Arianespace
Sign in to saveArianespace SA is a French company founded in March 1980 as the world's first commercial launch service provider. It operates the Ariane 6, a medium-to-heavy-lift rocket. Arianespace is a subsidiary of ArianeGroup, a joint venture between Airbus and Safran.
Key facts
- Company.name
- Arianespace
- Company.logo
- Arianespace logo.svg
- Company.type
- Subsidiary
- Company.key_people
- David Cavaillolès (CEO)
- Company.industry
- Space
- Company.revenue
- (2021)
- Company.num_employees
- 220 (2023)
- Company.parent
- ArianeGroup
- Company.location_city
- Évry-Courcouronnes n. Paris
- Company.location_country
- France
via Wikipedia infobox
Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Company
- Founded
- 1980
- Location
- Évry-Courcouronnes, France
- Status
- Active
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- History
- Company and infrastructure
- Competition and pricing
- Launch vehicles
- Ariane launch vehicles
- See also
- Other launch service providers
- References
- Citations
- Bibliography
Arianespace SA is a French company founded in March 1980 as the world's first commercial launch service provider. It operates the Ariane 6, a medium-to-heavy-lift rocket. Arianespace is a subsidiary of ArianeGroup, a joint venture between Airbus and Safran.
European space launches involve collaboration between private industry and government agencies. Arianespace is responsible for marketing Ariane 6 launch services, preparing missions, and managing customer relations. At the Guiana Space Centre (CSG) in French Guiana, the company oversees teams that integrate and prepare launch vehicles. The launch infrastructure at CSG is owned by the European Space Agency, while the site itself is managed by CNES, France's national space agency. The Ariane 6 rocket is designed and manufactured by ArianeGroup.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Arianespace” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.