ArianeGroup

ArianeGroup

Formerly	Airbus Safran Launchers
Company type	Joint venture
Industry	Aerospace
Founded	1 January 2015; 10 years ago (2015-01-01)
Headquarters	Paris, France
Revenue	€3.1 billion (2021)
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 9 July 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]