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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GHGSat launched the Iris satellite on 2020-09-02 on an Arianespace Vega rocket from the Guiana Space Center in Kourou.
OneWeb announced on 2020-09-21 that it had a revised contract with Arianespace to permit launches of its satellites on Soyuz rockets to resume in December.
A federal bankruptcy court approved a separate motion on 2020-09-15 for an additional $9,950,000 in debtor-in-possession financing to pay a $9,750,000 deposit to Arianespace to resume launch preparations.
Arianespace requires receipt of a $9,750,000 deposit before commencing the preparatory work necessary to resume OneWeb’s launch schedule.
Arianespace and OneWeb executed a revised launch contract on 2020-09-21 that allows OneWeb launches to resume in December using Soyuz rockets.
OneWeb revised a contract with Arianespace on 2020-09-21 to resume launches using 16 Soyuz rockets over a two-year period starting in December.
Arianespace will conduct 16 Soyuz launches for OneWeb, each carrying 34–36 satellites, to complete OneWeb’s internet megaconstellation by the end of 2022.
Arianespace and OneWeb revised their launch contract on 2020-09-21 to cover OneWeb’s constellation deployment with three fewer launches than originally planned.
Arianespace will launch two of Intelsat’s satellites on an Ariane 5 in 2022 and will launch Galaxy-37 on an Ariane 6 in 2023.
Arianespace launched a Vega rocket on 2020-09-02, ending a 14-month hiatus for the vehicle.
On 2020-09-03 at 3:51:10 a.m. CEST, ION SVC LUCAS launched from the Vega Launch Complex in Kourou, French Guiana aboard an Arianespace Vega rocket on the VV16 Small Spacecraft Mission Service Proof of Concept flight.
The Arianespace Vega VV16 mission placed ION in a Sun-synchronous orbit at approximately 515 km altitude.
Arianespace plans regular SSMS missions in the future with the next-generation Vega C, which is expected to launch in 2021.
Arianespace’s Vega rocket launch VV16 launched 7 microsatellites and 46 CubeSats into orbit.
Arianespace and Avio were ready to launch Vega in June 2020 but upper-level winds delayed the mission into August 2020.
Arianespace’s Vega rocket mission VV16 launched 7 microsatellites and 46 CubeSats into orbit.
Arianespace launched two communications satellites and a satellite servicer on an Ariane 5 rocket on 2020-08-15 from the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana.
Arianespace completed its first launch since reopening the Guiana Space Center in Kourou with the 2020-08-15 Ariane 5 mission.
CNES and Arianespace resumed spaceport activities in French Guiana in May, enabling Ariane 5 and Vega launches from the Guiana Space Center.
Arianespace planned a Vega mission for 2020-09-01 carrying 53 smallsats after that mission experienced delays from upper-level winds earlier in the year.