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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Ovzon contracted Arianespace to launch its satellite in 2021 aboard an Ariane 5.
On 2019-08-24 Ovzon exited a preliminary agreement to launch its first fully owned satellite on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy after contracting Arianespace for a 2021 launch aboard an Ariane 5.
GHGSat plans to launch a second satellite later 2019 on an Arianespace Vega rocket.
Arianespace conducted a launch on 2019-08-06 using an Ariane 5 rocket that orbited two satellites.
Arianespace is contracted to launch Eutelsat Quantum on an Ariane 5 rocket.
The 2019-08-06 mission was Arianespace’s seventh launch of the year and its third mission using the Ariane 5 heavy-lift rocket.
EDRS-C is the second SmallGEO satellite built by OHB, following Hispasat-36W-1 which launched in early 2017 on an Arianespace Soyuz.
Arianespace’s board of inquiry was convened to investigate the 2019-07-10 Vega failure and had not completed its work as of 2019-08-05.
On 2019-08-05, Arianespace and SpaceX planned to provide dedicated launches of small satellites to sun-synchronous and geostationary orbits.
Arianespace will perform a dedicated rideshare mission directly to geostationary orbit in the first half of 2022 on an Ariane 64.
Synspective’s first satellite is a 150-kilogram demonstrator slated to launch on an Arianespace Vega rocket in 2020.
The Ariane 5 mission carrying Intelsat-39 and EDRS-C was planned for 2025-07-24, and will be Arianespace’s seventh mission of the year counting the failed Vega mission.
Arianespace had planned four Vega launches for the year, with the first Vega launch occurring on 2019-03-21 carrying the Italian Space Agency’s PRISMA satellite.
Arianespace’s next mission is scheduled for 2019-07-05 using a Vega light-lift rocket to carry the first of two Falcon Eye surveillance satellites for the United Arab Emirates.
Viasat has a launch contract with Arianespace that was upgraded from an Ariane 5 to an Ariane 6 heavy-lift variant with four strap-on boosters.
Viasat and Arianespace modified their original ViaSat-3 satellite launch contract that was signed in 2016.
Arianespace will launch the ViaSat-3 satellite from the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana.
OneWeb launched its first six satellites in February 2018 aboard an Arianespace Soyuz rocket.
Arianespace designed Ariane 6 with capabilities to carry small satellites as piggybacks, secondaries, and to different types of orbits.
Arianespace and Avio will launch Vega C for the first time in March 2020, sending Lares-2 into a 6,000-kilometer orbit at an inclination of 75 degrees.