Exolaunch, a global leader in launch mission management, satellite integration and deployment services, has successfully deployed 22 customer satellites on SpaceX's Twilight rideshare mission aboard a Falcon 9 rocket. Launch occurred from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, at 05:44 PT (14:44 CET). As Exolaunch's first mission of 2026 and 42nd overall, the launch highlights the company's fast-growing track record, increasingly diverse portfolio of missions, and ongoing role as a premier launch integration partner, providing reliable and precise access to space and satellite deployment.

The Twilight mission supported Exolaunch customers in Bulgaria, Finland, Germany, Lithuania, Spain, Turkey and the United States, enabling satellite deployments across commercial, institutional, and government programs. Together, the payloads enable applications across Earth observation, IoT connectivity, scientific research, and technology demonstration.

Exolaunch draws on more than a decade of experience supporting successful launch campaigns and deploying 675 satellites to date. For Twilight, the company used its flight-proven CarboNIX separation rings for shock-free microsatellite deployment and EXOpod Nova cubesat deployers for both standard and high-volume, high-mass cubesats.

Exolaunch provided end-to-end launch mission management, including launch capacity procurement with Falcon 9, coordination of all contractual and technical deliverables, logistics and customs clearance services, launch campaign operations and satellite integration with the launch vehicle at Vandenberg Space Force Base, flight-proven deployment technologies and satellite deployment into its target orbit.

Exolaunch manifested the following spacecraft on the Twilight mission:

• Two ICEYE satellites (Finland)
• Hawk-13A, Hawk-13B and Hawk-13C, collectively Cluster 13, for HawkEye 360 (USA)
• Flamingo-1 for Vyoma (Germany)
• LEMUR-2-MARIO-SOUSA, LEMUR-2-CALLUM-K-J, LEMUR-2-GRAM-E-SUE, LEMUR-2-SONNENBLUME, LEMUR-2-KATIE, LEMUR-2-FIKRETDENGIZ, LEMUR-2-HCS-BAZUS, LEMUR-2-WOBLER and LEMUR-2-KUTAR for Spire Global (USA)
• Connecta IoT-13, Connecta IoT-14, Connecta IoT-15, and Connecta IoT-16 for Plan-S (Turkey)
• BlackCAT, NASA-funded satellite for Kongsberg NanoAvionics and Penn State University with contributions from Los Alamos National Laboratory (Lithuania, USA)
• Dcubed-1 / Araqys-D1 for Dcubed (Germany)
• HYDRA-2 for Aistech Space via Endurosat (Spain, Bulgaria)

With this mission, Exolaunch builds on its multi-year launch agreements with SpaceX to meet the growing demand for reliable access to space and access to unique orbits. To support growing launch and deployment needs, Exolaunch expanded its global footprint in 2025 by opening new offices in Toulouse and Tokyo, complementing its Berlin headquarters and U.S. integration facilities in Denver. Building on this expansion, the company is accelerating its growth in 2026 with a significant scale-up of its Berlin operations. Exolaunch's headquarters now spans approximately 1,400 sq. m., in the city's most dynamic technology hub at Potsdamerplatz, while its industrial facilities in Berlin have expanded to more than 750 sq.m. dedicated to satellite integration and launch hardware operations.

In 2025, Exolaunch successfully completed 11 missions, precisely deploying 197 customer satellites into orbit. The company also introduced new industry-leading deployment systems and launch stacks for constellation and rideshare missions, marking its biggest year to date. In 2026, Exolaunch is gearing up for another record-breaking year, with plans to execute over 20 missions and deliver several hundred satellites into orbit.

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