Transporter-15 Mission
Falcon 9
28nd November 2025
Transporter-15 MISSION
Mission overview
On November 28, 2025, Exolaunch successfully deployed 58 satellites on SpaceX's Transporter-15 rideshare mission aboard a Falcon 9 rocket launching from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., USA. The mission represents Exolaunch's largest mission to date continuing to position Exolaunch as the trusted global launch integrator for easy, fast and reliable access to space.
Transporter-15 carried spacecraft for more than 30 Exolaunch customers across 16 countries, supporting commercial, institutional and government programs. The diverse payloads represent applications in Earth observation, IoT connectivity, scientific research, and technology demonstration.
Exolaunch provided end-to-end launch mission management, including launch capacity procurement, coordination of all contractual and technical deliverables, logistics and customs clearance services, launch campaign operations and satellite integration with its launch vehicle at the Vandenberg Space Force Base, provision of flight proven deployment technologies and satellite deployment safely into its target orbit.
Exolaunch has manifested the following spacecraft on the Transporter-15 mission:
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Five ICEYE satellites for ICEYE (Finland, Poland, Greece)
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PIAST-M, PIAST-S1 and PIAST-S2 for Creotech Instruments and PIAST Consortium (Poland)
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HydroGNSS-1 and HydroGNSS-2 for Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (SSTL) (UK)
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AC1-001, AC1-002 and AC1-003 for BAE Systems Azalea™ cluster (UK)
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NAHLA for Aerospacelab (Belgium)
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MERCURY ONE for Proteus Space (USA)
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Accenture-1 and 6GStarLab for Open Cosmos (UK / Spain)
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BRO-17 and BRO-20 for Unseenlabs (France)
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PHI-1 for Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) (UAE)
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GENA-OT-1 for OroraTech (Germany)
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LEMUR-2-LAILA, LEMUR-2-DEANANDMAEVE, LEMUR-2-TEODOR and LEMUR-2-STAS-GORBUK for Spire Global (USA)
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GYEONGGISat-1 for Nara Space (South Korea)
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LUNA-1 for Türksat and ASELSAN (Turkey)
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PHASMA-LAMARR and PHASMA-DIRAC for Libre Space Foundation (Greece)
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MICE-1 for Prisma Electronics (Greece)
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NCKU-LILIUM-2 and NCKU-LILIUM-3 for Satoro (Singapore) and NCKU (Taiwan)
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HCT-Sat 2 for Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC, UAE) built by and contracted for launch via EnduroSat (Bulgaria)
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TORO2 for Pyras (Taiwan)
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SPIN-2 for German Orbital Systems (Germany)
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SPiN and Arka Dynamics (Italy)
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OTTER for the German Aerospace Center (DLR) built by and contracted for launch by German Orbital Systems (Germany)
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Veery V0.5 (Veery-0G) for Care Weather Technologies (USA)
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IHI-Sat 2 IHI (Japan) built by and contracted for launch by Kongsberg NanoAvionics (Lithuania)
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T.MicroSat-1 for Tron Future Tech (Taiwan)
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Black Kite-1 for Rapidtek (Taiwan)
In addition, Exolaunch provided deployment and integration services for the following satellites:
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FGN-TUG-S01 for Fergani (Turkey)
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Three NewSat satellites for Satellogic (Argentina)
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Two Pelican-5 satellites for Planet (USA)
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Two satellites for Impulse Space's customer FOSSA Systems (Spain) flying aboard Impulse Space's LEO Express 3 OTV (USA)
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Eight IRIDE-MS1-EAGLET-2-1 satellites or OHB Italia's IRIDE constellation (Italy)
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YAM-9 for Loft Orbital (USA / France)
This was the 41st mission in the company's flight heritage, and the 11th launch in 2025.
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