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OPERATOR · OPERATOR PROFILE · DATA AS OF 2026-07-28

Arianespace / ArianeGroup

Active Joint Venture HQ: Evry-Courcouronnes, France Founded 1980

European institutional launch provider. Ariane 6 heavy-lift and Vega-C from Kourou, French Guiana.

61.0
ARI Composite
Low-Moderate Risk
#7 of 30
Peer Rank
Launch cohort
311
Total Launches
As lead operator
Estimated valuation
Not disclosed

FINANCIAL HEALTH

61.0
ARI composite · Low-Moderate Risk
Peer rank#7 of 30
Peer groupLaunch
Data coverage62%

SCHEDULE CREDIBILITY

How well this operator historically meets its own projected dates — launch NETs, company-announced roadmap milestones, and forward-dated facility plans. 100 = says what it does. Discount forward guidance accordingly.

98.8
SCI · Low confidence · 6 dated commitments
Behavioral read
holds its dates: 1/2 tracked launches slipped ≥1 day (median slip of slipped 2.4 d); all 4 roadmap milestones landed within 30 d of target
Source Events Late (share) Median slip Median slip, late only Sub-score On-time allowance
Launch NETs 2 1 (50%) 1.2 d 2.4 d 96.3 1 d
Roadmap milestones 4 0 (0%) -124.5 d 100.0 30 d

WORST SLIPS (RECEIPTS)

Commitment Source Announced Outcome Slip
Amazon Leo (LE-02) NET changed 2x Launch NETs 2026-04-28 2026-04-30 2.4 d

SCI = 100 × Σ(event credit) ÷ N over the trailing 36 months (2023-07-29 → 2026-07-28). Event credit = 1.0 when the commitment met its announced date (launches: net NET slip < 1 day; roadmap milestones & facility plans: within 30 days of the announced target window — month/year-precision targets count the whole period as on-time), else 30 ÷ (30 + days late beyond that allowance). Sources are pooled, so each source weighs by its event count. Sources: launch NET-change log (LL2 ingest, tracked since 2026-04-17; flown launches in coverage + not-yet-flown launches already slipped ≥1 day; cancelled launches excluded), roadmap registry milestones (company-announced targets, verified provenance only; open milestones past target count as late by days-overdue), facility_plans rows with target_date after announced_at (filing-dated rows excluded). Confidence: high ≥20 events, medium ≥8, low ≥5; no score below 5 events. 100 = says what it does.

Window: 2023-07-29 → 2026-07-28 (36 months) · launch NET log live since 2026-04-17

FLEET COMPOSITION

Every vehicle this operator has flown. Linked profiles carry the full reliability + reuse + subsystem record.

Vehicle Class Launches Success rate Reuse
Ariane 5Eca 82 98.8%
Ariane 44L 40 97.5%
Ariane 44Lp 26 96.2%
Vega 21 90.5%
Soyuz St B 18 94.4%
Ariane 5G 17 94.1%
Ariane 44P 15 100.0%
Ariane 42P 15 93.3%
Ariane 42L 13 100.0%
Ariane 3 11 90.9%
Soyuz St A 9 100.0%
Ariane 40 7 100.0%
Ariane 5Gs 6 100.0%
Ariane 2 6 83.3%
Vega-C Small 5 80.0% Expendable Profile →
Ariane 62 5 100.0%
Ariane 5Es Atv 5 100.0%
Ariane 64 4 100.0%
Ariane 5Es 3 100.0%
Ariane 1 3 100.0%

RECENT LAUNCHES

Date Mission Vehicle Orbit Outcome
Oct 07, 2026 Amazon Leo (LE-04) Ariane 64 LEO Delayed
Aug 27, 2026 MTG-I2 Ariane 62 GEO Delayed
Jun 17, 2026 Amazon Leo (LE-03) Ariane 64 LEO Success Webcast ↗
Apr 30, 2026 Amazon Leo (LE-02) Ariane 64 LEO Success Source ↗
Feb 12, 2026 Kuiper LE01-01 Ariane 64 Success Source ↗
Dec 17, 2025 Galileo FOC FM33 Ariane 62 Success Source ↗
Dec 01, 2025 KOMPSAT-7 Vega-C Success Source ↗
Nov 04, 2025 Sentinel-1D Ariane 62 Success Source ↗
Aug 13, 2025 METOP-SG A1 Ariane 62 Success Source ↗
Jul 26, 2025 MicroCarb Vega-C Success Source ↗

SECTOR POSITION

Rank within sector#7 of 30
Tracked peers30

RECENT COVERAGE

REGISTRY DATA

Legal nameArianespace SA / ArianeGroup
OwnershipJoint Venture
HeadquartersEvry-Courcouronnes, France
CountryFR
Founded1980
CEODavid Cavailloles
ParentAirbus / Safran (JV)
AliasesArianespace, ArianeGroup, Ariane
Key programsAriane 6, Vega-C
Gov customersESA, CNES, European Commission
IPO statusN/A — JV Airbus/Safran

Source: space_company_registry.json · Operator homepage → · Arianespace corporate homepage — confirms Ariane 6 and Vega-C launch service operations from Kourou.

METHODOLOGY

Launch history and subsystem outcomes aggregate from AstraVeris's launch_events table with Wilson 95% lower bounds on success rates. ARI scores come from the 11-factor composite (/finance/methodology/). Constellation counts derive from the live CelesTrak/GCAT object catalog. Gov contracts from USAspending.gov awards; private deals from deduplicated pipeline deal extraction. Absence of a row means "not tracked" — we never fabricate. See /methodology/ for the full data model and /data-licensing/ for licensing terms.

Not investment advice. For insurance underwriting, verify against primary-source filings and operator investigation reports.