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

Arianespace SA is a French company and was founded in 1980. They undertake the production, operation and marketing of the Ariane 5 rocket launcher as part of the Ariane programme.[2] It is the world's first commercial space transportation company.[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.[2] Arianespace uses the Centre Spatial Guyanais as a launch site. It has its headquarters in Évry, Essonne, France.

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[edit] The Company and its infrastructure

Arianespace has 24 shareholders from 10 European countries, including:[5]

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
USA Clayton Mowry
Tokyo, Japan Jean-Louis Claudon
Singapore Richard Bowles

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

[edit] Ariane launch vehicles

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

[edit] See also

Spaceflight portal

[edit] References

  1. ^ "A launch for the International Space Station". Arianespace. Retrieved on 2008-04-06.
  2. ^ a b "Arianespace was founded in 1980 as the world’s first launch services and solutions company.". arianespace.com. Retrieved on 2008-03-07.
  3. ^ "Ariane - The first commercial space transportation system". adsabs.harvard.edu. Retrieved on 2008-03-07.
  4. ^ John McCormick (2004). The European Union, 3, Westview Press, 273. ISBN 978-0813342023. 
  5. ^ "Arianespace shareholders represent scientific, technical, financial and political entities from 10 different European countries.". arianespace.com. Retrieved on 2008-03-07.

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