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Latest milestones
- July 29, 2014
On Ariane Flight VA219, Arianespace carries out its 60th consecutive successful mission with the heavy-lift Ariane 5 workhorse, lofting the fifth and final Automated Transfer Vehicle for the European Space Agency. This spacecraft – with a mass of more than 20 metric tons at liftoff – is also the heaviest payload ever launched by Europe. - April 29, 2014
Arianespace’s fourth mission in 2014 – Vega Flight VV03, which delivered the Republic of Kazakhstan’s first Earth observation satellite to Sun-synchronous orbit – puts Arianespace on track for a record 12 launches to be performed during the year. - February 6, 2014
Arianespace performs the 250th launch with its complete launcher family of Vega, Soyuz and Ariane-series vehicles. This milestone Ariane 5 liftoff (Flight VA217) successfully orbits ABS-2 for global satellite operator ABS and the French-Italian Athena-Fidus spacecraft.
Corporate information > Shareholders
Arianespace's shareholders represent scientific, technical, financial and political entities from 10 different European countries. They include companies from the Ariane industrial team and national space agencies:
Countries |
Shareholders |
% of Capital |
Germany |
ASTRIUM GmbH |
11.59 % |
Germany |
MT AEROSPACE AG |
8.26 % |
Belgium |
THALES ALENIA SPACE ETCA |
0.33 % |
Belgium |
S.A.B.C.A. |
2.71 % |
Belgium |
TECHSPACE AERO SA |
n.s. |
Denmark |
CHRISTIAN ROVSING A/S |
0.32 % |
Spain |
CRISA |
0.11 % |
Spain |
EADS CASA |
2.04 % |
France |
ASTRIUM SAS |
16.85 % |
France |
CLEMESSY SA |
0.11 % |
France |
C.N.E.S. |
34.68 % |
France |
COMPAGNIE DEUTSCH SAS |
n.s. |
France |
EADS France SAS |
n.s. |
France |
L’AIR LIQUIDE SA |
1.89 % |
France |
SAFRAN |
10.57 % |
Italy |
AVIO SPA |
3.38 % |
Netherlands |
DUTCH SPACE BV |
1.94 % |
Norway |
KONGSBERG DEFENCE & AEROSPACE AS |
0.11 % |
Sweden |
RUAG SPACE AB |
0.82 % |
Sweden |
VOLVO AERO CORPORATION |
1.63 % |
Switzerland |
RUAG SCHWEIZ AG |
2.67 % |
NB: "n.s." = not significant
Last updated: January 5, 2011
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