Exotrail

French company that builds Hall-effect electric thrusters for satellites from 5 to 1,000 kg, plus mission-design software and an orbital transfer vehicle that drops small satellites into their final orbits. (1 product in the atlas)

Products, by altitude

Low Earth orbit · 160–2,000 km

In service
spaceware Hall-effect thrusters
Electric thrusters for satellites from 5 to 1,000 kg

Known rounds

Date	Round	Amount	Led by
Feb 2023	Series B	$58M	Bpifrance⁠¹

Government awards

Date	Agency	Program	Amount
Sep 2026	CNES (France 2030)	In-Orbit Services – Mobility: sovereign deorbiting demonstration led by Exotrail with Astroscale France and Eutelsat	Not disclosed⁠²

Milestones

Sep 2026 Announced a partnership with Safran on an electric propulsion reference offering. Company statement⁠³
Sep 2026 Selected under France 2030 to lead a deorbiting demonstration with Astroscale France and Eutelsat. Company statement⁠³

Sources

PayloadFeb 8, 2023
ExotrailSep 10, 2026
Exotrail website

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