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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Dr. Robert Sproles is Chief Executive Officer at Exolaunch.
Exolaunch helped return a TU Berlin satellite to orbit while supporting other European payloads on the Spectrum mission.
Exolaunch was founded over a decade ago as a spin-off from the Technical University of Berlin.
Exolaunch is providing launch mission management, environmental testing, satellite integration, global shipping, and deployment services for the Onward and Upward flight.
Exolaunch will use its flight-proven EXOpod Nova deployment system to deliver the payloads to orbit.
Exolaunch has launched 675 satellites across 42 missions to date.
By delivering satellite integration and deployment capabilities for the Spectrum mission, Exolaunch has qualified to launch aboard the Spectrum vehicle.
All five spacecraft on the manifest were integrated at Exolaunch's headquarters in Berlin in cooperation with the satellite development teams and Isar Aerospace's mission management staff.
Kier Fortier is Chief Revenue Officer at Exolaunch.
The deployment of Cluster 13 was integrated by Exolaunch.
Exolaunch plans more than 20 deployments in its 2026 manifest.
The mission represents Exolaunch's 42nd deployment mission to date.
Berlin-based Exolaunch coordinated the deployment sequence for 22 spacecraft during the mission.
Exolaunch is scaling its Berlin operations to meet the increasing global demand for rideshare launch slots.
ICEYE thanked SpaceX, Exolaunch, and the ICEYE team for a successful mission.
Exolaunch collaborates with Spire to fly nine Spire-built satellites into a dawn-dusk orbit.
Exolaunch has over a decade of flight heritage and has launched more than 650 satellites across more than 40 missions to date.
Exolaunch will support satellite deployments on the Twilight dawn-dusk mission to provide clients with dedicated access to a specialized sun-synchronous orbit requested by Earth observation, climate monitoring, and technology demonstration missions.
Exolaunch’s EXOpod Nova and CarboNIX systems are designed, manufactured, and tested entirely in Germany.
SpaceX’s Twilight rideshare mission in January 2026 will carry 22 satellites to be deployed to a specialized sun-synchronous orbit by Exolaunch.