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All five Ariane 5 missions planned for 2019 will carry two satellites each.
Ariane Cornell stated that Blue Origin aims to ensure that not just the ultra-wealthy can fly to space.
Arianespace had expected to launch India’s GSAT-31 and Arabsat’s Hellas-Sat-4/SaudiGEOsat-1 on an Ariane 5 by the end of 2018.
Intelsat rebooked the Intelsat-38/Azerspace-2 satellite with another Intelsat-Ariane 5 mission that launched in September.
Arianespace launched six Ariane 5 heavy-lift rockets, three Soyuz medium-lift rockets, and two Vega light-lift rockets in 2018.
Arianespace completed its final Ariane 5 launch of 2018 on 2018-12-04.
Airbus Safran Launchers absorbed Arianespace in 2016 and later changed its name to ArianeGroup.
ArianeGroup has named André-Hubert Roussel as CEO effective 2018-01-01.
Alain Charmeau will leave the CEO role at ArianeGroup and serve as special adviser to André-Hubert Roussel until 2018-03-31, after which he will retire.
André-Hubert Roussel took over Airbus’ launcher division in 2014 and helped establish the Ariane 6 program.
ArianeGroup issued a press release on 2018-11-26 announcing the leadership change.
Es’hail-2 is Es’hailSat’s second satellite following the 2013 launch of Es’hail-1 on a European Ariane 5 rocket.
ArianeGroup and Arianespace seek a European commitment to buy five Ariane 6 launches per year for government missions.
ArianeGroup and Arianespace seek a European commitment to buy two or three Vega C launches per year for government missions.
ESA Director General Jan Woerner described the 2018-10-25 joint statement as a first step in pooling government missions across Europe to provide a minimum multi-year order for the Ariane 6 and Vega C rockets.
Increased competition from SpaceX and a decline in satellite operators ordering new spacecraft have reduced demand pressure on ArianeGroup.
Ariane 6 development began in earnest in 2014 after the European Space Agency approved the rocket at its 2014 ministerial conference.
ArianeGroup added 1,500 people since 2015 to support Ariane 6 development.
Italy previously built a 4,400-kilogram Sicral satellite that launched in 2015 on an Ariane 5 rocket.
Greg Robinson is the director of the JWST program at NASA Headquarters and NASA is working to implement the review board recommendation for increased oversight of the Ariane 5 launch.