spacevan

Exotrail's spacevan is an autonomous orbital transfer vehicle (OTV) providing last-mile delivery, in-orbit demonstration, and payload hosting services for small satellites. spacevan LEO 001 launched on SpaceX Transporter-9 (November 2023) and successfully deployed the EXO-0 cubesat for Airbus Defense and Space in February 2024. spacevan LEO 002 launched on SpaceX Transporter-16 (March 2026) with six international customers including NASA, Cailabs, and Lunar Outpost. A geostationary version is planned for launch on Ariane 6 in H2 2026.

Yes. spacevan is independently verified in real-world operation on the DEPLOY registry, confirmed at named deployment sites with primary sources: not a concept, render, or demo-only.

spacevan is made by Exotrail, based in Palaiseau, France, founded in 2015.

3 verified deployments of spacevan are on the DEPLOY registry, including at Low Earth Orbit (Sun-Synchronous), Low Earth Orbit, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, USA.

spacevan is in commercial deployment and is sold to operators; contact the manufacturer to buy, and see the pricing section for any recorded price.

On the DEPLOY registry, comparable space robots to spacevan include Chang'e Lander, Mira, W-Series Capsule, Astrobee.

spacevan and Chang'e Lander (China National Space Administration · 4 deployments) are both space robots on the DEPLOY registry. spacevan has 3 verified deployments on record. Compare both records for specs, safety, deployments, and verified-vs-claimed autonomy.

On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, safety, adoption, media, and IP signals, spacevan ranks in roughly the top 30% of space models tracked by the registry.

spacevan is at the commercial stage on the DEPLOY maturity ladder (research, prototype, pilot, commercial, production). Commercial stage means production-grade deployments are operating at named customer sites.

spacevan has 1 active incident on record in the DEPLOY registry. 1 incident on record (1 moderate). Most recent: Oct 2023. Retracted incidents are excluded from this count.