NET Q2 (spring) 2026
European Space Agency / MISSION BRIEFING
T1H-1
Themis Demonstrator · Test Flight
TBD
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Mission overview
First low-altitude hop test of a Themis demonstrator, with a targeted altitude up to 100 m.
- Mission
- T1H-1
- Mission type
- Test Flight
- Provider
- European Space Agency
- Target orbit
- Suborbital
Timeline
Scheduled event sequence from Launch Library 2. These are planned milestones, not confirmed telemetry. Events remain unconfirmed until a verified source reports them.
A verified event timeline has not been published for this mission.
Mission intelligence
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Mission activity
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Schedule history
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Rocket
Themis DemonstratorArianeGroup · FranceThemis is an ESA rocket prototype – a flagship European demonstrator for low-cost rocket recovery and reuse technologies. Powered by the reusable, methane-fuelled engine Prometheus, it is developed with ArianeGroup as prime contractor and building on decades of European research and experience in rocketry and space operations, Themis is designed to launch, land vertically and live on for another mission.
Payload
T1H-1
Payload details are described in the mission overview. No independently structured payload manifest or payload mass has been provided by the source.
Target orbit
SCHEMATIC · NOT A FLIGHT TRAJECTORY
- Orbit
- Suborbital
- Classification
- Sub
Launch site
Launch Complex 3B
Esrange Space Center
- Latitude
- 67.87737°
- Longitude
- 21.16500°
- Country
- Sweden
- Time zone
- Europe/Stockholm
Live & mission coverage
No verified official livestream has been announced. Check mission sources for coverage updates.
Sources
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Launch Library 2high · P80
ll.thespacedevs.com · Updated Sep 18, 2026 03:07 UTCMission referencemedium · P60
europeanspaceflight.com · Updated Sep 18, 2026 03:07 UTCOfficial mission updatehigh · P100
www.esa.int · Updated Sep 18, 2026 03:07 UTCMission photographs are provided by the original sources. Their rights remain with their creators; consult the source before reusing an image.