Berlin, May 12, 2004 – Australian telecommunications carrier Optus has chosen Arianespace to orbit its D1 and D2 satellites. The satellites will be delivered into orbit by Ariane and Soyuz launchers ...

The new European Ariane 6 rocket lifted off on Thursday for the first time on a commercial flight into space, carrying a French air force satellite. Live images showed the rocket lifting off from the ...

Representatives from the European Space Agency (ESA) signed the arrangement for the exploitation of Ariane 6 with ArianeGroup ...

Protesters withdrew from the rocket-launching space centre in French Guiana on Wednesday as the French government approved a one-billion-euro emergency package to quell a wave of strikes.

It wasn’t just the election lighting up the night sky on Tuesday — voters from Connecticut to North Carolina were left scratching their heads after spotting a glowing, jellyfish-shaped light drifting ...

The French government has granted Italian launch services provider Avio a ten-year licence to carry out Vega rocket operations from the Guiana Space Centre in French Guiana. Italy had pushed for ...

Ariane 6 rocket climbs after liftoff from the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana, on July 9. Credit: Jody Amiet/AFP via Getty Images PARIS - Arianespace CEO Stephane Israel says the company ...

Ariane 5 has been successfully launched from Kourou, French Guiana, for the 59th time in a row, further underlining the reliability of the European launcher developed and built by its prime contractor ...

A prototype of the P80 rocket motor, which will power the first stage of ESA’s new small launcher – Vega, was successfully tested on 4 December at the Guiana Space Centre, Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou ...