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Pangea Aerospace is developing the MESO small launch vehicle around an aerospike engine, designed for higher efficiency across altitudes than conventional bell nozzles.
PRE-REVENUEPangea Aerospace, now trading as Pangea Propulsion, is a Barcelona-based company that develops rocket and in-space propulsion systems, including the ARCOS aerospike engine; it dropped its MESO small launch vehicle in 2023 to focus on propulsion.
Pangea Aerospace is pushing the boundaries of propulsion technology with its development of aerospike engines for the MESO small launch vehicle. Aerospike engines are altitude-compensating, meaning they maintain higher efficiency throughout the flight than traditional bell nozzles, which are optimized for a single altitude. Based in Barcelona, the company has conducted hot-fire tests of its aerospike engine and is working toward integrating the technology into a complete launch vehicle for the European small satellite market.
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1 of 5 inputs measured · Insufficient data · 25% of applicable weight backed by data
Not measured: Headcount, Market value, Reported revenue
Not measured: Open-role change (90 days)
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1 private round on record. Debt, grants, state capital, owner funding and acquisitions are listed under Funding history by class and not added in.
Planned small launcher with an in-house methalox aerospike engine; Pangea abandoned the rocket in early 2023 to focus on engines such as ARCOS.
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Compiled Oct 14, 2026 from 1 public record. Every figure links the record it comes from.
Latest sourced round
Series A: €23.0M (about $25.1M)
Lead recorded as Hyperion Fund. Dollar figure converted at 1.0918 EUR/USD (ECB euro foreign exchange reference rates) on Mar 18, 2025
Source: European Spaceflight
Announced Mar 18, 2025
Andre-Hubert Roussel
Took part in Series A (Mar 18, 2025)
European Spaceflight, Mar 18, 2025
Took part in Series A (Mar 18, 2025)
European Spaceflight, Mar 18, 2025
Recorded as lead of Series A (Mar 18, 2025)
European Spaceflight, Mar 18, 2025
Took part in Series A (Mar 18, 2025)
European Spaceflight, Mar 18, 2025
APA
SpaceNexus. (2026, October 14). Pangea Aerospace: Company dossier [Data set]. Retrieved October 14, 2026, from https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/pangea-aerospace
Chicago
SpaceNexus. "Pangea Aerospace: Company dossier." Data as of October 14, 2026. Accessed October 14, 2026. https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/pangea-aerospace.
BibTeX
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author = {{SpaceNexus}},
title = {{Pangea Aerospace}: Company dossier},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
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url = {https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/pangea-aerospace},
urldate = {2026-10-14},
note = {Data as of 2026-10-14; each fact links its primary source}
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