While traveling in the Eure, Minister Bruno Le Maire said he wanted to “catch up” to the delay taken by the European space group compared to the company of Elon Musk, a pioneer in the field.
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The launcher “must be operational in 2026”. The European company ArianeGroup will develop a reusable mini-launcher, to compete in particular with SpaceX, announced the French Minister of the Economy, Bruno Le Maire, Monday, December 6. “We don’t believe [aux lanceurs réutilisables], we have fallen behind compared to our American partners who developed SpaceX and Falcon 9, and this delay must be made up “, he said during a trip to Vernon (Eure).
Faced with competition from private companies like SpaceX or Virgin, the European group announced at the end of September the elimination of 600 jobs in France and Germany. But the ArianeGroup site in Vernon, where Ariane rocket engines are tested, is intended to see its workforce increase, the Minister of the Economy promised. “Today, there are just over 800 jobs at the Vernon site. By 2025, there will be nearly 1,000”, assured Bruno Le Maire.