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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Starting next year, the Reliant orbital transfer vehicle will enable Exolaunch to deploy satellite constellations to custom orbits by adjusting altitude, inclination, LTAN/LTDN, and performing orbital phasing.
On SpaceX’s Transporter-1 dedicated rideshare mission earlier in 2021, Exolaunch launched 30 contracted satellites.
The 'Fingerspitzengefühl' mission was the second of a series of Falcon 9 rideshares Exolaunch is manifesting under a Multi-Launch Agreement signed with SpaceX in 2020.
Exolaunch completed its launch campaign 'Fingerspitzengefühl' by integrating 29 small satellites from the USA, Europe, and South America aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rideshare mission scheduled for June 2021.
Exolaunch plans to start testing a Reliant Pro configuration in 2023 that would be able to make additional adjustments including a satellite’s orbital inclination.
In 2019 Exolaunch agreed to pay Momentus more than $6,000,000 for Vigoride services to move satellites in low Earth orbit in 2020 and for Vigoride Extended services to move satellites from low Earth to geosynchronous orbit in 2021.
Synspective Inc. signed a launch agreement with Exolaunch to launch the second demonstration satellite StriX-β on a Soyuz-2 launch vehicle from Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia in late 2021.
Exolaunch will provide launch, mission management, and integration services for the StriX-β satellite and will deliver the satellite to a Synspective custom orbit.
Synspective has a launch agreement with the German launch services provider Exolaunch to launch the second demonstration satellite StriX-β on a Soyuz-2 launch vehicle from Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia in late 2021.
Firefly Aerospace entered a Launch Services Agreement with Exolaunch GmbH to integrate and launch multi-satellite clusters aboard Firefly’s Alpha launch vehicle beginning in 2022.
Firefly Aerospace has a Launch Services Agreement with Exolaunch GmbH to integrate and launch multi-satellite clusters aboard Firefly’s Alpha launch vehicle starting in 2022.
Exolaunch launched 30 commercial, space agency, and university satellites on the Falcon 9 Transporter-1 mission on 2021-01-24 at 15:00 UTC.
Exolaunch provided deployment, mission management, and integration services on Transporter-1 for the German Aerospace Center (DLR), Dresden Technical University, ICEYE, NanoAvionics, and other commercial companies.
Exolaunch personnel are performing final integration of the small satellite cluster with Falcon 9 at SpaceX’s facilities in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Exolaunch will open a U.S. office to better serve its U.S. customers.
Exolaunch has initiated a launch campaign to integrate 30 smallsats from the U.S. and Europe aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rideshare mission planned to launch no earlier than January 2021.
The Falcon 9 mission is the first of several rideshares Exolaunch is manifesting on Falcon 9 as part of a multi-launch agreement Exolaunch signed with SpaceX earlier in 2020.
Thales Alenia Space built the two satellites that Exolaunch will deliver for Omnispace.
Exolaunch will deliver two Thales Alenia Space-built satellites for Omnispace into orbit aboard SpaceX’s rideshare missions.
Prior to the latest announcement, Exolaunch secured Falcon 9 rideshare flights in 2020 and 2021 for cubesats built by NanoAvionics of Lithuania.