Meet ArianeGroup's SUSIE: Europe's Latest Reusable Spacecraft for Many Missions

A new spacecraft from ArianeGroup is coming to Europe's step up to the current trend in future space missions, focusing on reusable rockets to fly and carry the payload to orbit. ArianeGroup's SUSIE is the latest venture from the company, a sustainable rocket venture which would bring crewmembers and cargo to orbit without needing to decommission them after every use.

ArianeGroup's SUSIE: A Reusable Rocket

ArianeGroup unveiled SUSIE at the International Astronautical Conference last week, and it brings a look at its latest rocket which is also capable of reuse after every mission it will fly. Smart Upper Stage for Innovative Exploration, a.k.a. SUSIE, is a reusable rocket that can return to the ground for its next flight.

The company centers on a vertical landing for the reusable rocket, and it presents sustainability on this take, with a change on its launcher fairing.

SUSIE is a flexible and modular spacecraft that may undertake automated or crewed missions to deliver a payload or bring astronauts to space, especially when it is available for hire.

ArianeGroup has a legacy of 40 years in the space industry, with its Ariane 1 rocket available since 1979.

Europe's Got SUSIE, the US with Starship

There is a new reusable rocket in Europe, and it is coming from the French company, ArianeGroup, centering on SUSIE to bring future missions to orbit and return to Earth with style. It is a direct competition to the United States' SpaceX, a private company from Elon Musk, which is now centering on its Starship development, one of the most prominent reusable spacecraft.

Reusable Rockets Now

When discussing reusable rockets in the present, one could not deny that the most prominent company here is SpaceX, especially as it already has spacecraft doing multiple missions with the same device repeatedly. There are essential missions that the Dragon and Falcon flew, but its recent milestone marked history books with its successful continuous flight.

This venture is not yet the end of the line for SpaceX's Falcon, especially as the company intends to maintain and use it for another mission that will launch different payloads beyond the Earth.

There are many companies which already confirmed the existence of their reusable rocket, and some are already testing them to prove their worth and for future flights.

One of them is Spain's PLD Space which recently did its static fire test, and the other is Japan's Honda, which is moving from its automotive work, now looking into space ventures.

There is no doubt that the future of space missions will center on reusable rockets and bring sustainability outside the planet, avoiding further space pollution and saving resources. Europe's ArianeGroup is the latest to deliver on this, and there are more coming in the future, with SpaceX still serving as the heritage of them all.

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Written by Isaiah Richard