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Flight 1
Callisto
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LAUNCH SITEGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Mission
First test flight of the Callisto VTVL demonstrator.
- Launch vehicle
- Callisto
- Mission type
- Test Flight
- Destination orbit
- Suborbital
- Launch pad
- Diamant Launch Area
- Provider
- National Center of Space Research
- Recovery
- Return to Launch Site, The Callisto demonstrator will attempt to land back at the Diamant launch site after this flight +1
The vehicle
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Launch vehicle
Callisto
Callisto is a demonstrator designed to conduct flight testing and mature the complex technologies required to return a launcher to Earth, as well as refurbishment operations between flights, and to precisely cost an operational European launcher with a reusable first stage (it is not intended to become an operational launcher). Standing for “Cooperative Action Leading to Launcher Innovation in Stage Toss-back Operations”, Callisto is a project being pursued with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and the German space agency DLR. A large number of international contractors are also contributing to the experiment, among them ArianeGroup and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.
- Height
- 13 m
- Diameter
- 1.1 m
- Stages
- 1
- Recorded launches
- 0
Core
Callisto
Flight 1NewLanding planned
- Recovery
- Diamant Launch Area Landing Pad
- Landing method
- Return to Launch Site
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Launch site & orbit
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
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DestinationSuborbital
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