Posted on
8/6/2022

Isar Aerospace and Exotrail partner on cloud-based space mission simulation software ExoOPS™ - Mission Design to enhance mission planning for constellations.

Isar and Exotrail partner on cloud-based space mission simulation

ISAR AEROSPACE AND EXOTRAIL PARTNER ON CLOUD-BASED SPACE MISSION SIMULATION SOFTWARE EXOOPS™ - MISSION DESIGN TO ENHANCE MISSION PLANNING FOR CONSTELLATIONS.

The launch service provider Isar Aerospace signs in as the latest ExoOPS™ - Mission Design customer, Exotrail’s Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution dedicated to space mission simulation and analysis.

Isar Aerospace, the leading European launch service provider focusing on small and medium satellite deployment, will use ExoOPS™ - Mission Design to answer the thriving demand for flexible, sustainable, and cost-effective access to space. The ExoOPS™ - Mission Design will support the mission management team in running a quick and easy preliminary mission design to answer the growing demand for constellation deployment onboard Spectrum, Isar Aerospace’s launch vehicle with a payload capacity of up to 1,000 kg.

With ExoOPS™ - Mission Design, the Isar Aerospace team will benefit from:

  • Powerful simulations with Exotrail’s flight dynamic core inside
  • User-friendly and easy-to-use graphical user interfaces allowing a quick onboarding
  • Collaborative and cross-functional capabilities for result sharing
  • Tailored build and run deployment solution.
Alexandre Dalloneau, Vice President - Mission and Launch Operations of Isar Aerospace said: “We see increasing customer demand for launching satellite constellations, as they become a critical base for connectivity and communications and enable many technologies on earth. It is great to partner with Exotrail on enhancing our capabilities in the planning and analysis of satellite constellations. Using the software will support us in performing fast and reliable mission design and suitable launch service for our customers.”
Sébastien Duménil, Exotrail’s Chief Commercial Officer commented: “We are thrilled to welcome Isar Aerospace, a leading European launch service provider as a new ExoOPS™ - Mission Design user. Extending our software customer base to launch services providers, alongside satellite operators, manufacturers, and space agencies confirm ExoOPS™ - Mission Design as the perfect tool for all the actors across the value chain. We are dedicated to keeping our solution close to our customers’ needs for space mission simulation, with regular releases covering more use cases of propelled satellite constellations to be deployed and operated into all orbits”.

ABOUT ISAR AEROSPACE

Isar Aerospace, based in Ottobrunn/Munich, develops and builds launch vehicles for transporting small and medium-sized satellites as well as satellite constellations into Earth’s orbit. The company was founded in 2018 as a spin-off of the Technical University Munich. Since then, it has grown to more than 250 employees from more than 40 nations with many years of hands-on rocket know-how as well as experience within other high-tech industries. The company is privately financed by former SpaceX VP Bulent Altan as well as leading investors including Airbus Ventures, Apeiron, Earlybird, HV Capital, Lakestar, Lombard Odier, Porsche SE, UVC Partners, and Vsquared Ventures.

More information via: https://www.isaraerospace.com/

ABOUT EXOTRAIL

Exotrail is a France-based space company which designs, develops, and operates end-to-end mobility solutions for an agile space. Our mission is to enable small satellites to move in space, optimise their deployment, increase their service performance, and reduce space pollution. This will enable a new world of sustainable telecommunication, earth observation, space logistics and exploration.
Exotrail's unique mobility offering allows our customers to:

  • Accurately and collaboratively define mobility needs with our intuitive mission and system design software, ExoOPS™ - Mission Design
  • Solve mobility needs with our high-thrust, flexible propulsion system (ExoMG™), and our in-space transportation & logistics services, which use our SpaceVan™ vehicle
  • Operate solutions with our "flight dynamics-inside" constellation operation automation software ExoOPS™ - Operations

Exotrail was incorporated in 2017 and has since raised over €20M from prestigious venture capital funds and public grants. We have customers across the globe including the US, Europe and Asia. Our team is expanding quickly and consists, of over 60 individuals who are passionate about disrupting the space industry. We operate out of two locations: Toulouse and Massy (suburb of Paris) in France.

PRESS CONTACT

Exotrail: Léna Carton (press@exotrail.com / +33 184008797)
Isar Aerospace: Tina Schmitt (tina.schmitt@isaraerospace.com / +49 1708584834)

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