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A subreddit for news and discussion on the European launch vehicle operator Arianespace and the Ariane, Vega and Soyuz launchers they market and operate.

Disclaimer- This is a fan-run subreddit with no ties to the company Arianespace

** Successful final launch of 2020**

Also visit our partner subreddit r/ESA to find out more about the European space agency and their missions

Arianespace 2020 Events:

NET Date (UTC) Vehicle Payload
✅16 Jan 21:05 Ariane 5 ECA VA251 Eutelsat Konnect, GSAT-30
✅18 Feb 22:14 Ariane 5 ECA VA252 JCSat-17, GEO-KOMPSAT-2B
✅15 Aug 22:04 Ariane 5 ECA VA253 BSAT-4b,Galaxy 30, MEV-2
✅03 Sep 01:51 Vega VV16 SSMS POC flight
❌Nov Vega VV17 Ingenio (Seosat), TARANIS
✅01 Dec 01:33 Soyuz-ST-A VS24 Falcon Eye 2
18 Dec Soyuz-ST-A ST29 OneWeb Fl. 4 (x36) Vostochniy
28 Dec Soyuz-ST-A VS25 CSO 2

Notes

Dates/times are in UTC and will be adjusted as time goes on

Last updated 2 March

 

Launch Vehicles

Arianespace is the launch vehicle operator and commercial marketing arm of the European Space Agency (ESA) for:

  • Ariane 5

  • Soyuz

  • Vega

  • Vega C (ETA 2021)

  • Ariane 6 (ETA 2021)

  • Vega E (ETA 2024)

Contrary to what is often thought, Arianespace does not develop or produce their vehicles, rather, they market and operate them independently from the manufacturer. Development is undertaken by the European Space Agency and production is done by several contractors in Europe, with Airbus Defence and Space, Avio Aerospace Propulsion, and Safran being prime contractors. In addition, Arianespace also purchases Soyuz launch vehicles and operates them out of Kourou, French Guiana.

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These are 6 of the most promising space-related LEGO models currently up for voting on LEGO IDEAS (by different fan designers - see first comment). A model needs 10,000 supporters for the chance of becoming a real LEGO set.

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2024/11/15
17:39 UTC
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“Our subject is not to do what Mr. Musk does,” declares Stéphane Israel, executive president of Arianespace

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2024/09/11
14:47 UTC
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Help me find a quote about a high ranking official in the European space scene critical about SpaceX

I remember vaguely that there was a high ranking executive of ESA? or Ariane? Airbus? speculating SpaceX will fail because he doesn't see the market for rockets exceeding 20 per year or something.

I googled extensively but couldn't find anything but I'm sure i read it years ago and got mad...

edit: thanks for the replies!

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2024/07/11
20:36 UTC
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Ariane 6 on launch pad, please support my project on Lego Ideas https://ideas.lego.com/projects/c75529f6-3f40-4235-b394-7c114359bbaf/

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2024/03/23
15:48 UTC
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All Ariane Launcher from 1 to 5 (all variants) list

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2023/12/19
09:09 UTC
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