Centre européen pour la construction de lanceurs d'engins spatiaux
Arianespace is a multinational company and a leading commercial launch service provider, marketing and operating launch vehicles like Ariane 5, Soyuz, and Vega, and the upcoming Ariane 6. As a subsidiary of ArianeGroup, it plays a crucial role in providing independent access to space, particularly for European organizations and governments. Arianespace launches missions from the Guiana Space Centre and works with partners like the European Space Agency (ESA) and Centre National d’Études Spatiales (CNES). Key activities include preparing missions, managing customer relations, and offering a wide range of space-based applications, including telecommunications, science, navigation, and Earth observation.
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Arianespace had €372 million in accumulated losses by the end of 2025.
Arianespace’s Ariane 64 rocket conducted its first launch from French Guiana at 8:45am carrying 32 Amazon low-Earth-orbit satellites.
Arianespace demonstrated Ariane 6 in its full-power Ariane 64 configuration to support large-scale constellation deployments.
Arianespace’s revenues declined from €1.4 billion in 2015 to €152 million in 2024.
Arianespace conducted a successful first launch using the Ariane 64 rocket on February 12, 2026 to deploy the Leo satellites.
VA267 was the first of a series of 18 Ariane 6 launches contracted by Amazon Leo.
Arianespace is working to clear a backlog in order to ensure availability of Ariane 6 rockets for Europe’s IRIS2 secure communications constellation.
Arianespace launched the first Ariane 6 two-booster configuration (Ariane 62) in July 2024.
The flight was the first mission for Arianespace’s Ariane 64 launcher, a configuration of the Ariane 6 platform that uses four boosters.
Arianespace immediately completed a €200,020,000 capital increase through issuance of 10,001 new shares fully subscribed by ArianeGroup.
Arianespace plans to conduct ten Ariane 6 launches in 2027.
The payload on the Ariane 64 mission was the heaviest payload Arianespace had placed into orbit.
Arianespace is responsible for commercial operations of the Ariane 6 launcher.
LE-01 was the first of 18 missions Amazon has contracted Arianespace to conduct to deploy its Amazon LEO constellation.
The central core of the Arianespace Ariane 64 rocket was photographed ahead of the first Ariane 6 Amazon Leo launch.
Arianespace is scheduled to perform its first mission for Amazon Leo on Feb. 12.
Amazon Leo is launching 32 new satellites with Arianespace in a mission targeted for Feb. 12.
Amazon booked almost all of its initial deployment capacity on three launch vehicles that had not yet flown or were in early testing: ULA’s Vulcan, Arianespace’s Ariane 6, and Blue Origin’s New Glenn.
Amazon initially diversified launch bookings across United Launch Alliance, Arianespace, and Blue Origin.
A major Amazon Leo launch is scheduled for February 12, 2026 on an Arianespace rocket carrying a batch of 32 satellites.