ExoTerra Resource, LLC
Solar Electric Propulsion Upper Stage for small launch vehicles enabling lunar and deep-space missions
- Sector
- Aerospace
- Headquarters
- Littleton, CO
- Total capital
- $2.7M
- Federal grants
- $2.4M
- 5 awards · 2016–2021
- Rank in peer group#85 of 89
- Private capital raised
- None on recordNo Form D filings on SEC EDGAR. Some raises are not filed.
- Federal contracts
- $250K
- 2 awards · NASA
- Rank in Aerospace#626 of 1335
- Granted patents
- 1
- first 2023
- Rank in peer group#33 of 89
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Federal grantNASA · Phase II · SEP Upper Stage for Small Launch Vehicles$750K
- Federal grantDefense · Phase I · High Power, High Delta V, 12U Cubesat Hosted Payload Opportunity$49K
- Federal grantNASA · Phase II · Modular Xenon Micro Electric Propulsion System$749K
- Federal grantDefense · Phase I · 12U Agile Inspector CubeSat$150K
- Federal grantNASA · Phase II · Cubesat SEP Power Module$740K
- Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Today's Cubesats Are Inherently Power Limited Due To Their Small Size And Available Surface Area. Today's Cubesats OFFER<100W Of Available Power. This Limits Their Ability To Provide High Data Rate Telecommunications, Use High Power Sensors Such As Lidars, Or To Travel To Distances Beyond 1 Au. Exoterra's Sep Power Module Packages Over 200 W Of Power Within 1.6U Of Volume. This Increased Performance Further Expands The Capabilities Of Cubesats And Allows Them To Venture Outside Eart$125K
- Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf As Electronics Continue To Shrink In Size, The Capabilities Of Cubesats Continues To Expand. Cubesats Can Now Perform A Wide Range Of Sensing And Telecommunications Applications. However, Cubesats Have Been Limited In Their Ability To Conduct Propulsive Maneuvers And To Withstand Deep Space Environments. This Limits Them To The Orbits They Are Deposited In From Their Rideshare Flight. Exoterra's Solar Electric Propulsion Cubesat Bus Opens A Whole New Set Of Mission Opportunities To $125K
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Standing among 89 peers
Line = medianAerospace · Launch · System
- Federal grantsBelow median
- Granted patents#33 · top 37%
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Founders and team
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Checked: USPTO inventors; federal award principal investigators; SEC Form D related persons · Oct 23, 2026
Claim this profile to add your teamWhat it has protected
USPTO · 1 granted of 1- GrantedThrust Vector Control MechanismUSPTOUS 11,649,071
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Regulatory activity · Aerospace
- Nondiscrimination in Federally Assisted Programs of NASA-Effectuation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Special Conditions: AMAC Aerospace, The Boeing Company Model 747- 8 Airplane; Side-Facing SeatsFederal Aviation Administration
- Standard Instrument Approach Procedures, and Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle Departure Procedures; Miscellaneous AmendmentsFederal Aviation Administration
- Operating Limitations at John F. Kennedy International AirportFederal Aviation Administration
- Operating Limitations at New York LaGuardia AirportFederal Aviation Administration
- Special Conditions: Honeywell Aerospace US LLC, Dassault Aviation Model Falcon 900EX Airplane; Electronic System Security Protection From Unauthorized External AccessFederal Aviation Administration
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Sources
Federal grants from SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF and DoD records. Federal contracts from USAspending.gov. Private capital from SEC Form D. Patents from USPTO. Publications from OpenAlex. Regulatory activity from the Federal Register. Press matched on company name.
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