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On 6 February 2026, ArianeGroup began the next phase of Greta development to design a flight engine using lessons from the test campaign.
ArianeGroup is headquartered in Ottobrunn, Germany, and is the prime contractor for the Greta engine.
ArianeGroup and the European Space Agency signed a contract under the Preparatory Program for Future Launchers to continue development of the Greta rocket engine.
ArianeGroup completed a hot-fire test campaign for the Greta engine in Germany that concluded in 2025.
ArianeGroup developed and used a new mobile test bench to conduct the Greta hot-fire tests.
ESA awarded ArianeGroup €230 million across two contracts in November 2024 for additional Themis T1E testing.
The Kourou launchpad was awarded to the French start-up MaiaSpace, a subsidiary of ArianeGroup.
ArianeGroup's head of launchers, Philippe Clar, indicated that successful early flights could help build market confidence for the European launcher sector.
ArianeGroup acts as prime contractor and design authority for Ariane 6.
The P160C motor was developed jointly by ArianeGroup and Avio through the Europropulsion joint venture.
The European Space Agency collaborates with an industrial network across 13 European countries for the development of Ariane 6 led by prime contractor ArianeGroup.
ArianeGroup’s subscription of new shares made Arianespace a wholly owned subsidiary of ArianeGroup.
ArianeGroup is developing evolutions of the Ariane 6 intended to increase the launcher’s payload capacity.
Arianespace immediately completed a €200,020,000 capital increase through issuance of 10,001 new shares fully subscribed by ArianeGroup.
The Ariane 6 upper stage is developed and manufactured by ArianeGroup in Bremen as ESA’s prime contractor.
ArianeGroup Germany will assemble the Vinci engine in Lampoldshausen in the future.
ArianeGroup is shifting full end production, system integration, and flight acceptance testing from Vernon, France to Germany.
ArianeGroup’s manufacturing facilities in France and Germany use horizontal assembly and 3D-printed components to reduce costs and complexity compared to the Ariane 5 predecessor.
CNES is calling for interested launch operators to fill the vacancy at the ELM launch facility left by the ArianeGroup subsidiary MaiaSpace.
MaiaSpace is a subsidiary of ArianeGroup.