ArianeGroup, a joint venture between Airbus and Safran, is a key industrial player in the European space sector, specializing in the development and manufacture of civil and military space launchers. As the prime contractor for the Ariane 6 launcher, it provides propulsion systems, equipment, and services for space vehicles and satellites. The company also develops future space transportation solutions and is involved in defense systems, including the French oceanic deterrent force M51 strategic missile.
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ArianeGroup delivers a flightworthy launcher on the launch pad to its subsidiary Arianespace, which sells and operates Ariane 5 from the Guiana Space Center in French Guiana.
ArianeGroup released a concept for a vehicle called Smart Upper Stage for Innovative Exploration (SUSIE) designed as a reusable upper stage for Ariane 6 that could be used for cargo and crew transportation.
The European Space Agency funds and manages Ariane 6 developments and ArianeGroup implements the launcher system as prime contractor.
The developments for Ariane 6 are funded and managed by the European Space Agency and implemented by ArianeGroup.
The contract will support ArianeGroup’s ramp-up to full production rate by 2025.
Airbus and ArianeGroup signed a contract for the next transition batch of Ariane 6 large carbon fiber structures.
ArianeGroup and MT Aerospace will develop, build, and test the carbon composite PHOEBUS demonstrator in two steps.
ArianeGroup signed exploitation contracts with Sabca, Europropulsion, Avio, and MTAerospace for elements of the Ariane 6 program.
ArianeGroup will undertake assembly and testing of the PHOEBUS demonstrator using components manufactured by MT Aerospace.
ArianeGroup intends to use PHOEBUS to raise the maturity level of cryogenic composite technologies for the next Ariane 6 upper stage.
ArianeGroup received a €50 million agreement from the European Space Agency to continue development of the PHOEBUS super-light carbon composite upper stage demonstrator.
The Airbus contract will support ArianeGroup’s ramp up to full production rate of Ariane 6 by 2025.
Airbus and ArianeGroup signed a contract for the next transition batch of Ariane 6 large carbon fiber structures.
ArianeGroup is seeking investment and support to increase the cadence of Ariane 6 beyond the up-to-12-per-year production rate currently built in.
After flight model integration, the M1 lander was packed and shipped from the ArianeGroup facility to the IABG GmbH Space Centre in Ottobrunn, Germany for final testing.
ArianeGroup and the European Space Agency began a campaign of hot-fire tests of the Ariane 6 upper stage and its Vinci engine at Lampoldshausen, Germany on 2022-10-05 and announced the campaign on 2022-10-06.
Thales Alenia Space signed a contract with ArianeGroup to develop a range safeguard system for the Ariane 6 launch vehicle.
Thales Alenia Space signed a contract with ArianeGroup to produce the range safeguard system for the Ariane 6 launch vehicle.
ArianeGroup qualified the launcher’s fully integrated avionics network at its development center in Les Mureaux near Paris, France in March 2022.
After completion of flight model integration, the M1 lander was packed and shipped from the ArianeGroup facility to the IABG GmbH Space Centre in Germany for final testing.