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Adeline (rocket stage)

9/3/2026

Adeline (rocket stage)

Adeline (Advanced Expendable Launcher with Innovative engine Economy) was a concept for a reusable rocket first-stage that would fly itself back to Earth after a launch using drone technology for horizontal landing on a runway. Airbus Defence and Space conceived the design concept. Airbus started this program in 2010 and has invested about €15 million by May 2015 on the reusable technology program

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Adeline (Advanced Expendable Launcher with Innovative engine Economy) was a concept for a reusable rocket first-stage that would fly itself back to Earth after a launch using drone technology for horizontal landing on a runway. Airbus Defence and Space conceived the design concept. Airbus started this program in 2010 and has invested about €15 million by May 2015 on the reusable technology programme; scale models have been flown. In 2018 an official in the CNES launcher directorate declared the concept "not financially interesting".

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