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Wednesday, March 12, 2025

Satellite 2025

Arianespace plans five launches on its Ariane 6 this year.

This was announced by the company's CEO, David Cavailloles, during the panel dedicated to launchers yesterday at Satellite 2025. After this, Arianespace plans to reach ten launches per year.

Schedule adherence is one of the key points on the table among launch companies, given the market dominance of SpaceX's Falcon 9 and its speed in placing satellites into orbit.

From Blue Origin, Jarrett Jones, senior VP of New Glenn Heavy-Lift Orbital Launch Vehicle, stated that the company is well positioned to take advantage of the growing demand.

“We analyzed the market evolution and expected to see more constellations. If someone is interested in a launch, we are ready. We know this is our sweet spot. We need to demonstrate our usability, our success rate, and then focus on doubling it,” the executive stated.

The expectation surrounding what will happen with Arianespace and Blue Origin is paralleled by the recent failure of SpaceX's Starship (the upper stage broke on its eighth test flight last week, marking the second consecutive failed test flight).

Even with this setback, Stephanie Bednarek, VP of Commercial Launch and Crew Sales at Elon Musk's company, addressed the potential impact of Starship. "It's difficult to estimate how Starship will change the launch market. I think it will be a significant disruptor. The way customers purchase launch services will also change," she said.

The executive noted that SpaceX carried out 134 launches in 2024 and plans another 170 this year.

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