Exotrail is a French space company specializing in on-orbit transportation solutions for small satellites. They design, develop, and operate mobility solutions, including electric propulsion systems (ExoMG™), mission simulation and operation software (ExoOPS™), and orbital transfer vehicles (SpaceVan™). Their services aim to optimize satellite deployment, increase performance, and reduce space pollution. Exotrail has partnered with companies like Thales Alenia Space and Prométhée Earth Intelligence and receives support from CNES.
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Astroscale France and Exotrail have signed a contract to develop a satellite deorbiting mission.
Astroscale France and Exotrail have signed a contract to develop a satellite deorbiting mission.
Astroscale France and Exotrail have signed a contract to develop a satellite deorbiting mission.
Astroscale France and Exotrail have signed a contract to develop a satellite deorbiting mission.
The VLEO-DEF consortium includes Exotrail and Thales Alenia Space France from France.
France’s participants in the VLEO-DEF consortium include Exotrail and Thales Alenia Space.
Astroscale France entered a partnership with Exotrail in January 2026 to develop sovereign European deorbiting capabilities.
Exotrail’s Indian contracts are scheduled for delivery through 2027.
Exotrail’s spaceware™ micro is optimized for satellites with masses between 10 kg and 1,000 kg.
Exotrail signed three contracts with prominent Indian space companies to provide dozens of its spaceware™ electric propulsion systems.
Jean-Luc Maria is the CEO of Exotrail.
The three contracts expand Exotrail’s presence in India’s commercial space sector, focusing on Earth observation and small satellite constellations.
The agreements between Exotrail and the Indian companies were signed in Mumbai during the inauguration of the "India-France Year of Innovation."
Exotrail has a partnership with Astroscale France to develop deorbiting capabilities for orbital mobility and sustainability services.
The technical core of the partnership merges Exotrail’s mobility platforms, including spacevan™, with Astroscale’s specialized servicing hardware and rendezvous-and-proximity-operations (RPO) technology.
The collaboration follows a study phase led by Exotrail under a France 2030 contract with the French space agency CNES that evaluated a deorbiting mission for a constellation satellite.
The partnership combines Exotrail’s mission leadership on vehicles and maneuvers with Astroscale France’s capture and close-proximity operations expertise.
Astroscale France and Exotrail announced a strategic partnership on January 28, 2026 to develop and demonstrate controlled deorbiting capabilities for satellites in Low Earth Orbit.
MaiaSpace secured its first commercial launch contract with Exotrail for missions starting in 2027.
In November 2022, Isar Aerospace secured a multi-launch deal with Exotrail for flights between 2024 and 2029.