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 its final three Ariane 5 missions next year, including ESA’s Juice mission to Jupiter, and will then transition to the first launch of the Ariane 6.
Arianespace is due to deploy a pair of Intelsat’s remaining C-band replacement satellites before the end of 2022.
The EAGLE-1 satellite will be launched for SES by Arianespace on a Vega C rocket from French Guiana as early as 2024-10-01.
Vega C successfully completed its inaugural flight on 2022-07-13 and has entered an operational phase under the responsibility of Arianespace.
Arianespace will launch the EAGLE-1 satellite for SES on a Vega C rocket from French Guiana as early as 2024-10-01.
Arianespace plans to deploy Spaceflight’s Sherpa orbital transfer vehicles from Vega rockets.
Arianespace and Space Machines Company signed a deal on 2022-10-30 to lay the groundwork for cooperation that could lead to jointly offering post-launch in-space logistics services.
Arianespace is pursuing opportunities with customers requesting direct GEO injection or specific LEO and MEO orbits.
Arianespace and Space Machines Company intend to collaborate on joint commercial offers to customers requiring high quality of service and specific mission scenarios.
In 2020, Arianespace deployed the first ION Satellite Carrier space tug for Italy’s D-Orbit using an earlier iteration of Vega C.
OneWeb used the Indian GSLV 2022-03-03 rocket for the first time after previously using Arianespace and Soyuz rockets.
Arianespace completed the Vega C maiden flight in July, deploying an Italian physics satellite and six cubesats.
Arianespace is scheduled to launch Pléiades Neo 5 and 6 in late November from its launchpad in Kourou, French Guiana.
Pléiades Neo 5 and Pléiades Neo 6 are scheduled to launch at the end of November on the first commercial mission of the Vega C rocket operated by Arianespace.
OneWeb used the Indian GSLV 2022-03-03 rocket for the first time on this launch after previously using Arianespace and Soyuz rockets.
ESA developed and qualified Ariane 5 adaptations for the Webb mission and procured the launch service from Arianespace.
Amazon has secured up to 92 launches with United Launch Alliance, Arianespace, and Blue Origin to deploy a Project Kuiper constellation of 3,236 satellites.
Arianespace is due to deploy two of Intelsat’s C-band replacement satellites in the fourth quarter of 2022.
Beyond Gravity provided dispensers that Arianespace used to deploy 428 of OneWeb’s planned 648 satellites on Soyuz launch vehicles.
Arianespace reached a settlement deal with OneWeb and will support upcoming launches, including providing satellite dispenser services from India.