Exotrail

- Founded: 2017
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- Headquarters: 3 Rue Galvani, 91300 Massy, France
Description: Exotrail is a French space company specializing in end-to-end space mobility solutions for small satellites. Their mission is to enable small satellites to move in space, optimizing deployment, enhancing performance, and reducing space pollution.
Vision:
To lead the space industry in developing efficient and sustainable in-space propulsion and logistics services, facilitating a new era of telecommunication, Earth observation, and space exploration.
Mission:
To provide innovative mobility solutions that allow small satellites to navigate in space, thereby optimizing their deployment, increasing their performance, Country: France
Contact:
- Website: https://www.exotrail.com/
- Email: contact@exotrail.com
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Investors:
Funding:
- Pre-Seed Funding: Sep 14, 2017, €0.15 million
- Grant: Jun 1, 2018, €0.071 million
- Seed Funding: Sep 6, 2018, $: US Dollar4.1 million
- Seed Funding: Jul 16, 2020, $: US Dollar13 million
- Pre-Seed Funding: Feb 7, 2023, $: US Dollar58 million
Total Funding: $: US Dollar75.4 million
Key Milestones:
- 2020:
- 2023: Secured $58 million in a Series B funding round to scale up production and expand space logistics services.
- 2024: uccessfully deployed the first satellite using their SpaceVan™ orbital transfer vehicle, marking a significant achievement in in-space logistics.
Products & Services:
- Spaceware™ Thrusters: Hall-effect electric propulsion modules for 10–300 kg class satellites.Spacestudio™ Software: End-to-end mission simulation and optimization tool for mission designers.
- Spacevan™ Orbital Transfer Vehicle (OTV):: Designed to deploy CubeSats and microsats into custom orbits. First mission planned for 2024.TRL: 8–9 for propulsion, 5–6 for OTV (pre-launch)
- Spacestudio™ Software:: End-to-end mission simulation and optimization tool for mission designers.