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Prior to VS26, 14 of the 26 Galileo satellites already in orbit had been launched by Soyuz between 2011 and 2016, and 12 had been launched by Ariane 5 between 2016 and 2018.
Arianespace is a subsidiary of ArianeGroup, which holds 74% of Arianespace’s share capital, with the balance held by 15 other shareholders from the European launcher industry.
Arianespace has orbited over 1,000 satellites since 1980 using the Ariane, Soyuz, and Vega launchers from French Guiana, Baikonur, and Vostochny.
Ariane 5 is scheduled to launch the James Webb Space Telescope at 7:20 a.m. Eastern on 2021-12-22 from Kourou, French Guiana.
NASA, working in conjunction with the European Space Agency and Arianespace, moved JWST’s launch on an Ariane 5 from 2021-12-18 to no earlier than 2021-12-22 to perform additional testing of the spacecraft after the incident.
ArianeGroup designed Ariane 6 with modularity and flexibility to allow future evolution such as lighter composite upper stages or new solid rocket boosters to improve performance and reduce costs.
ArianeGroup decided to develop Ariane 6 as an expendable launcher to succeed Ariane 5 and to buy time to prepare reusable technology initiatives.
ArianeGroup has partnerships with startups for the NESTS study and collaborations with startups seeking to use ArianeGroup facilities and expertise.
ArianeGroup is preparing final tests for the upgraded heavy-lift Ariane 6 rocket ahead of an inaugural launch targeted for 2022.
COVID-19 pushed Ariane 6’s inaugural launch from 2020 to the second quarter of 2022.
ArianeGroup is developing Prometheus, a low-cost oxygen-methane reusable engine, under a contract with ESA.
ArianeGroup planned the first firing test of the Prometheus engine in late 2021 or early 2022.
Ariane 5 was preparing to launch the James Webb Space Telescope on 2021-12-18 as one of its last missions.
With its APU and Vinci engine, Ariane 6 can deploy constellations and populate a full orbital plane of satellites with a single launch.
ArianeGroup is in charge of developing the Ariane 6 successor to Ariane 5 and of its production facilities.
Arianespace secured a contract with Australian operator SingTel Optus to launch the Optus-11 communications satellite on Ariane 6 in 2023.
ArianeGroup is ramping up production of the Ariane 6 flight model and plans to complete the flight model early next year.
The Optus-11 launch will use the Ariane 64 configuration of the Ariane 6 launcher with four solid boosters.
The Ariane 64 configuration for the Optus-11 mission provides enhanced performance to inject the satellite into a high-energy geostationary transfer orbit.
Arianespace launched the SES-17 satellite from French Guiana on 2021-10-23 at 10:10 a.m. Eastern on an Ariane 5 rocket.