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ArianeSpace

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commercialFounded 1980
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The first two of the 12 Batch 3 Galileo first-generation satellites are expected to launch on an Arianespace Soyuz in 2021.

Mentioned as: ArianeSpaceOrg RelationshipAug 14, 2020ESA sets stage for three-way competition to build next-generation Galileo constellation

SpaceX and Arianespace announced plans for dedicated small satellite launches at the Small Satellite Conference in 2019.

Mentioned as: ArianeSpaceNarrative PlanAug 4, 2020Benchmark to provide propulsion for Spaceflight’s Sherpa-NG

Eumetsat signed a contract with Arianespace in 2015 to launch two or three Meteosat Third Generation satellites on Ariane 5 rockets between 2019 and 2023.

Mentioned as: ArianeSpaceOrg RelationshipJul 10, 2020Eumetsat shifts two tardy satellites to Ariane 6

Arianespace performed two Ariane 5 launches early in 2020 that carried either commercial communications satellites or government satellites whose launches were commercially competed.

Mentioned as: ArianeSpaceNarrative GeneralJul 2, 2020Commercial launch industry off to slow start in 2020

Arianespace planned to resume Ariane 5 launches in late July 2020 with satellites for Intelsat and B-SAT.

Mentioned as: ArianeSpaceNarrative GeneralJul 2, 2020Commercial launch industry off to slow start in 2020

Arianespace postponed a Vega launch carrying 53 smallsats until at least 2020-08-17 due to exceptionally unfavorable upper-level winds that scrubbed previous launch attempts in June.

Mentioned as: arianespaceTechnical ProductJul 1, 2020Yahsat hires new CFO • Vega launch delayed to August • Tim Peake joins Skyrora advisory board

Relativity Space expects that Terran 1’s payload capacity and the new Vandenberg launch site could allow it to win polar and sun-synchronous launch business that had been going to India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle and Arianespace’s Vega.

Mentioned as: ArianespaceTechnical ProductJun 24, 2020Relativity wins Iridium contract, selects West Coast launch site

Viasat has signed launch contracts with Arianespace, SpaceX, and United Launch Alliance to cover all three ViaSat‑3 satellites but has not assigned which provider will launch which spacecraft.

Mentioned as: ArianeSpaceNarrative PlanMay 28, 2020Viasat laid off 300 amid steep drop in air travel

Arianespace had hoped to launch Ariane 6 between October and December 2020.

Mentioned as: ArianeSpaceOrg RelationshipMay 20, 2020Ruag Space CEO leaves company • Viasat, Data Link Solutions net $1 billion defense IDIQ contracts

Arianespace forecast Ariane 6 would debut between October and December 2020 before the coronavirus pandemic led to widespread shutdowns.

Mentioned as: ArianeSpaceOrg RelationshipMay 20, 2020Ariane 6 maiden flight likely slipping to 2021

GHGSat, a Montreal-based firm monitoring greenhouse gases via satellite, was unable to launch its second satellite as planned on 2020-03-23 on an Arianespace Vega rocket.

Mentioned as: ArianeSpaceNarrative GeneralApr 30, 2020Coronavirus pandemic forces small space companies to improvise

Arianespace had 14 missions planned from the Guiana Space Centre in 2020, two of which were completed prior to the spaceport’s closure.

Mentioned as: ArianeSpaceOrg RelationshipApr 29, 2020Guiana Space Center launches to resume in June

Arianespace arranged all three of OneWeb’s launches and was under contract to provide 21 Soyuz launches and to carry a batch of 30 OneWeb satellites on the maiden launch of Ariane 6.

Mentioned as: ArianeSpaceNarrative GeneralApr 20, 2020OneWeb falls back to Earth

Arianespace’s heavy-lift Ariane 5 rocket launches exclusively from the Guiana Space Center, which is operated by the French space agency CNES.

Mentioned as: ArianespaceOrg RelationshipApr 17, 2020Intelsat-901 satellite, with MEV-1 servicer attached, resumes service

Exolaunch has provided Exopod deployers for cubesats launched on Rocket Lab Electron and Arianespace Soyuz rockets.

Mentioned as: ArianeSpaceNarrative GeneralApr 13, 2020Exolaunch signs first launch agreement with SpaceX

Arianespace completed three of a planned 21 Soyuz launches for OneWeb under a $1,100,000,000 contract.

Mentioned as: arianespaceOrg RelationshipApr 10, 2020Russia suspends Soyuz rocket production amid coronavirus

Arianespace uses Russian-built Soyuz-2 rockets for satellite launches.

Mentioned as: ArianeSpaceNarrative GeneralApr 10, 2020Russia suspends Soyuz rocket production amid coronavirus

OneWeb signed a $1,100,000,000 contract with Arianespace in 2015 for 21 Soyuz launches.

Mentioned as: ArianeSpaceOrg RelationshipMar 27, 2020OneWeb files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

OneWeb signed a contract with Arianespace last year for the maiden flight of Ariane 6 with options for two additional Ariane 6 missions.

Mentioned as: ArianeSpaceNarrative GeneralMar 27, 2020OneWeb files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

Arianespace is owed $238,000,000 by OneWeb as of the 2020-03-27 filing.

Mentioned as: ArianeSpaceNarrative FinancialMar 27, 2020OneWeb files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
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