazil, Colombia, NATO, South Korea, New Zealand

Safety record

No incidents on record for DROID at Cerro Moreno Air Base, Antofagasta, Chile.

Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.

Trust tier
Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verifiedhow tiers work →
Last updated
2026-08-08
Model
DROID
Company
Turion Space
Location
Cerro Moreno Air Base, Antofagasta, Chile
Status
operational
First seen
2026-07-13
ID
eab9623a-77b4-41f9-879e-c54761592e9e

Timeline

  1. Jul 2026
    First recorded
    DROID first documented operating at Cerro Moreno Air Base, Antofagasta, Chile.
  2. Aug 2026
    Current status: operational, reviewed
    Latest recorded state. New status transitions append here as the deployment-status recorder produces them.

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Sources (1)

  1. Turion Space's DROID-002 Makes History at Exercise SALITRE 2026 · https://ebs.publicnow.com/view/C8D7351948B718D1054421E028BDDE44FBA30038 · 2026-07-13
Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-08

Verification posture

Verified

Low confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-08-08

Maturity + lifecycle

Maturity stage: commercial

Lifecycle: active

Architectural position

Cohort: space

Sources by quality tier

1
unclassified
Unclassified source

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Methodology surface for DROID at Cerro Moreno Air Base, Antofagasta, Chile.

Common questions

What is the DROID deployment at Cerro Moreno Air Base, Antofagasta, Chile?
DROID, built by Turion Space, is recorded as a deployment at Cerro Moreno Air Base, Antofagasta, Chile on the DEPLOY registry. Turion Space operates the deployment directly.
Who operates DROID at Cerro Moreno Air Base, Antofagasta, Chile?
Turion Space, the manufacturer of DROID, operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.
When did the DROID deployment at Cerro Moreno Air Base, Antofagasta, Chile go live?
The deployment is recorded as starting July 13, 2026 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.
Have there been incidents at the DROID deployment at Cerro Moreno Air Base, Antofagasta, Chile?
No active incidents affecting this deployment are recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Absence of recorded incidents is not a guarantee no incident occurred; DEPLOY records only sourced incidents and suppresses retracted ones.

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