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ArianeGroup

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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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History · 1 eventJun 30, 2016 · Airbus and Safran combine launcher activities into Airbus Safran Launchers (renamed ArianeGroup, 2017)
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Avio supplies the motor cases for Ariane 6’s solid rocket boosters and ArianeGroup supplies the nozzles.

RelationshipsValue 4.0Nov 22, 2019Five upgrades ArianeGroup wants Europe to consider for Ariane 6

ArianeGroup has 3D printed parts on the Ariane 5 and plans to include more 3D printed parts on the Ariane 6, which debuts in 2020.

PlanCapabilityValue 3.8Nov 21, 2019Space hardware manufacturers urge realistic expectations for 3D printing

ArianeGroup is 3D printing an injector head for the Ariane 6 that reduced the part count from thousands to one, creating new inspection challenges.

CapabilityValue 4.0Nov 21, 2019Space hardware manufacturers urge realistic expectations for 3D printing

ArianeGroup manufactures the heavy-lift Ariane 5 rocket and is developing the upcoming Ariane 6 rocket.

CapabilityPlanValue 4.0Nov 19, 2019European spaceport boom could benefit industry

Roughly 100 of the 550 people employed at ArianeGroup’s Bremen site are working in the new integration facility.

CapabilityGrowthValue 3.0Oct 30, 2019WRC-19 begins • Hiber buys green thrusters • Ariane 6 facility inaugurated in Germany

ESA and prime contractor ArianeGroup have two Prometheus engines currently being built using funds granted at ESA’s 2016 ministerial and earlier work supported by the French space agency CNES.

CapabilityFinancialRelationshipsValue 4.0Oct 21, 2019ESA to seek funding for more Prometheus reusable engines at ministerial

ArianeGroup has considered using Prometheus on the Ariane 6 rocket, which debuts in 2020.

PlanValue 2.0Oct 21, 2019ESA to seek funding for more Prometheus reusable engines at ministerial

GKN Aerospace, an ArianeGroup supplier, is cutting 1,000 jobs from a global staff of 18,000 as part of a restructuring.

GrowthRelationshipsValue 3.0Sep 4, 2019Facebook, Hughes start Colombian Wi-Fi service • Ariane 6 supplier GKN Aerospace cutting 1,000 jobs

The European Space Agency awarded the lunar lander study to a team that included PTScientists and ArianeGroup in January.

RelationshipsValue 4.0Sep 2, 2019PTScientists acquired, to continue lunar lander work

The European Space Agency awarded contracts to ArianeGroup and MT Aerospace on 2019-05-14 to develop a prototype upper stage called PHOEBUS.

RelationshipsCapabilityPlanValue 4.6May 15, 2019Prototype Ariane 6 carbon-composite upper stage gets ESA funding

ArianeGroup is the Franco-German company building Europe’s Ariane 6 rocket.

CapabilityValue 3.0May 15, 2019Prototype Ariane 6 carbon-composite upper stage gets ESA funding

ArianeGroup and Avio are using booster commonality of the P120C between Ariane 6 and Vega C to increase production scale and lower costs for both rockets.

GrowthCapabilityPlanValue 4.0May 10, 2019Avio gets ESA assurance for transition missions from Vega to Vega C

The two Eutelsat Hotbird broadcast satellites that Airbus is building will use reflectors different from ArianeGroup’s newly developed version.

CapabilityRelationshipsValue 3.8May 6, 2019ArianeGroup applying launch cost reduction targets to satellite components

ArianeGroup, the Airbus-Safran joint venture, builds satellite components through a division inherited from Airbus Defence and Space in 2015.

CapabilityRelationshipsValue 3.0May 6, 2019ArianeGroup applying launch cost reduction targets to satellite components

ArianeGroup received an order from Airbus Defence and Space for 10 reflector antennas for two Eutelsat Hotbird broadcast satellites that Airbus is building.

RelationshipsGeneralValue 4.0May 6, 2019ArianeGroup applying launch cost reduction targets to satellite components

ArianeGroup aims to build the Ariane 6 at least 40 percent cheaper than the Ariane 5.

FinancialPlanValue 4.0May 6, 2019ArianeGroup applying launch cost reduction targets to satellite components

ArianeGroup reduced production time for reflector antennas to six to nine months from an average of 10 to 14 months by using a design-to-manufacturer approach.

CapabilityPlanValue 4.0May 6, 2019ArianeGroup applying launch cost reduction targets to satellite components

ESA and ArianeGroup plan 14 Ariane 6 missions during the Ariane 5-to-Ariane 6 transition scheduled from 2020 to 2023.

PlanGrowthValue 4.0Apr 18, 2019ArianeGroup starting Ariane 6 production after new ESA agreement

ArianeGroup projects that an Ariane 6 rocket takes around two years to build.

PlanCapabilityValue 3.0Apr 18, 2019ArianeGroup starting Ariane 6 production after new ESA agreement

ArianeGroup is contracted by the European Space Agency to design and build the Ariane 6 rocket.

RelationshipsValue 4.0Apr 18, 2019ArianeGroup starting Ariane 6 production after new ESA agreement
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