by David Todd | Nov 20, 2018 | commercial launch services, Seradata News
ArianeGroup, the European conglomerate jointly owned by Airbus and Safran that is in charge of producing Europe’s main launch vehicles, has announced that it will reduce its workforce (currently numbered at 9,000) by 2,300 by 2022. The reason given by the company is...
by David Todd | Sep 12, 2018 | ESA, Launches
The commercial communications satellite operator Eutelsat has made a five-launch booking with Arianespace for its new Ariane 6 launch vehicle. The launches are set to take place from July 2022 to 2027. While launch orders and options have been received from ESA...
by David Todd | Sep 19, 2017 | Launches, Seradata News, Soyuz
Arianespace announced on 14 September that it had received the first two confirmed launch orders/confirmations for its new Ariane 6 launch vehicle (the SES O3b constellation currently holds options). The rockets, which will fly in a -62 configuration using two solid...
by David Todd | Apr 6, 2017 | Blue Origin, Seradata News, SpaceX
At the Space Symposium 2017 conference in Colorado, the European Commission (EC) – the European Union’s (EU) executive and policy making arm – announced that it would ask European states to fly on Arianespace Ariane 6 and Vega-C rockets. Elzbieta Bienkowska, the EC’s...
by David Todd | Jul 21, 2016 | commercial launch services, ESA, Launches, Seradata News
The European Commission (EC) announced, on 20 July, that it had approved the intended acquisition of European launch provider Arianespace by newly formed joint venture Airbus Safran Launchers (ASL). ASL will purchase the 35% stake in Arianespace held by the French...
