Themis reusable rocket booster was shipped to Esrange Space Centre in Sweden for low-altitude hop tests.
Réaltra has also delivered a video telemetry system for the Themis reusable rocket demonstrator.
The telemetry system for Themis will capture footage during its upcoming hop tests to support post-flight analysis.
Themis is currently being prepared for a wet dress rehearsal at the Esrange Space Centre in Sweden.
The test model T1H for Themis-1 engine-Hop arrived in Kiruna after a 3000 km journey by truck from the ArianeGroup integration site in Les Mureaux, France.
Engineers will proceed with a wet dress rehearsal for Themis before the first hop test campaign.
Themis incorporates the Prometheus engine, a restartable liquid oxygen and methane engine that can throttle thrust for controlled landings.
Themis has been developed under ESA's Future Space Transportation Preparation Programme with ArianeGroup as the prime contractor and numerous European industrial contributors.
After integration and final checks in an assembly building at Kiruna, Themis was transferred to the launch pad in August and mounted on support equipment for leg installation.
The integration of Themis marks the beginning of the 'combined tests'.
ArianeGroup teams completed the integration of the Themis prototype at Sweden's Esrange Space Center in June.
Themis was transferred to the Launch Zone and erected on its launch pad.
The combined tests will trial the interface between Themis and the launch pad’s mechanical, electrical, and fluid systems.
Themis is a European reusable main-stage demonstrator developed by ArianeGroup under a contract with the European Space Agency (ESA).
Themis will undergo a first low-altitude flight test as part of the European Union SALTO program.
ArianeGroup teams completed the integration of the Themis prototype at Sweden’s Esrange Space Center in June.
Themis was transferred to the Launch Zone and erected on its launch pad.
Themis stands 30m tall and is equipped with a 100-ton thrust class reusable engine, Prometheus®.
The Themis project has a budget of €39 million aimed at facilitating the first flight tests of the reusable stage demonstrator at Esrange Space Center in Sweden.
ArianeGroup completed integration of the first Themis prototype, designated T1H, on 19 September after its arrival at Esrange in late June.