ARIANESPACE
Aviation and Aerospace Component ManufacturingÎle-de-france, France201-500 Employees
Arianespace is a European space launch services provider that focuses on delivering spacecraft transportation from Earth to orbit, supporting scientific missions, communications, navigation, and other essential applications. The company aims to tailor each mission to the payload and orbital requirements with reliability and performance, leveraging its Ariane 6 launcher developed by ESA with ArianeGroup named as the prime industrial contractor. The Ariane 6 launcher underpins Europe’s independent access to space and serves institutional and commercial customers worldwide. Based in Les Mureaux, Île-de-France, the company conducts launches from the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana, and maintains regional offices in Tokyo, Singapore, and Washington, D.C. With more than 45 years of experience, Arianespace has delivered over 1,100 satellites to orbit for more than 150 customers. In January 2026, it announced a launch contract with the European Union Agency for the Space Programme to orbit the Galileo L18 satellites on Ariane 6.