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
- Thrust
- 2,940 kN
- Height
- 50 m
- Diameter
- 3.5 m
- Launch mass
- —
- Stages
- 3
- Launch cost
- —
- LEO capacity
- 1,500 kg
- GTO capacity
- —
- GEO capacity
- —
- SSO capacity
- 1,500 kg
Vehicle specifications from Launch Library; blanks are unpublished figures.
Flight record
Counted from padside's own launch record — the same basis as the Stats page.
Launches
Next: Maia | Demo Flight — June 30, 2027
No completed launches on record yet.