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Dassault selects Arkadia Space to supply “RCS” propulsion for reusable VORTEX-D spaceplane demonstrator

Dassault Aviation has chosen Spain’s Arkadia Space to provide the VORTEX-D demonstrator’s propulsion system. The selected RCS architecture is based on Arkadia’s ARIEL 250 N thrusters, using hydrogen peroxide as a “green” propellant aimed at improving safety and efficiency for orbital missions.

Discovered 2026-04-26T07:22:29.033767-07:00 | 2026-04-26T07:22:29.033767-07:00

Briefing

What Hype is tracking

The VORTEX-D propulsion selection provides a concrete “green” RCS architecture for reusable European spaceplane demonstrations—linking propulsion supply-chain decisions to near-term demonstrator risk and performance targets, as discussed in related Arkadia propulsion commercialization efforts (source:28830126-8db1-44c7-a3b4-e2e36fff7b6d).
Dassault’s procurement choice signals how European aerospace primes may qualify non-domestic propulsion suppliers and integrate them into spaceplane demonstrators—relevant to how propulsion integration expectations evolve in Europe’s access-to-space studies (source:86ec2455-bbb0-45e9-9ac7-7354a4b3cf3c).
Hydrogen-peroxide “green” propellant sourcing and thruster integration could affect program safety cases and operational tradeoffs for reusable spacecraft, influencing component demand for the propulsion subsystem ecosystem.

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