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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The VA267 mission represents a major industrial test of Arianespace’s planning, production, and launch operations at scale.
Arianespace successfully completed the VA267 mission from the European spaceport on February 12, 2026.
Arianespace operated the Ariane 6 launch that carried 32 Amazon Leo satellites to low Earth orbit.
Arianespace is the launch service provider for Ariane 6 missions.
Arianespace launched the inaugural flight of the Ariane 64 rocket, a four-booster variant of Ariane 6, and the flight reached orbit.
Arianespace provides launch services and customer integration for Ariane 6 missions.
Arianespace expects Ariane 6 to fly a total of 18 missions to help build Amazon’s planned 7,700-satellite Leo constellation.
Arianespace has confirmed that the next Ariane 6 mission will also carry Amazon satellites.
Arianespace expects the Ariane 6 Ariane 64 configuration to support a sustained launch cadence for constellation deployment.
Arianespace aims to conduct seven to eight Ariane 6 launches from the Guiana Space Centre in 2026 using a mix of A62 and A64 flights.
ArianeGroup’s subscription of new shares made Arianespace a wholly owned subsidiary of ArianeGroup.
Arianespace placed into orbit 32 satellites for Amazon LEO on February 12, 2026.
The mission was the first in a series of 18 launches contracted between Arianespace and Amazon Leo.
Arianespace’s 2026 flight plans include the first flight of the upgraded Block II Ariane 64 variant featuring the more powerful P160C boosters.
Arianespace launched the first Ariane 64 four-booster variant from the Guiana Space Centre on 12 February.
Arianespace conducted four Ariane 62 flights in 2025.
Arianespace’s VA267 mission launched on February 12, 2026 using the Ariane 64 configuration of Ariane 6.
Arianespace carried out a capital restructuring in December 2025 that reduced its share capital to zero and cancelled all 37,206,901 existing shares.
Arianespace planned to launch up to eight Ariane 6 flights in 2026.
Arianespace inaugurated a new configuration of the Ariane 6 rocket by placing 32 Amazon Leo satellites into Low Earth Orbit.