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 markets and operates Ariane 5 from the Guiana Space Center in Kourou with support from the French space agency CNES.
Ariane 5 Mission VA257 is scheduled to launch from Arianespace’s Guiana Space Center on 2022-06-22 during a launch window from 21:03 to 22:43 UTC.
Arianespace used the Soyuz 2.1b vehicle to deploy 34–36 OneWeb satellites per launch.
Amazon’s Project Kuiper announced an agreement to buy up to 83 launches from Arianespace, Blue Origin, and United Launch Alliance.
Amazon selected Arianespace, Blue Origin, and United Launch Alliance on 2022-04-05 to launch up to 3,236 satellites for Project Kuiper.
Arianespace can offer payloads to orbit across a range of applications using Vega-C and Ariane 6.
Arianespace launched Sentinel-1A in 2014 and Sentinel-1B in 2016.
Arianespace was awarded a launch contract by the European Space Agency on behalf of the European Commission to launch Sentinel-1C.
Arianespace won a contract from the European Space Agency to launch Sentinel-1C in the first half of 2023 and the terms of the contract were not disclosed.
Sentinel-1A and Sentinel-1B were launched by Arianespace in 2014 and 2016, respectively.
Arianespace was awarded a launch contract by the European Space Agency on behalf of the European Commission to launch Sentinel-1C.
Arianespace can offer launch solutions using both Vega-C and Ariane 6 to place a wide range of payloads into orbit.
Caleb Henry, a Senior Analyst at Quilty Analytics, moderated a panel featuring launch contract winners Arianespace CEO Stephane Israel, Blue Origin CEO Bob Smith, and ULA CEO Tory Bruno.
Arianespace, based in Evry, France, booked 19 Soyuz launches for OneWeb, including the remaining six needed to complete its constellation.
Amazon purchased up to 83 launches from Arianespace, Blue Origin, and United Launch Alliance for Project Kuiper.
Arianespace will upgrade the solid-fuel strap-on boosters for the Ariane 64 version that will launch Kuiper satellites.
Amazon is purchasing up to 83 launches from Arianespace, Blue Origin, and United Launch Alliance to deploy most of its 3,236-satellite Project Kuiper, in contracts worth several billion dollars.
Arianespace will provide 18 Ariane 6 launches for Project Kuiper.
Arianespace will perform 18 Ariane 6 launches for Amazon’s Project Kuiper over a period of three years from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana.
Arianespace is seeking alternative rides for five missions for European institutional customers that were to launch on Soyuz from French Guiana.