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 is working on final preparations to the launch facilities in French Guiana to support the upcoming Ariane 6 launch and subsequent launches.
SpaceX launched Intelsat 35e in 2017 and Arianespace launched Intelsat 37e in 2017.
Arianespace will launch the Sentinel-1C Copernicus satellite for the European Commission under a contract signed with the European Space Agency (ESA).
The Ariane 6 Launcher Task Force consists of top management from ESA, CNES, ArianeGroup, and Arianespace.
Arianespace purchases Soyuz launch vehicles and launches them from French Guiana.
Arianespace scrubbed the Tuesday night launch attempt and is working towards a launch opportunity on Wednesday, 2024-09-04.
Amazon’s multi-billion-dollar launch campaign for Project Kuiper includes Arianespace, Blue Origin, and SpaceX to help deploy more than 3,200 satellites.
Arianespace reported its plans for a second launch of the Ariane 6 vehicle in late 2023.
Arianespace plans to compete with SpaceX's Starship while focusing on customer segments that will continue to invest in their services.
Caroline Arnoux is the head of the Ariane 6 program at Arianespace.
Arianespace's chief commercial officer Steven Rutgers stated that Starship's primary mission in its initial years will be to launch the Starlink constellation and support NASA's lunar ambitions.
The Ariane 6 Launcher Task Force consists of top management from ESA, CNES, ArianeGroup, and Arianespace.
Amazon’s Kuiper program contracted up to 83 launches from Arianespace, Blue Origin, and United Launch Alliance, which is characterized as the largest commercial launch deal and could imply launch Capex as high as $6,000,000,000 to $10,000,000,000 at current market prices.
The European Space Agency and the joint team including ArianeGroup, Arianespace, and the French space agency CNES expect the Ariane 6 inaugural launch to take place in the first two weeks of July.
The Ariane 6 Launcher Task Force consists of top management from ESA, CNES, ArianeGroup, and Arianespace.
ESA signed a launch contract on 2024-04-30 with Arianespace for Vega C to launch the SMILE mission into a highly elliptical orbit in late 2025.
Airbus lost two Pleiades Neo satellites in a 2022 ArianeSpace Vega C launch failure.
The Ariane 6 Launcher Task Force consists of top management from ESA, CNES, ArianeGroup, and Arianespace.
An industry consortium that includes Airbus Defence and Space, Thales Alenia Space, and Arianespace completed a final proposal to the European Commission for the IRIS² constellation with the expectation that the contract would be awarded by the end of March.
The Ariane 6 Launcher Task Force includes top management from ESA, CNES, ArianeGroup, and Arianespace.