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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SES originally planned to launch SES-12 on an Ariane 5 rocket from Arianespace but switched that satellite with one of its SpaceX missions in August.
An Arianespace Ariane 5 anomaly sent SES-14 into the wrong orbit, requiring an estimated four weeks of additional maneuvering with onboard propellant to reach geostationary slot.
Viasat’s ViaSat-2 and Inmarsat’s European Aviation Network satellite were originally slated for 2016 Falcon Heavy launches and launched on Arianespace Ariane 5 rockets last June.
Arianespace has orbited more than 570 satellites since 1980 using its family of three launchers—Ariane, Soyuz and Vega—from launch sites in French Guiana and Baikonur, Kazakhstan.
Arianespace is a subsidiary of ArianeGroup, which holds 74% of Arianespace’s share capital, with the balance held by 17 other shareholders from the European launcher industry.
Vega is part of the Arianespace launcher family alongside the Ariane 5 heavyweight launcher and the Soyuz medium-lift vehicle, all operated from the Guiana Space Center.
OneWeb plans to launch its first 10 satellites late 2018 on an Arianespace Soyuz rocket.
Thales Alenia Space originally planned to launch Bangabandhu-1 on an Arianespace Ariane 5 rocket but switched to SpaceX at Bangladesh’s request.
Thales Alenia Space’s winning bid listed Arianespace’s Ariane 5 as the default launcher for Bangabandhu-1.
Arianespace has 21 Soyuz launches contracted to launch the bulk of OneWeb’s first-generation constellation and holds options for additional Soyuz launches and Ariane 6 launches.
The European Space Agency relies on Vega, the light-lift rocket produced mainly in Italy and operated by the European launch consortium Arianespace, for future launches formerly served by Rockot.
Avio, ArianeGroup, Arianespace, CNES, and ESA agreed in 2016 to reshape allocation of responsibilities at Kourou toward greater industry responsibility.
On 2018-04-24, Arianespace canceled an Ariane 5 launch after the Indian Space Research Organisation recalled its GSAT-11 satellite to an ISRO test facility in Bangalore for additional technical checks.
Arianespace scheduled its next mission for July 2018 to launch four Galileo navigation satellites for the European Commission and the European Space Agency.
Arianespace plans to launch the SSL-built Azerspace-2/Intelsat-38 sometime in summer 2018 with a different co-passenger.
Arianespace launched ViaSat-2 from Kourou, French Guiana on 2017-06-01.
ViaSat Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT) launched the ViaSat-2 satellite aboard an Arianespace Ariane 5 ECA launch vehicle.
Arianespace provided launch services for ViaSat-2 using its Ariane 5 ECA launch vehicle.
An Arianespace Ariane 5 ECA launch vehicle will send the 6,418 kg ViaSat-2 satellite into geostationary transfer orbit.
Arianespace’s Ariane 5 ECA launch vehicle will send ViaSat-2 into geostationary transfer orbit.