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 applications.
Arianespace designs and deploys space transportation services for all types of satellites, to all orbits, with the capacity to transport any mass, at any time.
Arianespace operates the new-generation Ariane 6 launcher, developed by ESA, with ArianeGroup as prime industrial contractor, and manages Vega C launches.
With over 45 years of experience, Arianespace has launched more than 1,100 satellites, for over 150 institutional and commercial customers worldwide.
Arianespace is headquartered in Les Mureaux, France. Our launch base is at the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana, and we have offices in Tokyo, Singapore and Washington, D.C.
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.
29 missions
Ariane 6 boasts 29 missions in its order book, including the unprecedented contract for 18 launches to deploy Amazon’s Project Kuiper constellation.
+ 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.