Whether it concerns space missions or ground based research, space agencies require from their suppliers the most advanced technologies with an unrivaled level of performances. Space qualification is one of the most demanding requirement in term of reliability and robustness. Whatever the type of mission as the launch of satellites around the earth or the study of other planets, asteroids, comets within or beyond the solar system, Exosens' support to the exploration missions in space or for ground based stations is unparalleled.
Exosens has a long-term partnership with industry leaders, researchers around the world and space agencies like NASA and ESA. Thanks, this partnership, Exosens succeeded to create innovative custom solutions to enhanced performance in space qualified detectors. Exosens innovative solutions enable to focus or collimate X-rays, identify compositions of asteroids and planetary atmospheres. Exosens technology support partners and researchers in observation behaviors of weather, solar winds and auroras, categorize solar flares and discover distant planets, gamma ray bursts, black holes, and galaxies.
Nowadays, Exosens is also putting its expertise at the service of the New Space industry by supporting engineering teams in the design, launch and exploration of Cubesats. Exosens has many space references BEPI-COLOMBO (MOM-C), ASTRO-H, IBEX, CHANDRA, CHIPS, FUSE, Hubble COS, ROSETTA, EUVE, ULYSSES, HUT, SAOGBO and many others and is on board !
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1984
AMPTE
Exosens Microchannel Plates (MCPs) supported this early milestone in our decades-long heritage of detection technology for space science.
1990
Hubble / COS
Exosens MCP technology contributed to ultraviolet detection for Hubble's Cosmic Origins Spectrograph, building our heritage in demanding space instrumentation.
1992
FREJA
18 mm intensified CCD technology brought Exosens imaging expertise to this scientific satellite mission.
1995
SOHO
Exosens MCPs supported instrumentation aboard SOHO, extending our detector heritage into solar observation.
1996
Cluster I & II
Exosens MCPs supported the PEACE and RAPID instruments, bringing high-performance detection technology to the Cluster missions.
1997
Cassini-Huygens
Exosens MCP technology joined one of the era's major planetary exploration missions on its journey to the Saturn system.
1997
STIS
Exosens MCPs contributed detector technology for the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph program.
1999
Chandra / AXAF
Exosens MCPs contributed to the heritage behind the Chandra X-ray Observatory mission.
1999
FUSE
Exosens MCP technology supported the FUSE mission and its scientific observations.
1999
XMM-Newton
25 mm intensified CCDs brought Exosens imaging technology to the XMM-Newton space observatory.
2003
CHIPSat
Exosens MCP technology supported instrumentation aboard the CHIPSat scientific mission.
2003
GALEX
Exosens MCPs supported GALEX, continuing our heritage in space-based scientific detection.
2004
Rosetta
Exosens MCPs supported the ROSINA and ALICE instruments aboard Rosetta on its journey to study a comet.
2005
IMAGE / EUV
Exosens MCP technology supported the EUV instrument, extending our detector heritage in space-based observation.
2006
New Horizons
Exosens MCPs supported the ALICE-P and PEPSSI instruments aboard New Horizons.
2006
STEREO
Exosens MCP technology supported the PLASTIC instrument aboard the STEREO mission.
2007
EgyptSat-1
Exosens SWIR InGaAs detector technology supported the hyperspectral CONECS imager aboard EgyptSat-1, using optically butted sensors to extend imaging capability into the short-wave infrared.
2007
THEMIS
Exosens MCPs brought proven detection technology to the THEMIS scientific mission.
2009
TAUVEX
25 mm triple-MCP detectors demonstrated Exosens expertise in specialized detector configurations for space instrumentation.
2011
Juno
Exosens MCP technology supported the JADE, JEDI and UVS instruments designed to investigate the Jupiter system.
2012
NSF Firefly CubeSat
Exosens 2-inch Planacon MCP-PMT technology brought compact photon detection capability to the Firefly CubeSat program.
2013
MAVEN
Exosens MCPs continued our space-detection heritage aboard the MAVEN mission.
2015
MMS
Exosens MCP technology contributed to NASA's Magnetospheric Multiscale mission.
2015
NSF FireStation
2-inch Planacon MCP-PMT technology extended Exosens' photon-detection heritage into another scientific space program.
2016
Proba-V
Exosens SWIR linear detectors enabled the vegetation imager's exceptionally wide 100° field of view, using three 1,024-pixel detector arrays to support broad Earth observation.
2016
ASTRO-H
Exosens modulated X-ray source technology expanded our space heritage into precision X-ray instrumentation.
2017
ICON
Exosens MCP technology supported the EUV instrument aboard the ICON scientific mission.
2018
BepiColombo
Exosens Micro Pore Optics (MPOs) enable the MIXS-T and MIXS-C instruments studying Mercury, combining low mass with compact X-ray optics.
2021
CuPID
A 20 µm Exosens MPO was selected for CuPID's compact X-ray imaging system, demonstrating how our optics can enable sophisticated science in a CubeSat format.
2023
DISSIPATION
Exosens Channeltron 4870 detectors were delivered to NASA for the MoSAIC mass spectrometer, supporting measurements of neutral and ion winds in the upper atmosphere.
2023
XRISM
Exosens developed and supplied Modulated X-ray Sources used to accurately calibrate the energy scale of XRISM's high-resolution Resolve instrument.
2023
JUICE
Custom 25 µm-pore MCPs support the Particle Environment Package, bringing tailored Exosens detection technology to the exploration of Jupiter and its ocean-bearing moons.
2024
SVOM
Exosens MPOs form the optics of SVOM's MXT telescope, helping enable compact X-ray observation of powerful transient events such as gamma-ray bursts.
2024
EARTHCARE
Exosens VIS/NIR/SWIR/ESWIR detector technology supports EarthCARE's multispectral imaging, contributing spectral observations that help scientists better understand Earth's climate regulation.
Photo credit: ESA
2025
LEXI
From the Moon, LEXI combines Exosens MPOs and KBr-coated MCPs to enable wide-field X-ray imaging of Earth's magnetosphere.
2025
SMILE
Exosens supplied 64 iridium-coated MPOs for SMILE's Soft X-ray Imager, supporting observation of the dynamic interaction between solar wind and Earth's magnetosphere.