MaiaSpace Archives - SpaceNews https://spacenews.com/tag/maiaspace/ Covering the business and politics of space Tue, 08 Jul 2025 12:13:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://spacenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/cropped-SN_forza_star-32x32.png MaiaSpace Archives - SpaceNews https://spacenews.com/tag/maiaspace/ 32 32 80681979 ESA selects five companies for next phase of launcher competition https://spacenews.com/esa-selects-five-companies-for-next-phase-of-launcher-competition/ https://spacenews.com/esa-selects-five-companies-for-next-phase-of-launcher-competition/#respond Tue, 08 Jul 2025 02:36:33 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=526662 Spectrum liftoff

The European Space Agency has selected five launch vehicle startups to proceed to the next phase of a competition where they could receive contracts for satellite launches and upgraded vehicles.

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]]> https://spacenews.com/esa-selects-five-companies-for-next-phase-of-launcher-competition/feed/ 0 526662 ESA prepares downselect for European Launcher Challenge https://spacenews.com/esa-prepares-downselect-for-european-launcher-challenge/ https://spacenews.com/esa-prepares-downselect-for-european-launcher-challenge/#respond Thu, 03 Jul 2025 15:58:30 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=524252 MaiaSpace launcher

The European Space Agency will soon select the finalists for a competition intended to support the development of new launch vehicles by European companies.

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]]> https://spacenews.com/esa-prepares-downselect-for-european-launcher-challenge/feed/ 0 524252 MaiaSpace signs first commercial launch contract https://spacenews.com/maiaspace-signs-first-commercial-launch-contract/ https://spacenews.com/maiaspace-signs-first-commercial-launch-contract/#respond Mon, 24 Mar 2025 11:10:19 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=514937 Maiaspace Kourou

MaiaSpace, a small launch vehicle developer spun out of ArianeGroup, has signed its first commercial launch contract for missions launching as soon as 2027.

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]]> https://spacenews.com/maiaspace-signs-first-commercial-launch-contract/feed/ 0 514937 Arkadia Space to supply MaiaSpace thrusters https://spacenews.com/arkadia-space-to-supply-maiaspace-thrusters/ https://spacenews.com/arkadia-space-to-supply-maiaspace-thrusters/#respond Wed, 12 Feb 2025 22:25:37 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=512994

Spanish propulsion startup will supply monopropellant thrusters to French rocket startup MaiaSpace.

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]]> https://spacenews.com/arkadia-space-to-supply-maiaspace-thrusters/feed/ 0 512994 MaiaSpace to use former Soyuz launch pad in French Guiana https://spacenews.com/maiaspace-to-use-former-soyuz-launch-pad-in-french-guiana/ https://spacenews.com/maiaspace-to-use-former-soyuz-launch-pad-in-french-guiana/#respond Fri, 27 Sep 2024 11:25:42 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=506464 Maiaspace Kourou

The French space agency CNES has selected MaiaSpace, a startup backed by ArianeGroup developing a reusable small launch vehicle, to take over a launch pad in French Guiana originally built for the Soyuz rocket.

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