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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SES-17 was launched in October 2021 from Arianespace’s Guiana Space Centre in French Guiana.
Intelsat has contracted Arianespace and SpaceX for launches starting in 2022 to support its C-band clearing plan.
Ovzon is negotiating with other launch providers in addition to Arianespace to secure a 2022 launch for Ovzon-3.
Ovzon originally planned to launch Ovzon-3 on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy before selecting Arianespace in 2019.
Arianespace is slated to launch the Galaxy 35 and Galaxy 36 C-band broadcast satellites for Intelsat on a single Ariane 5 2022.
Arianespace had been preparing to launch Ovzon-3 alongside Eutelsat’s Konnect VHTS on an Ariane 5 mission.
Arianespace launched a pair of satellites on the Ariane 5 rocket on 2022-06-22 from the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana.
Arianespace scheduled its next launch for 2022-07-07 to perform the maiden flight of Vega C, the successor to Europe’s small launch vehicle Vega.
Arianespace scheduled the next Ariane 5 mission for 2022-09-06 to launch Eutelsat’s Konnect VHTS satellite.
Arianespace sells and operates the Ariane 5 from the Guiana Space Center in French Guiana.
During launch campaigns, Arianespace works closely with CNES, which is the design authority for the Ariane 5 and controls the satellite preparation facilities at the Guiana Space Center.
Arianespace’s second launch of 2022 will place the MEASAT-3d and GSAT-24 satellites into geostationary transfer orbit from Kourou, French Guiana.
SES-17 was the 37th SES satellite launched by Arianespace and the 30th SES satellite built by Thales Alenia Space.
SES-17 is the 37th SES satellite launched by Arianespace and the 30th SES satellite built by Thales Alenia Space.
Arianespace had been using Russian Soyuz rockets to launch 32–36 satellites per OneWeb mission but paused deployments in March 2022 following sanctions resulting from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Arianespace expects to deploy satellites for Europe’s Galileo navigation constellation with Ariane 6 in the mission that follows its inaugural launch.
Vivian Quenet presented Arianespace’s launch timetable on 2022-06-01 at Asia Satellite Business Week in Singapore.
Vega C’s debut will be Arianespace’s second launch of the year after an Ariane 5 mission set to lift off 2022-06-22 from French Guiana with a pair of geostationary satellites from Malaysia and India.
Arianespace launched SES-17 in October 2021 from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.
Arianespace scheduled the Ariane 5 launch for 2022-06-22 with a liftoff window that opens at 5:03 p.m. Eastern and lasts one hour and forty minutes.