SFL turned to Exolaunch as a trusted provider of end-to-end mission management and deployment services as well as mission-critical separation systems, having already launched together on SpaceX’s Transporter-7 earlier this year.

The LEO3 satellite was integrated to the launch vehicle and deployed into target orbit by CarboNIX, Exolaunch's scalable shock-free microsat separation ring. CarboNIX deploys satellites seamlessly and evenly via its patented synchronous spring pusher system, minimizing risk of damage to sensitive electronic and optical components. CarboNIX also ensures an average tumbling rate of under 1° per second post-release on all three axes, making it the lowest-shock and lowest-tumbling separation system yet deployed in space. With this mission, CarboNIX has flown on fourteen missions and deployed over 65 microsatellites.

“Baby Come Back” was the fifth Exolaunch mission this year, following four successful missions with SpaceX, in what has already become Exolaunch’s most rapid launch cadence.