Arianespace
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Arianespace SA is a French company founded in March 1980 as the world's first commercial launch service provider. It operates the Ariane 6, a medium-to-heavy-lift rocket. Arianespace is a subsidiary o
Ariane 1 mock-up
Mockups of the launch vehicles that Arianespace marketed in 2017: Vega, Vega C, Soyuz-2, Ariane 5, and Ariane 6. Sales of Vega, Soyuz-2 and Ariane 5 were discontinued, while Vega C was transferred to Avio.
Ariane 6 on pad
European Space Agency
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The European Space Agency is a 23-member international organisation devoted to space exploration. It has its headquarters in Paris and a staff of around 3,000 people globally as of 2025. ESA was found
Arianespace
…Centre (CSG) in French Guiana, the company oversees teams that integrate and prepare launch vehicles. The launch infrastructure at CSG is owned by the European Space Agency, while the site itself is managed by CNES, France's national space agency. The Ariane 6 rocket is designed and manufactured by ArianeGroup. As of October…
European Space Agency headquarters in Paris
Europa II rocket (larger horizontal rocket in the background), Skylark sounding rocket (front centre-left), and a model of the Ariane 4 orbital rocket (to the right from Skylark) at Euro Space Center
Pierre Auger (far left) visiting the European Space Research and Technology Centre ESTEC on 3 February 1967
Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) observing the Sun