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 plans to establish a production facility in the United States in the next year for its spaceware thrusters.
Exotrail created Exotrail U.S. Inc. and Exotrail U.S. Federal Inc. on 2023-08-07 to serve the American market.
Exotrail raised $58,000,000 in a Series B funding round in February to fund the company’s expansion plans.
Exotrail raised $58,000,000 on 2023-02-07 to scale up production of electric thrusters and expand efforts to provide in-space transportation services.
Exotrail provides the electric propulsion thruster for the Otter Pup mission.
Exotrail has 90 employees and plans to hire 70 more over the next year as it expands into the U.S. and Asian markets.
The funds raised in the Series B round will support the expansion of Exotrail’s international presence with a strong focus on the US and Asian markets.
Exotrail signed a contract in November with Isar Aerospace for multiple launches of an orbital transfer vehicle called spacevan that is part of the spacedrop service.
Exotrail plans to hire more than 70 people globally over the next 12 months.
Exotrail announced a $58,000,000 fundraising round on 2023-02-07 to scale up production of electric thrusters and expand in-space transportation services.
Exotrail considers electric propulsion essential to providing in-space transportation services such as orbital plane changes and transfers to geostationary orbit.
The spacevan vehicle will use Exotrail’s electric thrusters to transport payloads to their designed orbits after launch on Isar Aerospace’s Spectrum rocket.
Exotrail offers an integrated spacedrop service by procuring access to space, integrating customers’ satellites onto the spacevan platform, and performing the required operations in orbit.
Exotrail extended its manifest to provide competitive solutions for precise satellite delivery in LEO and GEO as part of the agreement with Isar Aerospace.
Isar Aerospace’s Spectrum launch vehicle will launch Exotrail’s spacevan vehicle on several firm launches to low Earth orbit and geostationary transfer orbit between 2024 and 2029.
The combined service offering from Exotrail and Isar Aerospace enables customers to launch single satellites and satellite constellations into customer-chosen orbits.
Exotrail’s team comprises more than 75 employees operating from two locations: Toulouse and Massy in France.
Isar Aerospace will conduct launches for Exotrail from its launch sites in Andøya, Norway and CSG, French Guiana between 2024 and 2029.
The combination of Isar Aerospace’s launch offering and Exotrail’s spacevan™ performance allows delivery of satellites into specific orbital planes, inclinations, and altitudes, including geostationary orbit (GEO).
Isar Aerospace’s Spectrum launch vehicle will launch Exotrail’s spacevan™ vehicles to low Earth orbit (LEO) and geostationary transfer orbit (GTO).