Orbital launch vehicle

Maia

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.

Flights flown02 scheduled

Payload to LEO1,500kg

Maia is built by MaiaSpace of France. Company background, funding, contracts and news for this operator are tracked on Space Index.

Payload

Per mission profile

Low Earth orbit	1,500kg
Sun-synchronous orbit	1,500kg

Vehicle

Stages	3
Length	50m
Diameter	3.5m
Liftoff thrust	2,940kN
Reusable	Yes

Pads used

1 pad

Soyuz Launch Complex2

Orbits delivered

1 orbit

Low Earth Orbit2

Launch history

2 launches

Date	Mission	Pad	Orbit	Outcome
TBD	Maia \| OneWeb L?	Soyuz Launch Complex	Low Earth Orbit	Scheduled
TBD	Maia \| Demo Flight	Soyuz Launch Complex	Low Earth Orbit	Scheduled

Specifications from Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs, launch records from Space Index. Derived figures are computed here; see sources and method.

Further reading: Wikipedia · Operator page

Fewer than three recorded flights, so this page is marked noindex. It is here for completeness, not for search.