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Ariane Launch Area 1 Kourou, French Guiana

Arianespace

Vega

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CEO: Stéphane Israël Founded: 1980 Successes: 135 Failures: 7 Pending: 45

Arianespace SA is a multinational company founded in 1980 as the world's first commercial launch service provider. It undertakes the production, operation, and marketing of the Ariane programme. Their vehicles launch exclusively from French Guiana in South America.

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Vega

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Family: Vega

Vega is the smallest lifter in the current Arianespace family.

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Biomass is an Earth observation satellite launched as a part of ESA Earth Explorer program. It will be using a P-band synthetic aperture radar to collect data on the height of forests, allowing scientists to determine the amount of biomass and carbon stored there.

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Kourou, French Guiana

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