Launch Vehicles & Propulsion companies in France

French NewSpace startup in Paris — developing the Interceptor platform and orbital kick stage for active space debris removal missions.

Designs electric propulsion systems for small satellites and in-space transportation vehicles.

French NewSpace company — develops solar sails and modular deployable solar arrays (Gama Wing); flew the Gama Alpha sail demonstrator in 2023.

French launch startup — develops hybrid-propulsion rockets, including the Baguette One suborbital demonstrator and the OB-1 microlauncher.

French launch startup — develops the reusable Arcadia small launcher family and in-orbit logistics vehicles for small-satellite deployment.

French NewSpace startup — develops ionic liquid electrospray electric thrusters for small satellites, first flown in orbit in 2025.

Develops the Zephyr light launch vehicle dedicated to nano and microsatellite constellations.

Develops a reusable micro-launcher for flexible and affordable access to low Earth orbit.

French launch startup — developing the STERNE micro-launcher and 3D-printed liquid rocket engines for small-satellite access to space.

French launch startup — develops a family of reusable-oriented small launchers built from modular boosters, targeting a first flight in 2027.

French ground infrastructure startup — designs modular rocket test benches and spaceports, including the NuPad mobile launch pad.

French electric propulsion startup — builds iodine-fuelled gridded ion and cold-gas thrusters for small satellites.

Air Liquide cryogenics division in Sassenage — designs cryogenic tanks, lines and cryocoolers for Ariane launchers, satellites and launch pads.

Europe's largest space company — develops satellites, launch systems and space exploration vehicles.

Develops and produces Europe's Ariane launch vehicles for institutional and commercial missions.

World's first commercial launch services company — operates Ariane and Vega from the Guiana Space Centre.

French-Italian solid rocket motor company — design authority for the P120C motor used on Ariane 6 and Vega C, jointly owned by ArianeGroup and Avio.

French national space agency — designs space systems, launchers and Earth observation missions.

Europe's gateway to space — develops launchers, satellites and missions for science, Earth observation and exploration.

French national aerospace research centre — conducts aeronautics, space and defence research, including launcher, propulsion and space observation studies.