About Arianespace

Latest milestones

May 7, 2013
Vega’s second flight from French Guiana marks the start-up of mission operations under Arianespace responsibility for this light-lift launcher. A trio of satellites, including Vega’s first commercial payload, are orbited during the successful mission.
April 18, 2013
Stéphane Israël is appointed Chairman & CEO of Arianespace, succeeding Jean-Yves Le Gall – who led the company since 2001 and earlier in April 2013 was named President of French space agency CNES (Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales).
March 18, 2013
Arianespace announces a three-satellite launch services contract for Intelsat, with the spacecraft to be orbited through 2017 by Ariane 5 vehicles from the Spaceport. The deal covers the 52nd, 53rd and 54th payloads that Arianespace will orbit for this leading provider of satellite services, continuing a nearly 33-year partnership.

Corporate information > Shareholders

Arianespace's shareholders represent scientific, technical, financial and political entities from 10 different European countries. They include companies from the Ariane industrial team and national space agencies:

Countries	Shareholders	% of Capital
Germany	ASTRIUM GmbH	11.59 %
Germany	MT AEROSPACE AG	8.26 %
Belgium	THALES ALENIA SPACE ETCA	0.33 %
Belgium	S.A.B.C.A.	2.71 %
Belgium	TECHSPACE AERO SA	n.s.
Denmark	CHRISTIAN ROVSING A/S	0.32 %
Spain	CRISA	0.11 %
Spain	EADS CASA	2.04 %
France	ASTRIUM SAS	16.85 %
France	CLEMESSY SA	0.11 %
France	C.N.E.S.	34.68 %
France	COMPAGNIE DEUTSCH SAS	n.s.
France	EADS France SAS	n.s.
France	L’AIR LIQUIDE SA	1.89 %
France	SAFRAN	10.57 %
Italy	AVIO SPA	3.38 %
Netherlands	DUTCH SPACE BV	1.94 %
Norway	KONGSBERG DEFENCE & AEROSPACE AS	0.11 %
Sweden	RUAG SPACE AB	0.82 %
Sweden	VOLVO AERO CORPORATION	1.63 %
Switzerland	RUAG SCHWEIZ AG	2.67 %