Ariane 6 accelerates with the signing of the first GEO commercial contracts

Arianespace is present at World Satellite Business Week (WSBW) from 10 to 14 September in Paris, confirming the attractiveness of its launchers family with the announcement of two contracts for Ariane 6: the first with Eutelsat in the framework of a launch agreement involving five satellites; and the second with the French space agency CNES and the National Acquisition Agency of the DGA for the satellite CSO-3. A third contract was also recently signed with the Indian Institute for Space Research (ISRO) to allow Ariane 5 missions to put two satellites into orbit.

Arianespace's order book now stands at 59 launches over the next few years, including three on Vega C and five on Ariane 6 – the new launchers to respectively make their first flights in 2019 and 2020.

Stéphane Israel, CEO of Arianespace, will participate in the WSBW Roundtable titled "Accelerating Access to Space" on Tuesday 11 September at 16:00.

First commercial multi-launch contract with GEO satellites for Ariane 6 and its third institutional mission

Arianespace and Eutelsat have announced the signing of a multi-year multi-launch agreement covering five satellites that will be launched until 2027, making Eutelsat Ariane's first commercial customer with 6 charges. useful satellites in geostationary orbit. For the institutional missions, after the two launch contracts signed in 2017 for the Galileo constellation of the European Commission and ESA, CNES and the DGA have chosen the A62 version of Ariane 6 (with two boosters ) to launch their CSO-3 satellite. These orders clearly reflect the competitiveness and versatility of Ariane 6, which will be available in two versions to handle all orbits and multiple payload configurations under the fairing.

Ariane 5 has also confirmed its continued attractiveness, with Arianespace having signed a contract with the Indian space agency ISRO for the launch of two geostationary satellites: GSAT-30 and GSAT-31.

In total, and considering the signing of a contract with B-SAT in the first half of 2018 for the launch of BSAT-4b with Ariane 5 – as well as several contracts for the flight Proof of Concept (POC) of the Small Satellite Launch System (SSMS) on Vega – The value of the Arianespace order book exceeded 4.9 billion euros. This corresponds to 59 launches: 17 Ariane 5, five with Ariane 6, 28 with Soyuz and nine with Vega / Vega C.

With nearly a third of these launches for the European institutions, Arianespace reaffirms its mission to provide Europe with reliable and independent access to space while confirming its success in exporting .

A contract should also be signed with the South Korean Space Agency (KARI) on September 20 in Daejeon for the acquisition of a satellite by Vega C.

13 satellites put into orbit by Ariane, Soyouz and Vega since January 2018

Arianespace has launched five launches since the beginning of 2018 for institutional and commercial customers, clearly reflecting the versatility of its launchers family and services. The 13 launched satellites weighed a total of 25 tons and carry out missions of communication, navigation, science and observation of the Earth. From January to August 2018:

+ Three Ariane 5 launchers have put into orbit four geostationary communications satellites for SES, Yahsat, Avanti Communications and SKY Perfect JSAT / Japanese Ministry of Defense, as well as four satellites in the Galileo navigation constellation for the European Commission and the United States. ; ESA

+ One Soyuz has orbited four satellites in the constellation O3b of SES.

+ A Vega has launched ESA's scientific satellite Aeolus, which will support sustainable development.

Six more launches are planned during the remaining four months of the year, two upcoming missions being highly symbolic:

+ The 100th launch of Ariane 5, scheduled for September 25, will allow Horizons 3e to settle for Intelsat and SKY Perfect JSAT, and Azerspace-2 / Intelsat 38 for Azercosmos and Intelsat.

+ BepiColombo, a mission to explore the planet Mercury, for ESA in partnership with the Japanese Space Agency (JAXA), which will be launched by Ariane 5 on October 19th.

Ariane 6 and Vega C: getting closer!

The development of new members of the Arianespace launchers family is continuing, with the first missions scheduled for 2019 for Vega C and 2020 for Ariane 6. An important milestone took place on 16 July with the first test of P120C rocket engine. will equip the strap boosters for Ariane 62 and Ariane 64, as well as the first leg of Vega C. This follows a series of successful tests of the main stage engine Vulcain 2.1 and the engine from the floor Vinci senior for Ariane 6, as well as progress towards Maturity Gate 7 (the critical design review) scheduled for the end of the year.

The European institutions have also taken important steps in their commitment to Ariane 6 and Vega C. After the European Commission announced its ambitious space budget for the next decade, a meeting of the ESA Council in June confirmed the financing of the transition period between Ariane 5 and Ariane 6. In addition to the four government contracts already signed for the new European launchers (three for Ariane 6 and one for Vega C), the commitment of the European governments towards all the missions identified during the transition phase is the key to the sustainable success of these launchers.

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Launch of Arianespace Ariane 5 for the Galileo constellation and Europe

Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) July 23, 2018

For its fourth launch of the year, Arianespace will put into orbit four more satellites (satellites 23 to 26) for the Galileo constellation. This mission is carried out on behalf of the European Commission under a contract with the European Space Agency (ESA).

For the third time, an Ariane 5 ES version will be used to orbit satellites in Europe's satellite navigation system; with all Galileo spacecraft having been launched to date by Arianespace. Ariane 6 will take over from 2020.

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