MaiaSpace, an affiliate of ArianeGroup, is a European space tech company focused on designing, manufacturing, and commercializing reusable launch solutions for small satellites. They are developing the Maia mini-launcher, a partially reusable two-stage rocket intended to provide competitive and flexible launch services to Low Earth Orbit (LEO) and Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO). MaiaSpace aims to offer eco-responsible space mobility solutions, with the first launch targeted for 2026. Key partners include Arkadia Space and Exotrail. Associated keywords: reusable launcher, small satellites, launch services, eco-responsible, ArianeGroup.
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MaiaSpace was created in April 2022.
MaiaSpace aims to develop its rocket in half the time typically required and to cut development costs by a factor of three.
MaiaSpace aims to begin flying in 2026 to 2027 and to become profitable around 2030.
MaiaSpace selected Arkadia’s ARIEL 250N thruster for its launcher’s reaction control system.
MaiaSpace selected Arkadia Space’s Ariel 250N engine for the reaction control system of its launcher.
Arkadia Space signed an agreement last year to supply a 250-N version of its engine for MaiaSpace’s launch vehicles.
The European Space Agency is continuing the European Launcher Challenge with Isar Aerospace, MaiaSpace, PLD Space, and Rocket Factory Augsburg.
MaiaSpace scheduled the Maia rocket's inaugural flight for 2027, postponing a previously planned late-2026 launch.
MaiaSpace employees expect to conduct the Maia rocket's inaugural flight from the Guiana Space Centre facilities in 2027.
MaiaSpace is a subsidiary of ArianeGroup.
Representatives of MaiaSpace, local authorities of Kourou, and the French space agency CNES met on February 24 at the former Soyuz launch base site in the Guiana Space Centre to sign a Temporary Occupation Agreement of the Public Domain.
In January, MaiaSpace planned a suborbital demonstration flight of the Maia rocket in late 2026 using the full two-stage configuration with reduced propellant to reach a minimum altitude of 100 kilometers.
MaiaSpace is developing a starter stage that is expected to increase the Maia rocket's payload performance by up to 1,000 kilograms.
MaiaSpace aims to achieve a first launch within five years of the company's creation, specifically targeting April 2027.
MaiaSpace is developing a two-stage, partially reusable rocket named Maia.
The Temporary Occupation Agreement of the Public Domain allows MaiaSpace to begin dismantling Russian-specific infrastructure at the former Soyuz launch base site and to start construction of modifications for Maia launches from the site.
MaiaSpace's internal goal is to have a vertically integrated Maia launcher on the launch pad before the end of 2026 to perform combined tests prior to the first flight.
MaiaSpace began work on adapting the former Soyuz facility last year.
MaiaSpace is developing a two-stage partially reusable rocket capable of delivering up to 1,500 kilograms into low Earth orbit in a fully expendable configuration.
MaiaSpace was awarded the right to redevelop the former Soyuz launch facility in September 2024.