Christine Lagarde, the newly-named French Minister of the Economy, Finance and Employment visited Arianespace’s Paris Air Show pavillion on June 22. Chairman & CEO Jean-Yves Le Gall outlined Arianespace’s importance to Europe’s economic and strategic position, as well as the company’s increasingly stong leadership role in the commercial launch services sector.

Read our Feature stories from Le Bourget:

• June 23 – Building on success: Arianespace consolidates its launch services leadership
• June 23 – Europe-U.S. agreement formalizes the James Webb Space Telescope's launch on Ariane 5
• June 22 – A visit from the French Minister of Economy, Finance and Employment
• June 19 – Arianespace will build on Ariane 5's success to remain the no. 1 launch services provider
• June 18 – The new French Prime Minister meets Arianespace

See all of our press releases from the 2007 Paris Air Show:

• June 23 -- Arianespace orders 35 more Ariane 5 launchers from Astrium
• June 23 -- 2007 Paris Air Show, an excellent vintage for Arianespace
• June 22 -- Arianespace to launch Insat 4G for India
• June 21 -- Arianespace to launch pan-African satellite Rascom 1
• June 20 -- Arianespace to launch THOR 6 for Telenor Satellite Broadcasting
• June 20 -- Arianespace signs contract with Russian space industry for acquisition of first four Soyuz rockets to be launched from Guiana Space Center
• June 19 -- Arianespace, the Tempo of Success
• June 19 -- Arianespace to launch an Arabsat 5 satellite
• June 18 -- Arianespace signs multi-launch contract with SES