KourouEurope’s reusable rocket demonstrator will not hop before 2027.
France’s space agency first hinted at the delay in a September 2025 procurement notice.
Germany’s DLR finished testing the nose cone and completed the fins, while landing legs remain in manufacture.
Japan’s JAXA has not announced the start of the hot-fire campaign for Callisto’s propulsion block.
Sources: European Spaceflight