Avio Wins €40M ESA Contract to Design Reusable Upper Stage Demo
The European Space Agency has awarded Italian rocket builder Avio a €40 million contract to design a reusable rocket stage demonstrator. ESA first published a call for the Phase 1 development of a reusable rocket upper stage in March 2024. This initial phase focused on the “identification of the technology-maturation needs for the reusable upper […]
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Published by European Spaceflight on 09/29/2025
