ArianeGroup

ArianeGroup

Formerly	Airbus Safran Launchers
Company type	Joint venture
Industry	Aerospace
Founded	January 1, 2015; 9 years ago (2015-01-01)
Headquarters	Paris, France
Revenue	€3.0 billion (2016)
Owners	Airbus (50%) Safran (50%)
Number of employees	8,000 (2023)[1]
Subsidiaries	Arianespace CILAS Eurockot Launch Services Sodern
Website	www.ariane.group
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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]