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 and SpaceX are lined up to launch Intelsat’s C-band replacement satellites starting 2022-10-06.
A batch of 36 OneWeb satellites that Arianespace had been preparing to launch from Kazakhstan in March 2022 was stranded in Kazakhstan after the mission was scrapped.
Arianespace will support OneWeb’s upcoming launches, including providing satellite dispenser services for the two missions conducted by NewSpace India Limited.
Arianespace deployed 428 of OneWeb’s planned 648 satellites before suspending its 19-launch contract.
OneWeb and Arianespace signed a new agreement that follows an earlier suspension of launches on 2022-09-13.
Arianespace had aimed to perform six more Soyuz missions under a 19-launch contract to complete OneWeb’s constellation, including a launch of spare satellites for in-orbit backup capacity.
Arianespace reached a settlement deal on 2022-09-13 that could revive its launch services agreement with OneWeb.
Arianespace is supporting OneWeb’s upcoming launches by providing satellite dispenser services for two missions to be performed by NewSpace India Limited, part of ISRO.
Arianespace used Russia’s Soyuz rocket to deploy 428 of OneWeb’s planned 648 broadband satellites before its launch campaign for OneWeb halted in March.
Arianespace launched the Konnect VHTS satellite for Eutelsat on 2022-09-07.
Arianespace scheduled its third launch of 2022 and the second Ariane 5 mission of the year to carry the geostationary satellite EUTELSAT KONNECT VHTS.
SAB-LS’s partnership with Arianespace provides flexible and direct access to launch capacity for smallsat customers seeking launches on European vehicles.
Once launched from Arianespace’s launchpad in French Guiana, Ovzon 3 will take about four months to enter service and will provide five steerable beams.
Arianespace had planned to fly Ovzon 3 earlier in 2022 on an Ariane 5 rocket alongside Eutelsat’s Konnect VHTS satellite.
Arianespace is seeking to add Ovzon 3 to one of three remaining Ariane 5 flights before transitioning to the Ariane 6.
Arianespace launched Eutelsat Quantum and the StarOne D2 payload on an Ariane 5 on 2021-07-30.
Spaceflight reached an agreement on 2022-08-08 to access Arianespace Vega launch vehicles through Italy’s SAB Launch Services for future space tug launches.
Arianespace launched Measat-3d on 2022-06-22 aboard an Ariane 5 rocket to operate at 91.5 degrees East.
ESA signed a contract with Arianespace in April for the Vega-C launch of Sentinel-1C with the launch originally scheduled for some time in the first half of 2023.
Arianespace launched the first Vega C rocket from the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana on Wednesday, 2022-07-13 at 10:13 a.m. local time.