Infinite Orbits and the EIC Accelerator: Satellite Life Extension

Infinite Orbits, founded in Toulouse in 2020 and led by CEO Adel Haddoud, is building services to repair, maintain and protect satellites in orbit. Its EIC project was Endurance, "a life extension service satellite to perform rendezvous and docking operations for end-of-life geostationary telecommunications satellites", and it said "the demonstrator of our full servicer for life extension is expected in early 2025", according to CORDIS.

The European Innovation Council granted €2,254,028 towards a €3.22 million project from April 2023 to September 2025. The only published report, from August 2024, says a preliminary design of the servicer had matured and the company was "narrowing the design activities toward a final design phase", with work on docking, navigation and attitude control. By May 2024 the company was targeting "the first European Life Extension mission in 2026". In November 2025 it announced a €40 million round with the EIC Fund among the investors, citing a €150 million order book.

Where Infinite Orbits Stands Now

In 2026 Infinite Orbits bought LMO in Luxembourg and Lúnasa in the UK, signed agreements with Arianespace and Orbital Lasers, and chose two Open Cosmos platforms for a low-orbit surveillance demonstration in 2027, according to its news page. In September 2026 Eutelsat announced its intention to work with the company on a life-extension mission for at least one geostationary satellite. Earlier, CNES awarded it and Telespazio two geostationary servicing missions, and in 2025 it signed a framework agreement with the French defence ministry for a surveillance satellite.

The Technology: Docking Without Help

Endurance uses the company's patented autonomous vision-based navigation to approach a satellite that was never designed to be serviced, dock with it mechanically and take over its attitude and orbit control, adding five years of life. The report says a geostationary satellite costs more than €200 million and usually retires after about 15 years. Infinite Orbits first flew its technology on Orbit Guard 1, a nanosatellite launched to geostationary orbit in May 2023.

What the EIC Project Promised, and What CORDIS Shows

The EIC project covered design work for Endurance, and the application expected a full demonstrator in early 2025. The first-period report shows the preliminary design matured and final design under way. No final report has been published, and no Endurance mission has launched. CORDIS lists the project as closed.

1. Preliminary designDeliveredPer first-period report.
2. Final designUnverifiedNo final report.
3. Demonstrator in 2025Not flownNone announced.
4. Customers and capitalDelivered€52M raised; Eutelsat, CNES.

The Money

Infinite Orbits raised €12 million in May 2024, led by Newfund with the EIC Fund, IRDI and CNES's venture arm Space Founders, then €40 million in November 2025. Its filed accounts show revenue of €864,000 in 2024, up from €594,000, and a net profit of €799,000, according to Pappers. The €150 million order book has not been broken down.

What Cannot Be Checked

Why Europe Should Care

The report says operators must replace working geostationary satellites every 15 years at great cost. Life extension would change that, and the company pitches its services as serving European space sovereignty. The EIC is backing a French contender with grant and equity; the flight that proves it is still ahead.

The Verdict

Infinite Orbits and the EIC have not been asked for comment for this article. It is based entirely on public records and published statements, linked throughout.