Arianespace

With an eye on China, the Trump administration and Congress find common ground in space while Europe aims for greater autonomy.

Arianespace is gearing up for the first launch of the Ariane 64 as its first mission of 2026 with the main components of the heavy-lift version due at the launch site early next year.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

Arianespace launched the Sentinel-1D environmental monitoring satellite.

Europe is gearing up for the launch of its next C-band environmental monitoring satellite with a growing sense of urgency to get Sentinel-1D operational.

Arianespace says it is moving forward to demonstrate a space debris mitigation technology under a partnership with Japanese startup Bull.

Airbus has signed an agreement with Arianespace to launch two German military communication satellites on Ariane 6 rockets.

Launch service providers are promising higher flight cadences—again.

MaiaSpace is on track for a first flight of its mini-launcher late in 2026, a first step toward creating a family of reusable rockets, its CEO says.

As Ariane 64, the heavy-lift version of the Ariane 6, is nearing the end of its development, it will represent about half of next year’s launches.

Arianespace is speaking with other players, essentially startups, in the launch service industry to create a broader offering, the company's CEO says.

X721, a Dubai-based startup created by former Airbus and Arianespace engineers, is developing a high-altitude platform station relying on a tethered rotor.

Arianespace completed the second commercial Ariane 6 flight to deploy the first of Europe's next-generation polar-orbiting weather satellites.

Arianespace launched the CO3D and MicroCarb missions in the penultimate Vega-C launch for the service provider before operations of the rocket shift to Avio.

Top executives at ArianeGroup, Arianespace, Avio and the European Space Agency (ESA) are now turning their attention to increasing launch cadences.

United Launch Alliance scrubbed the launching of the second batch of Kuiper satellites for Amazon’s broadband constellation on June 16.

Even before champagne is uncorked at Le Bourget, aerospace, defense and space are suffering a White House-induced hangover.

Amazon plans to use the satellites to roll out high-speed internet service later this year.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

Arianespace is planning two more Vega-C and four Ariane 6 launches this year.

Arianespace is planning to launch Biomass from Kourou, French Guiana, on April 29.

The Ariane 6’s second flight, mission VA263, took off at 11:24 a.m. ET March 6 from the European spaceport at French Guiana.

The launch window for the flight at the European spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, was due to open at 1:24 p.m. local time.

Arianespace has scrubbed the planned launch of its first Ariane 6 mission which was scheduled for Feb. 26.

Europe aims to resume flying the Ariane 6 heavy-lift rocket on Feb. 26, with the launch set to be the first managed by Arianespace.