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| Formerly | Airbus Safran Launchers |
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| Company type | Joint venture |
| Industry | Aerospace |
| Founded | January 1, 2015 |
| Headquarters | Paris, France |
| Revenue | €3.1 billion (2021) |
| Owners | |
Number of employees | 8,000 (2023)[1] |
| Subsidiaries | |
| Website | www |
| Footnotes / references [2][3][4] | |
ArianeGroup (formerly Airbus Safran Launchers) is an aerospace company based in France. A joint venture between Airbus and Safran,[5] the company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Issy-les-Moulineaux near Paris. It consists of three core groups: aerospace, defence, and security. ArianeGroup has developed its next-generation two-stage Ariane 6 launch vehicle, which succeeded the Ariane 5 rocket, that had more than 110 launches. The new vehicle offers two variants that will be capable of carrying between 10,350 and 21,650 kilograms. The first launch of Ariane 6 occurred on July 9 2024.
If the company's task is to develop and manufacture the launch vehicles, Arianespace acts as the launch service provider for them. Meanwhile, another subsidiary, ArianeWorks, is tasked with developing next-generation technologies such as the reusable Themis rocket booster. ArianeGroup also notably manufactures France's M51 nuclear submarine-launched ballistic missile.
As of 2016, ArianeGroup's principal sites are located in Issy-les-Moulineaux, Saint-Médard-en-Jalles, Kourou (space center), Vernon, Le Haillan and Les Mureaux in France as well as Lampoldshausen, Bremen and Ottobrunn in Germany.[6]
- ^ Company Profile
- ^ "Company profile". ArianeGroup. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
- ^ "Security and Defence". ArianeGroup. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
- ^ "Our main facilities and locations". ArianeGroup. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
- ^ "Nos actionnaires". 13 July 2022.
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