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 Airbus have signed the launch contract for the CO3D constellation developed with the French CNES space agency.
Vega is the new-generation, highly versatile member of Arianespace’s launcher family alongside the heavy-lift Ariane 5 and medium-lift Soyuz, deployed from the Guiana Space Center.
EUMETSAT selected Arianespace for the launch of its MTG-I2 imaging satellite by confirming an option that was placed in July 2015 initially on Ariane 5 and will now use an Ariane 6.
Since June 1981, Arianespace has launched 13 satellites for EUMETSAT.
ESA signed a contract with ClearSpace on 2020-11-13 to complete the safe deorbiting of a payload adapter launched aboard the second flight of the Arianespace Vega rocket in 2013.
FalconEye was the 23rd satellite launched by Arianespace produced jointly by Airbus Defence and Space and Thales Alenia Space.
Arianespace performed two previous Soyuz launches in 2020 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in February and March.
Arianespace will launch a set of OneWeb satellites on a Soyuz from the Vostochny Cosmodrome on 2020-12-17.
An Arianespace Soyuz ST-A rocket launched the Falcon Eye 2 reconnaissance satellite for the United Arab Emirates on 2020-12-01.
OneWeb anticipates completing its initial 650-satellite constellation in 2022 using 16 Soyuz launches it has under contract with Arianespace.
The 36 satellites will launch on a Soyuz rocket in December under a revised launch contract with Arianespace announced in September.
Arianespace CEO Stéphane Israël offered his deepest apologies to the company’s customers for the failure.
CIMR is scheduled to launch in 2028 on an Arianespace Vega C rocket.
Arianespace will launch Vega flight VV17 on 2020-11-16 with a nighttime liftoff from the Spaceport in French Guiana.
Vega will deploy TARANIS at 1 hour, 42 minutes into the mission, marking the conclusion of Arianespace Flight VV17.
Arianespace will perform a Vega launch on 2020-11-16 from Kourou, French Guiana at 10:52 pm local time.
D-Orbit launched its In-Orbit Now (ION) Satellite Carrier on 2020-09-03 on an Arianespace Vega rocket.
Ovzon signed an agreement with Arianespace in 2019 to launch the satellite called Ovzon-3 in the fourth quarter of 2021 on an Ariane 5 rocket.
PhiSat-1 launched on 2020-09-02 from French Guiana on an Arianespace satellite ride-share mission.
The JWST program worked with Arianespace to change air vents in the Ariane 5 payload fairing.