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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David Cavaillolès became CEO of Arianespace in January 2025 following the departure of longtime CEO Stéphane Israël.
Arianespace planned more than five Ariane 6 launches in 2026.
Amazon has booked 18 Ariane 64 flights to deploy part of its Project Kuiper broadband constellation.
Arianespace expected to reach a cadence of ten launches per year in 2029 when it starts deploying IRIS².
The mission designated VA263 was operated by Arianespace.
CSO-3 is the third CSO satellite launched by Arianespace and completes the CSO system.
The CSO-1 and CSO-2 satellites were successfully launched by Arianespace in 2018 and 2020 respectively.
The launch contract for PLATO was signed by ESA Science Director Carole Mundell, ESA Director for Space Transportation Toni Tolker-Nielsen, and Arianespace Chief Commercial Officer Steven Rutgers at the European Space Conference in Brussels.
Avio took over marketing of the Vega rocket from Arianespace in the fall as part of a gradual transfer of launch service provider responsibilities running through the end of 2025.
Avio signed a deed of transfer of all Vega launch contracts that Arianespace had previously signed to Avio.
Arianespace will cease serving as the launch services provider for Vega C after the four launches planned in 2025, with responsibility transitioning to Avio.
Arianespace estimated the Vega C launch delay would be about one day and committed to provide an updated launch date by 2024-11-29.
Arianespace announced on 2024-11-27 that the upcoming Vega C launch of the Sentinel-1C spacecraft would be delayed from 2024-12-03 to allow further precautionary checks and activities on the rocket.
Arianespace contracted the launch of Exotrail’s spacevan aboard a heavy-lift Ariane 64 rocket on 2024-11-19.
Arianespace planned a second Ariane 6 flight for late 2024 but the launcher’s first commercial mission slipped into early 2025.
Arianespace Chief Commercial Officer Steven Rutgers expected to carry out six Ariane 6 launches in 2025 as of September 2024.
On 2024-11-08, Arianespace set the Ariane 6 launch to 2025-01-01 and specified a window from mid-February.
Arianespace Chief Executive Stéphane Israël expected the Ariane 6 launch to take place in December as recently as September 2024.
Arianespace and the European Space Agency were working toward a December 2024 launch for the Ariane 6 rocket.
Arianespace projected the next Ariane 6 launch to take place in the first quarter of 2025, from mid-February.