Maia
Active Re-UsableMaiaSpace (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
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Minimum Stage
2 -
Max Stage
3 -
Length
50.0 m -
Diameter
3.5 m -
Fairing Diameter
3.5 m -
Launch Mass
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Thrust
2940.0 kN
Family
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Name
Maia -
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Variant
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Alias
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Full Name
Maia
Payload Capacity
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Launch Cost
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Low Earth Orbit
1500.0 kg -
Geostationary Transfer
Orbit
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Direct Geostationary
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Sun-Synchronous Capacity
1500.0 kg
MaiaSpace
Private
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MaiaSpace 2022MaiaSpace 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 | FranceGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
TBD December, 2026
Maia | OneWeb L?
MaiaSpace | FranceGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
TBD December, 2027
Flight Record
No spaceflights found for .
Falcon 9
NROL-105
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USATwelfth batch of satellites for a reconnaissance satellite constellation built by SpaceX and Northrop Grumman for the National Reconnaissance Office …
Ceres-2
Demo Flight
Launch Area 95A - Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaFirst test launch of Galactic Energy’s Ceres-2 rocket.
Long March 3B/E
Shijian 32
Launch Complex 2 (LC-2) - Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaChinese experimental spacecraft of unknown purposes.
Ceres-1S
Tianqi 37-40
Rizhao offshore launch location - Haiyang Oriental Spaceport4 small satellites for LEO Internet of Things (IoT) communication purposes.
Long March 2C
AlSat 3A
Launch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603) - Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaEarth observation satellite built by China's CAST for the Algerian Space Agency.
