MaiaSpace at EUCASS 2025 conference

Sustainability

31.07.2025

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The aerospace sector is incredibly demanding. It pushes the boundaries of what we know and what we can do, every single day. In such a high-stakes, high-complexity environment, cooperation isn’t a luxury β€” it’s a necessity.

 

This is why key MaiaSpacers attended last month the EUCASS 2025 conference – chaired by the iconic MaiaSpacer Christophe BONNAL – in Rome, Italy. The occasion to share their work with the aerospace science community and get insight in the latest advances in the field:

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Christophe BONNAL

 

β€œπ΄π‘‘π‘šπ‘œπ‘ π‘β„Žπ‘’π‘Ÿπ‘–π‘ π‘Ÿπ‘’π‘’π‘›π‘‘π‘Ÿπ‘¦ π‘œπ‘“ π‘œπ‘Ÿπ‘π‘–π‘‘π‘Žπ‘™ π‘œπ‘π‘—π‘’π‘π‘‘π‘  – π‘π‘Žπ‘› β€œπ‘‘π‘’π‘ π‘–π‘”π‘› π‘“π‘œπ‘Ÿ π‘›π‘œπ‘›-π‘‘π‘’π‘šπ‘–π‘ π‘’β€ 𝑏𝑒 π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ π‘œπ‘π‘‘π‘–π‘šπ‘Žπ‘™ π‘ π‘œπ‘™π‘’π‘‘π‘–π‘œπ‘›?”

With the expected increase of launch activities, poised to multiply satellite and launch vehicles’s upper stages re-entries, Antoinette Ott addressed several knowledge gaps to allow responsible design and operations. Coordinated in-situ measurements, high-fidelity simulations and harmonized indicators will give decision-makers quantitative data to help balance safety and environmental performance.

 

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Antoinette Ott

β€œπ΄π‘›π‘Žπ‘™π‘¦π‘§π‘–π‘›π‘” π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ 𝑖𝑛𝑓𝑙𝑒𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 π‘œπ‘“ π‘Žπ‘› π‘Žπ‘‘π‘‘π‘–π‘‘π‘–π‘œπ‘›π‘Žπ‘™ π‘˜π‘–π‘π‘˜-π‘ π‘‘π‘Žπ‘”π‘’ π‘œπ‘› π‘π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘“π‘œπ‘Ÿπ‘šπ‘Žπ‘›π‘π‘’ π‘Žπ‘›π‘‘ π‘“π‘™π‘–π‘”β„Žπ‘‘ π‘π‘Ÿπ‘œπ‘“π‘–π‘™π‘’ π‘œπ‘“ π‘Ž π‘šπ‘–π‘›π‘–π‘™π‘Žπ‘’π‘›π‘β„Žπ‘’π‘Ÿβ€

In this study, RΓ©mi Guinard analyzed the gain on performance and mission flexibility bought by the addition of the Colibri kick-stage Colibri vs the constraints on the launch vehicle architecture (impacts on the staging and the propulsion needs, flight safety requirements). Global optimization on both the Maia launcher and the Colibri kick-stage from early design allows to increase competitiveness on precise, tailored smallsats market segments.

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RΓ©mi Guinard

β€œπ·π‘’π‘£π‘’π‘™π‘œπ‘π‘–π‘›π‘” 𝐺𝑁𝐢 π‘Žπ‘™π‘”π‘œπ‘Ÿπ‘–π‘‘β„Žπ‘šπ‘  π‘“π‘œπ‘Ÿ π‘™π‘Žπ‘’π‘›π‘β„Žπ‘’π‘Ÿπ‘  𝑖𝑛 π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ π‘π‘’π‘€π‘†π‘π‘Žπ‘π‘’β€

In this paper, Nicole Segala explores how MaiaSpace adapts traditional GNC (Guidance, Navigation, and Control) development methods to meet the fast-paced, agile demands of the newspace launcher environment β€” emphasizing pragmatic, flexible solutions across both architecture and algorithms.

 

Sharing knowledge, technical insights, and best practices across organizations and borders, building bridges between industry and academia, is an essential condition for building affordable, responsible and sustainable access to space.

 

Congratulations to all co-authors Guillaume Lortie Nicola Borghi martine ganet Lilly Etzenbach

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Nicole Segala

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