Ariane 6

OneWeb signed on for the first flight of the Ariane 6 rocket in 2019.

OHB builds Europe’s Galileo satellites and supplies hardware for the Ariane 6 launch vehicle.

Arianespace will perform a dedicated rideshare mission directly to geostationary orbit in the first half of 2022 on an Ariane 64.

Viasat is the first commercial customer to commit to launch on the Ariane 64 launcher.

The Ariane 64 launch vehicle features a modular configuration based on core stages powered by lower and upper liquid propellant modules supplemented by four solid rocket motors.

Under the modified contract, the ViaSat-3 satellite was moved from an Ariane 5 ECA launch vehicle to the Ariane 64 (A64) launcher.

The Ariane 64 configuration provides added performance to deliver a ViaSat-3 satellite into a high-energy geostationary transfer orbit to enable faster on-orbit operations.

Moving the ViaSat-3 launch to the Ariane 64 completes Viasat’s integrated launch strategy designed to achieve on-time launches through launch vehicle diversity and integrated launch planning.

ArianeGroup is the Franco-German company building Europe’s Ariane 6 rocket.

ESA has a ceiling on how much funding it will provide to support the first Ariane 64 mission.

Several prospects exist for the first commercial launch of the Ariane 64, which is planned for 2021.

ESA wants Ariane 64 to be an option for the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) mission but will consider launching JUICE on Ariane 64 only after a commercial Ariane 64 launch has occurred.

ArianeGroup projects that an Ariane 6 rocket takes around two years to build.

ArianeGroup is contracted by the European Space Agency to design and build the Ariane 6 rocket.

Arianespace plans to purchase 14 Ariane 6 rockets and expects to allocate seven of those to institutional missions and seven to commercial missions.

Arianespace hopes to secure seven institutional orders for Ariane 6 before contracting ArianeGroup to produce 14 Ariane 6 rockets.

The European Space Agency tasked ArianeGroup with designing and building the Ariane 6 launcher.

Of the 14 Ariane 6 rockets Arianespace plans to buy, Paris-based Eutelsat assigned five satellites to Ariane 6 missions.