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
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Thrust
2940.0 kN

Family

Name
Maia
Family
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Variant
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Alias
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Full Name
Maia

Payload Capacity

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 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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Flight Record

No spaceflights found for .

Recent Launches

Angara 1.2

Success

1 day, 12 hours ago

Kosmos (Unknown Payload)

35/1 - Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Unknown satellite(s) for the Russian military.

Falcon 9

Success

1 day, 17 hours ago

Starlink Group 17-14

Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

A batch of 24 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Electron

Success

1 day, 17 hours ago

Kakushin Rising (JAXA Rideshare)

Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A - Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand

JAXA-manifested rideshare of eight separate spacecraft that includes educational small sats, an ocean monitoring satellite, a demonstration satellite…

Electron

Success

2 days, 18 hours ago

Bubbles

Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 (Launch Area 0 C) - Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA

Sub-orbital launch under Rocket Lab’s Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron (HASTE) program, details TBD.

Falcon 9

Success

3 days, 13 hours ago

GPS III SV10

Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Tenth of ten GPS III missions.