# Exotrail: space robotics company Canonical ID: `bff8ac6e-5244-4b3c-bcfe-858f335d517d` ## Key facts - **CEO:** [Jean-Luc Maria](/people/jean-luc-maria.md) - **Founders:** [Jean-Luc Maria](/people/jean-luc-maria.md), [Paul Lascombes](/people/paul-lascombes.md), [David Henri](/people/david-henri.md), [Nicolas Heitz](/people/nicolas-heitz.md) - **Products:** spaceware (propulsion), spacestudio (mission design), spacetower (operations), [spacevan](/models/exotrail-spacevan.md) (OTV), spacedrop, spacehost - **US CEO:** Brian Holt (Exotrail U.S.) - **COO:** [Nicolas Heitz](/people/nicolas-heitz.md) - **Chief Scientist:** [Paul Lascombes](/people/paul-lascombes.md) - **Chief Product Officer:** [David Henri](/people/david-henri.md) - **CCO:** [Sebastien Dumenil](/people/sebastien-dumenil.md) - **Total Funding:** [~USD 74.6M (Seed, Series A, Series B)](/investors.md) ([see investors](/investors.md)) - **Revenue Growth:** Triple-digit year-over-year revenue growth (company-reported) - **Slug:** exotrail - **Status:** active - **Founded:** 2015 - **HQ:** Palaiseau, France - **Category:** [Space](/space) ## Models - [spacevan](/models/exotrail-spacevan.md) (space) (id: `fbb7686d-73a4-467e-99b6-d2e87f2d6c87`) ## Current leadership (9) - [Jean-Luc Maria](/people/jean-luc-maria.md) Chairman & CEO (secondary-verified) - [Jean-Luc Maria](/people/jean-luc-maria.md) Co-founder (secondary-verified) - [David Henri](/people/david-henri.md) Co-founder & Chief Product Officer (secondary-verified) - [David Henri](/people/david-henri.md) Co-founder (secondary-verified) - [Nicolas Heitz](/people/nicolas-heitz.md) Chief Operating Officer (secondary-verified) - [Nicolas Heitz](/people/nicolas-heitz.md) Co-founder (secondary-verified) - [Paul Lascombes](/people/paul-lascombes.md) Chief Scientist (secondary-verified) - [Paul Lascombes](/people/paul-lascombes.md) Co-founder (secondary-verified) - [Sebastien Dumenil](/people/sebastien-dumenil.md) Chief Commercial Officer (secondary-verified) ## Supplies to _No verified supply relationships on file. Supply-chain coverage is being added across the registry; check back as the seed populates this company's outbound edges._ _Outbound supply edges. Each appears when verified with at least two strong sources. Sources are append-only; corrections add new sources rather than rewrite history._ ## Incidents affecting Exotrail (1) - [Exotrail spaceware-nano thruster anomaly on Starfish Space's Otter Pup satellite ends docking mission](/incidents/exotrail-spaceware-nano-otter-pup-anomaly-2023.md), 2023-10-15 · Malfunction - via [spacevan](/models/exotrail-spacevan.md) _Includes incidents linked directly to this company, to its models, or to deployments of its models or under its operation. Retracted incidents excluded from this view but reachable at their canonical URLs._ ## Common questions ### What is Exotrail? Exotrail is a French space mobility company developing electric propulsion systems (spaceware), mission design software (spacestudio), satellite operations software (spacetower), and in-orbit logistics services (spacedrop) via its spacevan orbital transfer vehicle. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Palaiseau, France, Exotrail aims to make satellite constellations economically and environmentally sustainable through end-to-end space mobility solutions. ### What does Exotrail make? Exotrail has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: spacevan (Exotrail builds physical robots). ### Who competes with Exotrail? On the DEPLOY registry, peer companies to Exotrail building in the same form factors include Impulse Space, Astrobotic Technology, China National Space Administration, Astroscale. ### Where does Exotrail operate robots? Exotrail is a robot manufacturer and does not directly operate deployments on the DEPLOY registry. Its products are deployed by customer operators; see the company page for the verified deployment record. ### Is Exotrail a top robotics company? On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, Exotrail ranks in roughly the top 76% of companies tracked by the registry. ### When was Exotrail founded? Exotrail was founded in 2015. ### Are there any incidents involving Exotrail? 1 active incident involving Exotrail is on the DEPLOY registry. Each is a sourced, append-only record; retracted incidents are suppressed from this view. ## Sources (2) 1. https://www.exotrail.com/blog/exotrail-becomes-a-space-services-provider-with-successful-in-orbit-delivery-of-a-commercial-satellite 2. https://spacenews.com/exotrail-deploys-first-satellite-from-orbital-transfer-vehicle/ ## The verified answers - [How many people have robots killed?](/how-many-people-have-robots-killed.md) - [Robot fatalities on record: every verified fatal event, deduped](/robot-fatalities-on-record.md) - [What happened to Cruise?](/what-happened-to-cruise.md) - [Robot recalls and safety incidents](/robot-recalls-and-safety-incidents.md) - [Physical-AI company valuations: ranked, verified vs claimed](/valuations.md) - [Which companies have the most robots deployed](/which-companies-have-the-most-robots-deployed.md) - [Which operators run the most robots](/which-operators-run-the-most-robots.md) - [Which robot operators cover the most countries](/which-robot-operators-cover-the-most-countries.md) _API: GET /v1/companies/bff8ac6e-5244-4b3c-bcfe-858f335d517d · canonical URL: /companies/exotrail_