OneWeb L?

Overview

Destination: Low Earth Orbit
Mission: Communications

Low Earth Orbit Soyuz Launch Complex Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana

First Maia launch of OneWeb satellites.

Updates

Maia

Family:
Configuration:

The Maia rocket is a future orbital reusable launch vehicle under development by the French startup MaiaSpace, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the ArianeGroup. The first stage is powered by 3 Prometheus gas generator methane/LOX engines developed under ESA's Future Launchers Preparatory Programme, with the first stage booster returning to a barge at sea. The second stage is powered by a single Prometheus engine, with restart capability. An optional Colibri kick stage could be added to provide enhanced mission flexibility as well as performance to LEO.

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Specifications
  • Minimum Stage
    2
  • Max Stage
    3
  • Length
    50.0 m
  • Diameter
    3.5 m
  • Fairing Diameter
    3.5 m
  • Launch Mass
  • Thrust
    2940.0 kN
Family
  • Name
    Maia
  • Family
  • Variant
  • Alias
  • Full Name
    Maia
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
  • Low Earth Orbit
    1500.0 kg
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
  • Direct Geostationary
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity
    1500.0 kg

MaiaSpace

MaiaSpace

(MaiaSpace)

Founded: 2022 Successes: 0 Failures: 0 Pending: 2

Agency Type:

MaiaSpace is a wholly-owned subsidiary of ArianeGroup established in 2022 to develop a small reusable orbital launch vehicle, the Maia rocket.

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