Bundesverband der Deutschen Luft- und Raumfahrtindustrie e.V.

Trade association of the German aerospace industry
Arianespace

Boulevard de l´Europe, B.P. 177
F-91006 Evry-Courcouronnes
Phone: +33 1 60876000
Fax: +33 1 60876247
Internet: http://www.arianespace.com
 
Locations: 
Arianespace SA, Evry (HQ), Arianespace Inc., Washington, D.C., Office Singapour and Tokio
 
Management: 
Président Directeur Général
Jean-Yves LE GALL
 
Products and Services: 
Arianespace at a glance (November 1, 2009) Arianespace was founded in 1980 as the world’s first launch Service & Solutions company. It now has 23 shareholders from 10 European countries (including the French space agency CNES with 34 %, EADS Astrium with 30 % and all European companies participating in the production of Ariane 5 launchers). Since its creation, Arianespace has launched 276 payloads for 73 customers, accounting for more than half of the commercial satellites now in service.

Operations
Arianespace offers launch Service & Solutions to satellite operators from around the world, both private companies and government agencies. The Arianespace family of launchers comprises:
  • Ariane 5 heavy-lift launch vehicle, operated from the Guiana Space Center in French Guiana (48 launches, including 34 successful launches in a row).
  • Soyuz medium launcher, which has been operated from Baikonur, Kazakhstan since 1999 (21 commercial launches, all successful), and will be launched from the Guiana Space Center starting in 2010.
  • Vega light launcher, to be operated from the Guiana Space Center starting in 2010.

    • Capitalizing on its range of launchers, proven reliability and availability, Arianespace has won – with 29 customers – more than half of the commercial launch contracts open to competition worldwide. This gives it a very healthy order book:
  • 30 satellites to be launched into geostationary transfer orbit, using Ariane 5 or Soyuz for the smaller spacecraft (10 new contracts in 2009)
  • 7 government launches by Ariane 5, including 6 for the ATV cargo vessel.
  • 11 dedicated Soyuz launches (four new contracts in 2009).
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