MaiaSpace (MAIA)

Founded in April 2022, MaiaSpace designs, manufactures, commercializes and operates the first reusable and eco-designed mini-launcher in Europe, which prefigurates the future family of sovereign and competitive European launch vehicles.

MaiaSpace leverages the best of both worlds: drawing on the excellence and expertise of the historic European space sector, especially that of its mother company ArianeGroup, while maintaining the speed, agility and culture of risk of a start-up. Powered with liquid oxygen and liquid bio-methane, MaiaSpace’s launcher, which is scheduled to begin commercial operations in 2026, has a lift-off capacity of up to 4,000 kg in low-Earth orbit, depending on the launcher version (expendable or reusable), the inclination and the use of its Colibri kick-stage. The development of Maia is led by over 300 MaiaSpacers working with industrial partners based in France, Germany, Spain, Switzerland, Belgium, Austria and Poland.

Ecology and the fight against environmental destruction are an integral part of the culture and core values of MaiaSpace. Our ambitions include pioneering the evaluation and mitigation of a launcher’s environmental impacts via two major objectives: 1) To develop the mini-launcher with the lowest impact on the Earth's environment, and 2) To maximize positive impact on the orbital environment through in-orbit services.