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Arianespace
Boulevard de l'Europe
91006 Évry-Courcouronnes Cedex, France
Tel. +33-1-60-87-60-00
Fax +33-1-60-87-63-04

Type: Private - Consortium
On the web: http://www.arianespace.com
 Employees: 299

Arianespace is tops in space launches. Arianespace, the world's leading satellite launch company, is a private European commercial space consortium that has launched more than 260 satellites using its Ariane launch vehicles. Satellite operators and telecom customers that use Arianespace services include NASA and AT&T in the US, France Telecom and Inmarsat in Europe, and Singapore Telecom and NTT DoCoMo in Asia. Satellite makers -- including Boeing Satellite Systems, Lockheed Martin Space Systems, and Mitsubishi Electric -- are also among its customers. Arianespace was formed in 1980 and is controlled by about 23 corporations, primarily aerospace firms and government space agencies.

Key numbers for fiscal year ending December, 2008:
Sales: $1,225.1M

Officers:
Chairman and CEO: Jean-Yves Le Gall
SVP Finance: Jean-Max Puech
SVP Sales and Customers: Jacques Breton

Competitors:
EUROCKOT
International Launch Services
LMCSS

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Arianespace
Type Launch Service Provider
Founded 1980
Headquarters Courcouronnes, France
Industry Aerospace
Employees 292 [1]
Website http://www.arianespace.com

Arianespace SA is a French company founded in 1980 as the world's first commercial space transportation company.[2] They undertake the production, operation, and marketing of the Ariane 5 rocket launcher as part of the Ariane programme.[3]

As of 2004, Arianespace held more than 50 percent of the world market for boosting satellites to geostationary transfer orbit (GTO).[4] More than 240 commercial launches have occurred since May 22, 1984, and Arianespace states that the total number of launch contracts signed since Ariane launches commenced operations in 1984 is 285.[3] Arianespace uses the Centre Spatial Guyanais as a launch site. It has its headquarters in Courcouronnes, Essonne, France,[5] near Évry.[6]

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The company and its infrastructure

Arianespace has 24 shareholders from 10 European countries, including:[7][dead link]

Country Shareholders Capital
 Belgium 3 3.15%
 Denmark 1 not significant
 France 7 60.12%
 Germany 2 18.62%
 Italy 2 9.36%
 Netherlands 1 1.82%
 Norway 1 0.10%
 Spain 3 2.01%
 Sweden 2 2.30%
 Switzerland 2 2.51%

Total of 99.99% due to round-off

Corporate management is structured as follows:

Position Name
CEO & Chairman Jean-Yves Le Gall
Quality Vice-President Gérard Gradel
Senior Vice-President of Programs Patrick Bonguet
Senior Vice-President of Marketing Philippe Berterottière
General Secretary, Senior Vice-President of Finances Françoise Bouzitat
Senior Vice-President of Engineering Édouard Perez

Offices

Location of Office Head of Branch
Évry, France Jean-Yves Le Gall
United States Clayton Mowry
Tokyo, Japan Jean-Louis Claudon
Singapore Richard Bowles

As of 1 July 2006, Arianespace employed 271 personnel at its French headquarters, at its launch complex at the Guiana Space Centre in French Guiana, and at offices in Singapore, Tokyo, and Washington, D.C.

Ariane launch vehicles

Since the first launch in 1979, there have been several versions of the Ariane launch vehicle:

  • Ariane 1, first successful launch on December 24, 1979
  • Ariane 2, first successful launch on November 20, 1987 (the first launch on May 30, 1986 failed)
  • Ariane 3, first successful launch on August 4, 1984
  • Ariane 4, first successful launch on June 15, 1988
  • Ariane 5, first successful launch on October 30, 1997 (the first launch on June 4, 1996 failed).

See also

RocketSunIcon.svg Spaceflight portal
Arc Triomphe.jpg Paris portal
Factory 1b.svg Companies portal

References

  1. ^ "A launch for the International Space Station". Arianespace. http://www.arianespace.com/site/news/kit/ATV_JulesVerne_launchkit_GB.pdf. Retrieved 2008-04-06. 
  2. ^ "Ariane - The first commercial space transportation system". adsabs.harvard.edu. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1986spte....2.1431J. Retrieved 2008-03-07. 
  3. ^ a b "Arianespace was founded in 1980 as the world’s first launch services and solutions company.". arianespace.com. http://www.arianespace.com/site/about/arianespace_today_sub_index.html. Retrieved 2008-03-07. 
  4. ^ John McCormick (2004). The European Union (3 ed.). Westview Press. pp. 273. ISBN 978-0813342023. 
  5. ^ "Russians, French sign space contract.(UPI Science Report)." United Press International. 12 April 2005. Retrieved on 24 September 2009.
  6. ^ "Contact us." Arianespace. Retrieved on 24 September 2009.
  7. ^ "Arianespace shareholders represent scientific, technical, financial and political entities from 10 different European countries.". arianespace.com. http://www.arianespace.com/site/about/shareholders_sub_index.html. Retrieved 2008-03-07. 
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