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The cost goal is to manufacture the Prometheus engine at one-tenth the cost of the Ariane 5’s first-stage engine.[4][3]Table of ContentsGeneral characteristics[edit]History[edit]See also[edit]References[edit]External links[edit]General characteristics[edit]The engine is planned to have the following features:History[edit]The European Space Agency (ESA) began funding Prometheus engine development in June 2017 with \u20ac85 million provided through the Future Launchers Preparatory Programme, 63% of which coming from France.[1]By June 2017, Patrick Bonguet, lead of the Ariane 6 launch vehicle program at Arianespace, indicated that it was possible the Prometheus engine could find a use on a future version of the expendable Ariane\u00a06 launcher. In this scenario, a “streamlined version of Vulcain rocket engine called Vulcain\u00a02.1 would have the same performance as Vulcain\u00a02”. The expendable Ariane\u00a06 was then expected to make an initial launch in 2020.[4]By June 2020, the ESA was on board with this plan and had agreed to completely fund the development of the Prometheus precursor engine to bring the “engine design to a technical maturity suitable for industry”. The objective of the overall program as stated in June 2020 was to utilize Prometheus technology to eventually “lower the cost of production by a factor of ten of the current main stage Ariane\u00a05 Vulcain\u00a02 engine”.[3]See also[edit]References[edit]^ a b Henry, Caleb (5 October 2017). “France’s Prometheus reusable engine becomes ESA project, gets funding boost”. SpaceNews. Retrieved 9 January 2018.^ Patureau de Mirand, Antoine (July 2019). Ariane Next, a vision for a reusable cost efficient European rocket (PDF). 8th European Conference for Aeronautics and Space Sciences. doi:10.13009\/EUCASS2019-949. Retrieved 18 August 2021.^ a b c d “ESA moves ahead on low-cost reusable rocket engine”. European Space Agency. 4 June 2020. Retrieved 4 June 2020.^ a b Henry, Caleb (8 January 2018). “France, Germany studying reusability with a subscale flyback booster”. SpaceNews. Retrieved 9 January 2018.^ a b c d Iannetti, A.; Girard, N.; Tchou-kien, D.; Bonhomme, C.; Ravier, N.; Edeline, E. (July 2017). PROMETHEUS, A LOX\/LCH4 REUSABLE ROCKET ENGINE (PDF). 7th European Conference for Aeronautics and Space Sciences. doi:10.13009\/EUCASS2017-537. 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