Arianespace

Arianespace was founded in 1980 as the world’s first commercial satellite launch company. Its shareholders include Airbus Safran Launchers, the French space agency CNES, and all European space companies, representing 10 European countries.  As of January 1, 2015, the company has 329 employees, at corporate headquarters in Evry, at the Guiana Space Center (CSG) - launch site for Ariane 5, Soyuz and Vega - and at local offices in Washington DC, Singapore and Tokyo.  Since its creation, Arianespace has signed contracts with 90 customers worldwide has carried out 221 Ariane launches, 36 Soyuz launches (10 at CSG and 26 at Baikonur via its subsidiary, Starsem) and the three first launches of Vega. More than half of the commercial satellites in service today were launched by Arianespace.

<div>  <p>    Arianespace was founded in 1980 as the world&rsquo;s first commercial satellite launch company. Its shareholders include Airbus Safran Launchers, the French space agency CNES, and all European space companies, representing 10 European countries.  </p>  <p>    As of January 1, 2015, the company has 329 employees, at corporate headquarters in Evry, at the Guiana Space Center (CSG) - launch site for Ariane 5, Soyuz and Vega - and at local offices in Washington DC, Singapore and Tokyo.  </p>  <p>    Since its creation, Arianespace has signed contracts with 90 customers worldwide has carried out 221 Ariane launches, 36 Soyuz launches (10 at CSG and 26 at Baikonur via its subsidiary, Starsem) and the three first launches of Vega. More than half of the commercial satellites in service today were launched by Arianespace.  </p></div>

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 <p>The spacecraft manufacturer, Thales Alenia Space, has launched the Copernicus Sentinel-1C Earth observation satellite. The satellite was launched aboard the Vega C rocket, operated by Arianespace, from the Spaceport located in Kourou, French Guiana. The Sentinel-1C satellite is a part of the European Union's Space Programme. This programme is managed by the European Commission and has partial fundings from the European Space Agency.</p>
 <p>Sentinel-1C is engineered to take pictures of the Earth's surface during day and night. The satellite will not be affected by the weather conditions. It is expected to work in tandem with the Sentinel-1A as a part of the larger Copernicus Earth Observation program.</p>
 <p>The main purpose of the satellite is to bolster Earth observation and back up scientific applications that focus on planetary protection. The operations of the satellite and the continuity of data availability for research will be supervised by the European Space Agency .</p> 
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