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The European Space Agency, CNES, Arianespace, and ArianeGroup will hold a press briefing and question-and-answer session on 2023-09-04.
Apart from an Arianespace Ariane 5 mission in December that deployed a pair of C-band replacements and a European weather-tracking satellite, all of Intelsat’s recent launches used SpaceX Falcon 9 rockets.
Intelsat launched 10 satellites throughout 1997 using a diversity of rockets including Arianespace’s Ariane 4, Lockheed Martin’s Atlas 2, and Russia’s Proton.
Representatives of ESA, Ariane 6 prime contractor ArianeGroup, and launch base prime contractor and test conductor CNES completed important objectives for system qualification during the July exercises.
The James Webb Space Telescope, a $10 billion spacecraft, was accurately placed on its trajectory by an Ariane 5 rocket in December 2021.
Arianespace CEO Stéphane Israël stated that Ariane 5 will be remembered as a legendary launcher.
The only notable failure in the last 20 years of Ariane 5 operations occurred in 2018 when an incorrect value in the inertial reference system caused a payload to be placed in a recoverable orbit.
ESA announced in October that it expected Ariane 6's first launch in the fourth quarter of 2023, but declined to provide further updates.
The Ariane 5 was retired after a successful career becoming one of the most reliable launch vehicles available.
The recent Ariane 5 launch marked its 117th flight over 27 years.
Ariane 6 has not yet launched, causing concern for Arianespace and Europe's space industry due to delays.
The delays with Vega C and Ariane 6 mean that Europe currently lacks the means to launch its own satellites.
The expectation for Ariane 6 includes a broad manifest of European government missions and orders from Amazon’s Project Kuiper.
Ariane 6's first launch was originally scheduled for 2020 but is now expected to debut in early 2024 according to OHB executives.
Ariane 5 has placed 197 satellites in geostationary orbit out of 239 satellites deployed over its career.
Arianespace operated its 347th launch with the Ariane 5 mission on 2023-07-05.
Ariane 5 served 65 institutional and commercial customers from 30 countries over its career.
The Ariane 5 launch on 2023-07-05 marked the 117th and final Ariane 5 launch from the European Spaceport in Kourou.
The Ariane 5 launch on 2023-07-05 was the second launch operated by Arianespace in 2023.
ArianeGroup is the lead contractor for developing and producing the Ariane family of launchers and is responsible for Ariane 5 and Ariane 6 preparation operations up to lift-off.