Tag: ArianeGroup
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MaiaSpace Avoids Dissolution Despite 2025 Loss as ArianeGroup Backs Launcher Development
MaiaSpace will continue operating after its parent company, ArianeGroup, decided not to dissolve the French launch startup despite a significant financial loss in 2025 that left its shareholders’ equity below zero. Financial statements filed on July 22, 2026, showed MaiaSpace recorded a net loss of €37.5 million during 2025. Although the company ended the year…
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ArianeGroup Completes Wet Dress Rehearsal for Themis Reusable Booster
ArianeGroup has completed a wet dress rehearsal of its Themis reusable booster demonstrator at the Esrange Space Centre in Sweden, marking a key milestone in the vehicle’s ongoing test campaign. The rehearsal was carried out on July 23 by teams from ArianeGroup and SSC Space, the operator of Esrange Space Centre, with the company announcing…
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ArianeGroup Restarts Themis Test Campaign With Cryogenic Rehearsal in Sweden
The test was carried out by teams from ArianeGroup and SSC Space, the commercial entity that manages the Esrange Space Centre. ArianeGroup announced the milestone on 30 July, a full week after it took place. It marks the most significant publicly announced step in the Themis campaign since September 2025, when the T1H demonstrator was…
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Beyond Gravity Wins 27-Fairing Ariane 6 Contract
Does Beyond Gravity’s Ariane 6 Fairing Deal Signal a Real European Launch Ramp-Up? Beyond Gravity has secured a contract with ArianeGroup to supply 27 payload fairings for Ariane 6 flight models 16 through 42 — the largest deal in the history of the Swiss company’s launch vehicle business, announced July 8, 2026. The contract covers…
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ArianeGroup Appoints Christophe Bruneau as CEO, Succeeding Martin Sion
ArianeGroup, jointly owned by Airbus and Safran, said its board has appointed Christophe Bruneau as chief executive officer, effective April 1, succeeding Martin Sion. Bruneau joins ArianeGroup from Safran Aircraft Engines, where he has served since 2020 as executive vice president and general manager of the Military Engines division. His appointment follows Sion’s earlier decision…
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ESA Delays First Themis Hop Test Until Spring as Sweden Site Remains Snowbound
The European Space Agency (ESA) said it is waiting for spring conditions to conduct the first hop test of its Themis reusable rocket booster demonstrator, after winter weather delayed preparations at the launch site in northern Sweden. The Themis vehicle has been stationed at the Esrange Space Centre near Kiruna since mid-2025, but heavy snow…
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MaiaSpace Says 2026 Maiden Flight Will Test ‘Minimum Viable’ Rocket Configuration
French launch startup MaiaSpace said an initial flight of its Maia rocket planned for 2026 will focus on validating core flight phases using what the company described as a “minimum viable product,” as it works toward commercial launch services from 2027. MaiaSpace, founded in 2022 as a wholly owned subsidiary of ArianeGroup, is developing a…
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MaiaSpace set to forge Europe’s path to reusability
French company MaiaSpace has a good shot at becoming the first European launch provider to bring reusable orbital vehicles to the market. The company is firmly on the path to achieving this by leveraging existing technologies and optimizing its design decisions around the vehicle while remaining competitive. NSF spoke with MaiaSpace’s CEO, Yohann Leroy, about…
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MaiaSpace set to forge Europe’s path to reusability
French company MaiaSpace has a good shot at becoming the first European launch provider to bring reusable orbital vehicles to the market. The company is firmly on the path to achieving this by leveraging existing technologies and optimizing its design decisions around the vehicle while remaining competitive. NSF spoke with MaiaSpace’s CEO, Yohann Leroy, about…
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Rocket Report: Another hiccup with SpaceX upper stage; Japan’s H3 starts strong
Welcome to Edition 7.30 of the Rocket Report! The US government relies on SpaceX for a lot of missions. These include launching national security satellites, putting astronauts on the Moon, and global broadband communications. But there are hurdles—technical and, increasingly, political—on the road ahead. To put it generously, Elon Musk, without whom much of what…