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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Reaction Dynamics is attracting employees from Rocket Lab, ArianeGroup, Orbex, and Rocket Factory Augsburg.
ArianeGroup supplies apogee and station-keeping thruster hardware and manages propellant loading services for Ariane-launched payloads.
ArianeGroup SAS tested a 200-kilonewton version of the Ariane 6 Vinci upper stage engine at DLR’s Lampoldshausen facility in Germany.
ArianeGroup SAS received partial support for future launcher preparation programmes, Ariane 6 evolutions, and increased production of P160C boosters.
ArianeGroup modified the Vinci engine’s turbine and nozzle.
ArianeGroup conducted the Vinci engine test campaign throughout the year and included a 570-second long-duration test in October.
ArianeGroup set a June 2024 unit-cost target of about 1 million euros per Prometheus engine.
Maia is powered by methane-oxygen Prometheus engines developed by ArianeGroup for the European Space Agency's Themis demonstrator.
MaiaSpace is a French company and a subsidiary of ArianeGroup.
Maia is a two-stage rocket whose first and second stages are powered by Prometheus methalox engines developed by ArianeGroup under a European Space Agency contract for the Themis demonstrator.
ArianeGroup has said one goal of the Prometheus programme is to build future liquid propellant engines with a unit cost of about 1 million euros.
Arianespace is a subsidiary of ArianeGroup.
ArianeGroup is a 50/50 joint venture between Airbus and Safran.
Arianespace is a subsidiary of ArianeGroup.
ArianeGroup is a 50/50 joint venture between Airbus and Safran.
CNES published a notice in January 2026 inviting interested launch operators to fill the vacancy left by the ArianeGroup subsidiary.
ESA said P160C was developed by Europropulsion under contract from ArianeGroup and Avio.
Regulus is controlled 60% by Avio and 40% by Ariane Group.
RAMSES’s Propulsion Module will be transferred to ArianeGroup in Lampoldshausen by the end of June for integration of tanks, thrusters, valves, and feed lines.
Regulus is partially owned by Italy’s Avio and Franco-German ArianeGroup.