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’s next Ariane 6 launch, VA269, will be an Ariane 64 mission for Amazon Leo designated LE-03.
Arianespace has been contracted by Amazon to carry out 18 missions supporting deployment of Amazon’s satellite constellation.
Arianespace completed a second successful launch aboard Ariane 6 for Amazon Leo.
On April 30, 2026, Arianespace launched 32 Amazon Leo satellites into low Earth orbit aboard Ariane 6 in its Ariane 64 configuration from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana.
Arianespace completed a second launch for Amazon Leo with Ariane 6 on April 30, 2026.
The Amazon Leo launch was Arianespace’s second successful launch for the constellation.
Arianespace launched and deployed 32 Amazon Leo satellites into low Earth orbit on April 30, 2026.
Arianespace deployed all 32 satellites over 12 separation events lasting roughly 25 minutes in total.
Arianespace successfully launched and deployed Amazon Leo on Ariane 6 on April 30, 2026.
Arianespace completed a €200,020,000 capital increase through the issuance of 10,001 new shares fully subscribed by ArianeGroup.
Arianespace will deploy 32 Amazon LEO satellites into orbit on the VA268 mission.
Arianespace deployed the 32 Amazon satellites into low Earth orbit at an altitude of between 450 and 470 kilometres.
Arianespace accumulated losses of €372 million by the end of 2025.
Arianespace’s revenues fell from €1.4 billion in 2015 to €152 million in 2024.
Ariane 64 is an Arianespace launch vehicle.
Amazon Leo and Arianespace completed a successful mission on April 30, 2026.
The recapitalisation made Arianespace a wholly owned subsidiary of ArianeGroup.
Amazon said it would move to a lower target insertion altitude beginning with its fourth flight with Arianespace.
In December, Arianespace reduced its share capital to zero, cancelled all 37,206,901 existing shares, and launched a recapitalisation process.
Arianespace’s revenue decline reflects the retirement of Ariane 5, the delay in Ariane 6’s introduction, the rise of SpaceX as the dominant commercial launch provider, and repeated failures of the Vega-C rocket.