Exolaunch is a German-American company that provides launch services, mission management, and deployment solutions for small satellites. As a launch integrator, Exolaunch works with major launch providers like SpaceX and ESA to offer rideshare launch opportunities. They also manufacture their own separation systems (CarboNIX, EXOpod) and are developing orbital transfer vehicles. Exolaunch serves NewSpace companies, research institutions, government organizations, and space agencies, enabling the deployment of smallsats for various applications.
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SpaceX launched the Transporter-8 smallsat rideshare mission via Exolaunch from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, USA.
Aerospacelab and Exolaunch debuted their cooperation under a Multi-Launch Agreement that will enable the launch of seven Aerospacelab Versatile Satellite Platform satellites via SpaceX Falcon 9 through 2023 and 2024.
Aerospacelab and Exolaunch launched the Grégoire satellite on 2023-06-12 from Vandenberg Space Force Base.
Exolaunch integrated 32 customer satellites with SpaceX’s Falcon 9 on the Transporter-8 mission launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base.
Exolaunch’s multi-launch agreements (MLAs) with SpaceX were first signed in 2020 and have been repeatedly expanded.
D-Orbit ION carried a cluster of satellites on Transporter-7 provided by Exolaunch totaling 21 satellites (16 cubesats and 5 microsats).
Exolaunch delivered 16 CubeSats and 5 microsatellites into sun-synchronous orbit above an altitude of 500 km on Transporter-7.
Since the beginning of SpaceX’s dedicated rideshare program in 2021, Exolaunch has used EXOport adapters to mount and cluster satellites on a single Falcon 9 rideshare port.
Exolaunch supplied hardware, integration, and deployment services for Satellogic on a separate Falcon 9 launch port on Transporter-7.
Exolaunch provides capacity for customers on Falcon 9 rideshare missions under a Multi-Launch Agreement with SpaceX first signed in 2020 and subsequently expanded.
For each Falcon 9 procured through the MLA, Exolaunch provides turnkey mission management and satellite integration services and separation systems.
Exolaunch signed a Multi-Launch Agreement (MLA) with SpaceX in 2020 and later extended it to include new missions.
Exolaunch performed CubeSat integration at its new facilities in Berlin for Transporter-7.
Exolaunch is poised to achieve the milestone of launching its 300th satellite into orbit in 2023 given its manifest activity 2023.
Exolaunch’s CarboNIX separation system has flown on 11 missions and launched 49 smallsats and provides low-shock separation and smooth orbit injection for constelIr’s microsatellites.
MENUT was deployed from an Exolaunch deployer during its Transporter-6 launch.
BRO-8 was launched with Exolaunch as part of SpaceX’s Transporter-6 mission from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Exolaunch planned and oversaw the Transporter-6 launch of Open Cosmos’ MENUT smallsat.
Open Cosmos and Exolaunch collaborated on the MENUT launch with subsequent missions planned throughout 2023.
Exolaunch partnered with Open Cosmos to support the deployment of MENUT on the Transporter-6 rideshare mission.