ArianeGroup

ArianeGroup

Formerly	Airbus Safran Launchers
Company type	Joint venture
Industry	Aerospace
Founded	January 1, 2015; 9 years ago (2015-01-01)
Founder	Airbus Safran
Headquarters	60 Rue Camille Desmoulins, 92130 Issy-les-Moulineaux n. Paris, France 48°49′49″N 2°15′54″E / 48.830353°N 2.264927°E / 48.830353; 2.264927
Number of locations	13 main locations and facilities
Products	Missiles Ballistic missiles Submarine-launched ballistic missiles Launch vehicles Orbital propulsion systems Rocket engines
Revenue	€3.0 billion (2016)
Owners	Airbus SE (50%) Safran S.A. (50%)
Number of employees	8,000 (2023)[1]
Subsidiaries	Arianespace Aerospace Propulsion Products B.V. CILAS Eurockot Launch Services NUCLETUDES Pyroalliance 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 is expected to occur in 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]