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Exotrail

FR
commercialFounded 2017
Massy, ÃŽle-de-France, France
www.exotrail.com
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ExoOPS™ – Mission Design is built on Exotrail's in-house flight dynamics and object-oriented core, ExoOPS™-Engine.

Mentioned as: ExotrailNarrative GeneralMar 11, 2021Thales Alenia Space Signs On For Exotrail’s ExoOPS™

Exotrail signed a license contract with Thales Alenia Space for ExoOPS™, its simulation and operation software dedicated to space mobility.

Mentioned as: ExotrailNarrative GeneralMar 11, 2021Thales Alenia Space Signs On For Exotrail’s ExoOPS™

David Henri is the Chairman of Exotrail.

Mentioned as: ExotrailNarrative GeneralMar 11, 2021Thales Alenia Space Signs On For Exotrail’s ExoOPS™

Exotrail's product development strategy aims to position ExoOPS™ as a leading orbital mechanics tool supporting deployment of complex missions from the early design phase to in-orbit operation.

Mentioned as: ExotrailNarrative GeneralMar 11, 2021Thales Alenia Space Signs On For Exotrail’s ExoOPS™

Exotrail performed an altitude change demonstration in December 2020 during the mission.

Mentioned as: ExotrailNarrative GeneralJan 14, 2021Space Mobility On-Orbit Demo Success By Exotrail

Exotrail plans additional demonstrations in 2021 to show altitude change, inclination correction, station-keeping, plane change, collision avoidance, anomaly response, and de-orbit capability.

Mentioned as: ExotrailTechnical ProductJan 14, 2021Space Mobility On-Orbit Demo Success By Exotrail

Exotrail conducted an In-Orbit Demonstration mission launched to Low Earth Orbit on 2020-11-07 aboard a PSLV rocket.

Mentioned as: ExotrailOrg RelationshipJan 14, 2021Space Mobility On-Orbit Demo Success By Exotrail

Exotrail signed contracts in 2020 worth more than 1,000,000 EUR with customers including the European Space Agency, the French space agency CNES, and AAC Clyde Space.

Mentioned as: ExotrailOrg RelationshipJan 12, 2021Exotrail demonstrates miniature Hall-effect thruster in orbit

Exotrail raised 11,000,000 EUR in an investment round announced in July.

Mentioned as: ExotrailOrg RelationshipJan 12, 2021Exotrail demonstrates miniature Hall-effect thruster in orbit

CNES signed a software licensing contract with Exotrail this summer to use ExoOPS – Mission Design.

Mentioned as: ExotrailNarrative GeneralNov 1, 2020Exotrail’s ExoOPS™ Implemented For CNES

CNES mission design analysis and system engineering teams are using ExoOPS – Mission Design advanced functionalities developed by Exotrail.

Mentioned as: ExotrailNarrative GeneralNov 1, 2020Exotrail’s ExoOPS™ Implemented For CNES

Exotrail signed two contracts with the European Space Agency for its smallsat electric propulsion technology.

Mentioned as: ExotrailOrg RelationshipSep 17, 2020Exotrail wins ESA contracts • SmartSky suing ATG equipment contractor • Eutelsat executive steps down

Exotrail's second contract with the European Space Agency requires delivery of a propulsion system in 2021 followed by testing at the European Space Research and Technology Centre in the Netherlands.

Mentioned as: ExotrailOrg RelationshipSep 17, 2020Exotrail wins ESA contracts • SmartSky suing ATG equipment contractor • Eutelsat executive steps down

Exotrail plans to expand its manufacturing capacity from roughly 10 propulsion systems per year to around 100 annually by 2022 or 2023.

Mentioned as: ExotrailTechnical ProductJul 16, 2020French startup Exotrail raises $13 million for propulsion, space software and on-orbit transport systems

Exotrail has a demonstration propulsion system on a NanoAvionics cubesat awaiting launch on an Indian PSLV mission that was delayed from November 2019.

Mentioned as: ExotrailOrg RelationshipJul 16, 2020French startup Exotrail raises $13 million for propulsion, space software and on-orbit transport systems

Exotrail raised 11,000,000 EUR in a Series A funding round on 2020-07-16.

Mentioned as: ExotrailOrg RelationshipJul 16, 2020French startup Exotrail raises $13 million for propulsion, space software and on-orbit transport systems

Exotrail has raised a total of 17,000,000 EUR since forming in 2017.

Mentioned as: ExotrailTechnical ProductJul 16, 2020French startup Exotrail raises $13 million for propulsion, space software and on-orbit transport systems

Exotrail hopes to launch its first in-space transportation system, dubbed Space Van, by 2024 to provide last-mile services for 10 or more nanosatellites after launcher separation.

Mentioned as: ExotrailOrg RelationshipJul 16, 2020French startup Exotrail raises $13 million for propulsion, space software and on-orbit transport systems

Exotrail has a propulsion system on a smallsat scheduled to launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 late 2020 for an undisclosed customer.

Mentioned as: ExotrailNarrative GeneralJul 16, 2020French startup Exotrail raises $13 million for propulsion, space software and on-orbit transport systems

Exotrail has two propulsion systems scheduled to launch next year on cubesats that Clyde Space is building for Eutelsat.

Mentioned as: ExotrailNarrative GeneralJul 16, 2020French startup Exotrail raises $13 million for propulsion, space software and on-orbit transport systems
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