European aerospace firm Ariane Group and CNES, the French space agency, have teamed up to develop a reusable first stage rocket. “The role of ArianeWorks is to prepare, at French level, the proposals for future launchers to be presented at Europe’s next Ministerial Conference. The rocket, dubbed Themis, is based on SpaceX’s Falcon 9. “SpaceX has been very supportive of our efforts in Europe with regards to this project,” said Mr. Suffredini.
European aerospace firm Ariane Group and CNES, the French space agency, have teamed up to develop a reusable first stage rocket. The rocket, dubbed Themis, is based on SpaceX’s Falcon 9. “SpaceX has been very supportive of our efforts in Europe with regards to this project,” said Mr. Suffredini.