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 will launch the IS-45 small geostationary communications satellite for Intelsat on an Ariane 6 vehicle in 2026.
Arianespace signed a contract with Intelsat on 2023-09-12 to launch the IS-45 satellite in the first half of 2026.
Arianespace will launch a small geostationary communications satellite for Intelsat on an Ariane 6 in 2026.
Arianespace signed a contract with Intelsat on 2023-09-12 to launch the IS-45 satellite in the first half of 2026.
Arianespace placed the Intelsat 507 satellite into geostationary orbit in October 1983, marking its first launch for Intelsat nearly 40 years before the IS-45 contract.
Amazon awarded contracts in April 2022 to Arianespace, Blue Origin, and United Launch Alliance for up to 83 launches of Ariane 6, New Glenn, and Vulcan Centaur rockets to deploy the 3,236-satellite Project Kuiper constellation.
Arianespace plans the inaugural Ariane 6 flight to occur sometime in 2024.
Arianespace and the European Space Agency plan a long-duration hot-fire test of the Ariane 6 core stage in early October following a successful short-duration hot-fire test on 2023-09-05 and an upper-stage firing test on 2023-09-01.
The Ariane 6 Launcher Task Force consists of management from ESA, CNES, ArianeGroup, and Arianespace.
Arianespace’s Ariane 6 and Blue Origin’s New Glenn were delayed to 2024.
Amazon management informed the board’s audit committee in July 2020 that it was considering Arianespace, Blue Origin, ULA, and a fourth redacted company for Project Kuiper launch contracts.
Amazon selected Blue Origin, United Launch Alliance, and Arianespace for launch contracts announced in April 2022 to support the 3,236-satellite Project Kuiper constellation.
Arianespace is targeting the launch of mission VV23 from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana on Wednesday, 2023-10-04 at 10:36 p.m. local time (2023-10-05, 01:36 a.m. UTC).
Apart from an Arianespace Ariane 5 mission in December that deployed a pair of C-band replacements and a European weather-tracking satellite, all of Intelsat’s recent launches used SpaceX Falcon 9 rockets.
Intelsat launched 10 satellites throughout 1997 using a diversity of rockets including Arianespace’s Ariane 4, Lockheed Martin’s Atlas 2, and Russia’s Proton.
Blue Origin, United Launch Alliance, and Arianespace are expected to perform up to 92 Project Kuiper launches under a launch deal announced in early 2022.
Ariane 6 has not yet launched, causing concern for Arianespace and Europe's space industry due to delays.
Arianespace CEO Stéphane Israël stated that Ariane 5 will be remembered as a legendary launcher.
Arianespace markets and operates Ariane 5 from Europe’s spaceport in French Guiana.
Arianespace had launched more than 1,150 satellites prior to the 2023-07-05 Ariane 5 mission.