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ArianeGroup leads development and production of the Ariane 5 and Ariane 6 rockets.
On 2018-09-04, ArianeGroup awarded a contract to a Swedish supplier for a reusable engine program.
The European Space Agency signed a 75,000,000 EUR contract with ArianeGroup in December for the first two Prometheus prototypes.
GKN Aerospace will supply components for the first- and second-stage engines of the expendable Ariane 6 rocket slated to debut in 2020.
Arianespace operated Ariane 5, Soyuz, and Vega rockets and was Europe’s main launch service provider in 2014.
ArianeGroup selected an upgraded version of the Vulcain 2 main engine and a Vinci upper-stage engine for Ariane 6, with the Vinci having been in development for more than 15 years.
ESA awarded ArianeGroup €75 million in December (year unspecified in the source) to begin production of the first two Prometheus engines.
ArianeGroup has three major projects underway for future Ariane 6 evolutions: the Prometheus LOX-methane engine, reusability technologies for the main stage, and an upgraded upper stage using carbon-fiber structures.
Arianespace planned the possibility of fielding an upgraded version of Ariane 6 around 2025, approximately five years after the rocket’s debut.
ONERA is working with the French space agency CNES and ArianeGroup to study how reusability can be achieved in Europe.
Ariane 6 can carry between 10,000 and nearly 22,000 kg to low Earth orbit (LEO) and between 5,000 and 11,500 kg to geostationary transfer orbit (GTO).
Europe planned to reduce Ariane 6 production costs by producing the common P120 solid rocket booster for both Vega C and Ariane 6 to gain economies of scale.
In 2014 the European Space Agency approved a six-year roadmap to develop two next-generation rockets, Ariane 6 and Vega C.
ESA planned Vega C introduction in 2019 and Ariane 6 debut in 2020 as part of European launch modernization efforts.
Eutelsat-25B/Es’hail-1 launched in August 2013 aboard an Ariane 5 rocket.
KT Sat launched Koreasat-7 on an Arianespace Ariane 5 last year.
The 2018-07-25 launch was the third time an Ariane 5 rocket was used for a Galileo mission.
Arianespace is under contract to launch the first two pairs of Batch 3 Galileo satellites using the Ariane 6 rocket in 2020 and 2021.
NASA expects JWST to launch on an Ariane 5 that the European Space Agency will provide in exchange for a share of observing time on the telescope.
Ariane 6 is expected to lift between 4,500 and 5,000 kg to geostationary transfer orbit when equipped with two solid rocket boosters (Ariane 62).