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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Amazon acquired up to 83 launches from Arianespace, Blue Origin, and United Launch Alliance in April 2022 to deploy its Kuiper constellation.
Arianespace is working to perform a first launch of the Ariane 6 before the end of 2023.
Arianespace signed a contract on 2023-03-14 with the European Space Agency, acting on behalf of the Italian government, to launch the IRIDE constellation of imaging satellites.
Arianespace is experiencing difficulty making money launching 50- to 100-kilogram small satellites at Transporter reference prices.
D-Orbit launched its first ION in September 2020 aboard an Arianespace VEGA launcher.
Ovzon had planned to piggyback Ovzon 3 on one of Arianespace’s Ariane 5 rockets between December and February after missing an earlier 2022 slot due to Maxar Technologies’ supply chain issues.
On 2023-02-03 Ovzon postponed the launch of its first owned satellite by at least five months after manufacturing delays forced a switch of launch provider from Arianespace to SpaceX.
Arianespace and the European Space Agency established an independent commission to investigate the 2022-12-20 Vega C failure.
South Korea selected Arianespace’s Vega C rocket to launch the multipurpose imaging satellite KOMPSAT-6.
D-Orbit completed its first commercial ION Satellite Carrier mission in September 2020 aboard an Arianespace VEGA launcher.
Spaceflight reached an agreement in August 2022 to launch its OTVs on Arianespace’s Vega launch vehicles, including the next-generation Vega C rocket.
Arianespace and the European Space Agency jointly opened an investigation into the Vega C malfunction that occurred on 2022-12-20.
D-Orbit launched its first ION in September 2020 aboard an Arianespace VEGA launcher.
Two pairs of Europe’s Galileo navigation satellites are scheduled to fly in 2023 on Arianespace Ariane 6 rockets.
Arianespace and the European Space Agency will establish an independent commission to investigate the Vega C launch failure on 2022-12-20 that resulted in the loss of two satellites.
The original Arianespace Vega C commercial flight for Pléiades Neo 5 and 6 was planned for 2022-11-24 at 10:47 p.m. local time (01:47 UTC on 2022-11-25).
During launch campaigns, Arianespace works closely with CNES, which manages the European Spaceport launch range and looks after satellite preparation facilities and population protection.
Pléiades Neo 5 and 6 would be the 139th and 138th Airbus Defence and Space satellites launched by Arianespace respectively.
The European Union awarded Arianespace a contract on 2022-11-29 for five Vega C launches of Sentinel satellites.
Arianespace’s Vega C failed to reach orbit on 2022-12-20 after its second stage malfunctioned, destroying two Pléiades Neo imaging satellites.