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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Exotrail completed a first last-mile satellite delivery on 2024-02-28 using its spacedrop service.
Exotrail completed the contract-to-launch timeline for the EXO-0 delivery in six months.
spacehost™ is Exotrail’s hosted payload service for testing customer hardware aboard the platform.
Exotrail’s spacevan™ mission that released EXO-0 had been launched in November 2023 aboard SpaceX Transporter 9.
Veoware is the second customer on Exotrail’s inaugural mission and will test its hardware aboard the platform using Exotrail’s hosted payload service spacehost™.
Exotrail is developing a version of its tug to enable small satellites to reach geostationary orbit and expects a first launch of that vehicle as soon as 2026.
Exotrail successfully deployed a satellite from its first spacevan orbital transfer vehicle on 2025-02-28.
Exotrail plans to continue operating spacevan-001, including testing of the spacecraft itself.
The Exotrail GEO SpaceVan is designed to deliver up to 150 kg to geostationary orbit from geostationary transfer orbit in less than six months.
Exotrail launched its first payload hosting vehicle, called SpaceVan, to low Earth orbit in November.
The Exotrail transfer vehicle is designed to be deployed into geostationary transfer orbit by a launch vehicle and carry small satellites to their intended locations to reduce reliance on the satellites’ own propulsion and save onboard fuel for critical maneuvers.
The Exotrail GEO SpaceVan platform is tailored to meet the needs of small satellites transiting from geostationary transfer orbit to geostationary orbit and to serve requirements of the U.S. Space Force and other DoD agencies.
Exotrail plans to introduce a new orbital vehicle aimed at small satellites that need to transit from geostationary transfer orbit to their final destination.
Exotrail projects the geostationary version of the SpaceVan vehicle to launch in 2026.
The Detumbler will be tested in space in association with Exotrail and EnduroSat early in 2024.
Exotrail expects its first major U.S. investment to be a facility to manufacture thrusters and integrate space tug vehicles so U.S. customers do not have to ship satellites to Europe for integration before U.S. launch.
This contract with Muon Space is Exotrail’s sixth U.S. contract signed 2023.
Muon Space selected Exotrail to supply five spaceware electric propulsion systems for its next-generation ESPA-class spacecraft.
Exotrail offers a line of electric propulsion systems called spaceware and provides mission design and operations software.
Exotrail raised a $58,000,000 Series B round in February to fund its expansion strategy.