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Arianespace logo Arianespace Operates Ariane 6 and Vega C launch vehicles from the Guiana Space Centre, serving European institutional and global commercial satellite customers. vs ExPace Operates the Kuaizhou family of solid-fueled small-lift launch vehicles for commercial and government satellite delivery to low Earth orbit ExPace logo
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Arianespace ExPace
Founded 1980 2016
Headquarters Évry-Courcouronnes, France Wuhan, Hubei, China
Type private government
Status operating operating
Employees 220
Total funding $417M
Latest round Series B
Sectors Launch Services, Spaceports & Range Services Launch Services, Space Propulsion
Products listed 4 2
Federal contracts
Launches 355 (88%) 33 (88%)
Leaders listed David Cavailloles, Caroline Arnoux, Steven Rutgers Zhang Di, Zha Xiongquan
News mentions 0 0
SHARED SECTORS
FREQUENTLY ASKED

How do Arianespace and ExPace compare?

Both companies work in Launch Services. Arianespace was founded in 1980 and ExPace in 2016.

Which has more launches, Arianespace or ExPace?

Arianespace leads with 355 tracked launches (88% success rate).

Numbers refresh on every render against the live Space Index database. Federal contract data from USAspending.gov; launches from LaunchLibrary2.