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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Exolaunch signed an agreement to secure rides for dozens of small satellites on SpaceX rideshare missions scheduled to launch later 2020 and in 2021.
Exolaunch plans to open an office in the United States and has not yet selected a location.
Exolaunch plans to integrate 30 U.S. and European cubesats and microsatellites on Falcon 9 rideshare flights to sun-synchronous orbit scheduled to launch in December under the agreement announced 2020-10-08.
Exolaunch is signing up customers for the second and third Falcon 9 rideshare missions slated for 2021.
Swarm Technologies is working with Exolaunch to send 24 SpaceBee satellites into orbit on a SpaceX Falcon 9 small-satellite rideshare mission scheduled to launch in December.
The NanoAvionics satellites will be integrated on a Falcon 9 ESPA port and deployed in orbit using Exolaunch’s EXOpod cubesat deployer.
Exolaunch started procuring capacity on Falcon 9 rideshare launches in 2021.
Exolaunch filled the slots it procured on SpaceX’s first dedicated rideshare launch in 2020.
Exolaunch signed a contract in April to send customer satellites on the December 2020 Falcon 9 rideshare flight.
On 2020-06-29, Exolaunch contracted to integrate NanoAvionics cubesats on SpaceX rideshare missions.
Exolaunch is preparing to launch Loft Orbital’s YAM-3 satellite, built by LeoStella, on a Falcon 9 flight scheduled for December 2020.
Exolaunch planned in April to arrange rides for multiple small satellites on SpaceX Falcon 9 rideshare missions, and Loft Orbital is the first announced customer.
YAM-3 will deploy from the Falcon 9 Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle Secondary Payload Adapter port using CarboNIX, Exolaunch’s microsatellite separation system.
Exolaunch plans to send another Loft Orbital satellite to space on a 2021 SpaceX flight.
On 2020-04-14, Exolaunch plans to send multiple small satellites into orbit on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rideshare mission scheduled for December.
Exolaunch has provided Exopod deployers for cubesats launched on Rocket Lab Electron and Arianespace Soyuz rockets.
Exolaunch plans to send four Spire Global cubesats into low-inclination orbits on an Indian Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle later 2020.
Exolaunch qualified the microsatellite separation system CarboNIX on the 2019-07-05 Soyuz rideshare mission.
Exolaunch is providing launch services and mission management for eight Spire Global satellites scheduled for liftoff 2019-07-05 on a Russian Soyuz rocket.
Spire Global has relied on Exolaunch to arrange launches and oversee integration for dozens of its triple CubeSats since the two companies began working together in 2016.