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Avio expects to invest approximately $500 million (425 million euros at the current exchange rate) in constructing the new U.S. facilities.
Avio expects to invest approximately $500 million in the construction of the new facility.
Avio expects to receive over €600 million in new contracts based on the results of the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Ministerial Council meeting in late November.
Avio successfully completed a static fire test of its MR10 DMX2 LOX-methane rocket engine in early October 2025.
Avio reported a net loss of €0.2 million, marking a €1.6 million improvement compared with the same period last year.
Avio operates a facility in French Guiana that hosted Ariane 6’s inaugural launch in July.
Avio is seeking to hire 200 engineers to expand its workforce and production capacity.
Avio delayed the maiden flight of Vega C to mid-2021 to catch up on Vega missions delayed by the 2019 failure.
Avio expects small satellites below 1,000 kg to be the fastest growing segment of the launch market between 2020 and 2028.
ArianeGroup and Avio are using booster commonality of the P120C between Ariane 6 and Vega C to increase production scale and lower costs for both rockets.
Arianespace and Avio will launch Vega C for the first time in March 2020, sending Lares-2 into a 6,000-kilometer orbit at an inclination of 75 degrees.
Vega C slipped from a maiden flight scheduled for 2019 to early 2020 due to Avio’s 2019 manifest rather than technical delays with the rocket.