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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Eutelsat signed an agreement with French startup MaiaSpace to launch some of its OneWeb replacement satellites.
MaiaSpace was founded as a subsidiary of ArianeGroup in 2022.
Eutelsat and MaiaSpace announced on 16 January a multiple-launch agreement to deploy OneWeb satellites on MaiaSpace’s small launcher currently in development.
MaiaSpace and Spanish company PLD Space were selected to receive funding through the European Launcher Challenge established by the European Space Agency at its ministerial conference in November.
MaiaSpace’s planned launches for Eutelsat are expected to begin in 2027.
Arkadia Space signed a commercial contract with French launcher company MaiaSpace for integration of Ariel into MaiaSpace’s RCS in early 2025.
Neither Eutelsat nor MaiaSpace disclosed the terms of the launch agreement, including its value, the number of launches, or the number of satellites to be deployed.
The agreement with MaiaSpace is the first time Eutelsat has revealed details about its plans for launching replacement OneWeb satellites.
Eutelsat ordered about ten launches from MaiaSpace to deploy a portion of the 440 new OneWeb satellites.
MaiaSpace secured approximately 50 percent of the planned OneWeb launches over the late 2027–2029 period.
ArianeGroup invested €125 million in MaiaSpace as initial support for development.
MaiaSpace will conduct launches scheduled from late 2027 to 2029 for Eutelsat’s OneWeb satellites.
MaiaSpace is developing a two-stage, partially reusable launch vehicle called Maia designed to deliver up to 4,000 kilograms to low Earth orbit in its expendable configuration with an optional kick stage.
The European Space Agency preselected Rocket Factory Augsburg, Isar Aerospace, MaiaSpace, Orbex, and PLD Space as challengers for the European Launcher Challenge in July.
MaiaSpace plans a new factory in Vernon set to begin operations in 2027 with a goal of producing 20 vehicles per year by the early 2030s.
MaiaSpace was spun out of ArianeGroup and operates engineering offices near Paris with a factory in Vernon that is part of an ArianeGroup facility.
MaiaSpace was founded in 2022 as a wholly owned subsidiary of ArianeGroup.
MaiaSpace secured €184.2 million at the ESA ministerial, with almost all of that amount coming from France.
Eutelsat signed a multi-launch agreement with MaiaSpace to deploy some of Eutelsat’s 440 OneWeb replenishment satellites built by Airbus Defence and Space, with launches possibly beginning as soon as 2027.
MaiaSpace aims to sustain about 20 launches a year in both reusable and expendable versions by the beginning of the next decade.