# DROID at Cerro Moreno Air Base, Antofagasta, Chile: deployment

Canonical ID: `eab9623a-77b4-41f9-879e-c54761592e9e`

[DROID](/models/turion-droid.md)-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

**Trust tier:** Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verified

_Last updated: 2026-08-08_

- **Slug:** turion-droid-cerro-moreneno-air-base-chile
- **Status:** operational
- **Model:** [DROID](/models/turion-droid.md) (id: `83492f74-8057-411b-9043-2cdde6821330`)
- **Category:** [Space](/space)
- **Company:** [Turion Space](/companies/turion-space.md) (id: `6cdd8fcd-9fbb-4d8c-a132-881f755b6f26`)
- **Location:** [Cerro Moreno Air Base, Antofagasta, Chile](/locations/cerro-moreneno-air-base-chile.md) (id: `2611cb1d-6a12-4b82-b7bb-43457eaee91b`)
- **First seen:** 2026-07-13T00:00:00.000Z

## Verification log (0, append-only)

_No verifications recorded._

## Sources (1)

1. **Turion Space's DROID-002 Makes History at Exercise SALITRE 2026** · https://ebs.publicnow.com/view/C8D7351948B718D1054421E028BDDE44FBA30038 · 2026-07-13

## 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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