Rocket
Callisto
National Center of Space Research · France
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.
- Manufacturer
- National Center of Space Research
- Launches
- 0
- Successful
- 0
- Failed
- 0
- Scheduled
- 1
- Height
- 13 m
- Diameter
- 1.1 m
- Reusable
- yes