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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Avio supplies the motor cases for Ariane 6’s solid rocket boosters and ArianeGroup supplies the nozzles.
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.
ArianeGroup is 3D printing an injector head for the Ariane 6 that reduced the part count from thousands to one, creating new inspection challenges.
ArianeGroup manufactures the heavy-lift Ariane 5 rocket and is developing the upcoming Ariane 6 rocket.
Roughly 100 of the 550 people employed at ArianeGroup’s Bremen site are working in the new integration facility.
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.
ArianeGroup has considered using Prometheus on the Ariane 6 rocket, which debuts in 2020.
GKN Aerospace, an ArianeGroup supplier, is cutting 1,000 jobs from a global staff of 18,000 as part of a restructuring.
The European Space Agency awarded the lunar lander study to a team that included PTScientists and ArianeGroup in January.
The European Space Agency awarded contracts to ArianeGroup and MT Aerospace on 2019-05-14 to develop a prototype upper stage called PHOEBUS.
ArianeGroup is the Franco-German company building Europe’s Ariane 6 rocket.
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.
The two Eutelsat Hotbird broadcast satellites that Airbus is building will use reflectors different from ArianeGroup’s newly developed version.
ArianeGroup, the Airbus-Safran joint venture, builds satellite components through a division inherited from Airbus Defence and Space in 2015.
ArianeGroup received an order from Airbus Defence and Space for 10 reflector antennas for two Eutelsat Hotbird broadcast satellites that Airbus is building.
ArianeGroup aims to build the Ariane 6 at least 40 percent cheaper than the Ariane 5.
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.
ESA and ArianeGroup plan 14 Ariane 6 missions during the Ariane 5-to-Ariane 6 transition scheduled from 2020 to 2023.
ArianeGroup projects that an Ariane 6 rocket takes around two years to build.
ArianeGroup is contracted by the European Space Agency to design and build the Ariane 6 rocket.