Maia

Active Re-Usable

MaiaSpace (MaiaSpace)

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Description

The Maia rocket is a future orbital reusable launch vehicle under development by the French startup MaiaSpace, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the ArianeGroup. The first stage is powered by 3 Prometheus gas generator methane/LOX engines developed under ESA's Future Launchers Preparatory Programme, with the first stage booster returning to a barge at sea. The second stage is powered by a single Prometheus engine, with restart capability. An optional Colibri kick stage could be added to provide enhanced mission flexibility as well as performance to LEO.

Specifications
  • Minimum Stage
    2
  • Max Stage
    3
  • Length
    50.0 m
  • Diameter
    3.5 m
  • Fairing Diameter
    3.5 m
  • Launch Mass
  • Thrust
    2940.0 kN
Family
  • Name
    Maia
  • Family
  • Variant
  • Alias
  • Full Name
    Maia
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
  • Low Earth Orbit
    1500.0 kg
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
  • Direct Geostationary
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity
    1500.0 kg

MaiaSpace

Private
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MaiaSpace 2022

MaiaSpace is a wholly-owned subsidiary of ArianeGroup established in 2022 to develop a small reusable orbital launch vehicle, the Maia rocket.

Upcoming Spaceflights


Maia | Demo Flight

MaiaSpace | France
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
TBD June, 2027
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:

First launch of MaiaSpace’s Maia launch vehicle. Suborbital test flight with a target altitude of at least 100 km.

Suborbital
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Maia | OneWeb L?

MaiaSpace | France
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
TBD December, 2027
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:

First Maia launch of OneWeb satellites.

Low Earth Orbit
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Falcon 9
Success
21 hours, 58 minutes ago
Starlink Group 10-41
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

A batch of 29 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.


Falcon 9
Success
1 day, 14 hours ago
Starlink Group 17-23
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

A batch of 25 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.


Electron
Success
3 days ago
That's Not A Knife (DART AE)
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 (Launch Area 0 C) - Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA

Payload is a scramjet-powered hypersonic vehicle developed by by Australian company Hypersonix.


Falcon 9
Success
3 days, 12 hours ago
Starlink Group 6-108
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

A batch of 29 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.


Falcon 9
Success
5 days, 10 hours ago
Starlink Group 17-26
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

A batch of 25 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.