Maia | Demo Flight

Test Flight

Time to liftoff

Date unconfirmed

Target Window

Unconfirmed

Exact time to be confirmed

Net Precision

Year Half 2

— Mission

Demo Flight

Low Earth Orbit· LEO

First launch of MaiaSpace’s Maia launch vehicle

— Rocket

Vehicle

Maia

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.

Length: 50 m
Diameter: 3.5 m
LEO Capacity: 1,500 kg

Launches

Success

Failures

— Launch Pad

Soyuz Launch Complex

The Ensemble de Lancement Soyouz (ELS) is a launch complex at the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou/Sinnamary, French Guiana. It was used by Soyuz-ST rockets: modified versions of the Soyuz-2 optimised for launch from Kourou under Soyuz at the Guiana Space Centre programme.

— Launch Provider

Private

MaiaSpace

Est. 2022

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

Total

Success

Pending