Launching ambitions
From Earth to orbit, Arianespace serves its customers and their ambitions, whether they involve scientific missions to study our planet, facilitate communication and navigation, or support many other essential applications.
Our mission is to deliver the most suitable space transportation solution for every customer: any satellite mass to any orbit, with the reliability and performance that define Arianespace.
Arianespace operates Europe’s new-generation Ariane 6 launcher, developed by ESA with ArianeGroup as prime industrial contractor. Ariane 6 ensures Europe’s independent access to space and serves the needs of institutional and commercial customers worldwide.
With more than 45 years of experience and over 1,100 satellites successfully delivered to orbit for more than 150 customers, Arianespace brings a proven record of excellence to every mission.
Headquartered in Les Mureaux, France, we operate our launches from the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana, and have regional offices in Tokyo, Singapore and Washington, D.C., ensuring close proximity to our customers around the world.
Arianespace is a subsidiary of ArianeGroup, which holds 74% of its share capital, with the balance held by 15 other shareholders from the Ariane and Vega European rocket industry, and ESA and CNES as censors.
+ 150 customers
Over 150 customers globally have already placed their trust in us.
50 countries
We have had the honor of supporting the space ambitions of more than 50 countries across the world.
+ 1,100 satellites
We have successfully placed over 1,100 satellites in orbit since 1980, for industrial and commercial customers.
+ 230 satellites
From 1997 to 2023, the Ariane 5 delivered more than 230 satellites to orbit, representing a total of 945 tons of payloads. Over the course of this period, the Ariane 5 had a streak of 82 successful launches in a row.