17th Annual Small Payload Rideshare Symposium

The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD

June 9, 2015

c.mowry@arianespace.com

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CONTENTS

• Arianespace, at a glance

• A family of launch systems

• History of multiple satellite launches

• VEGA & VESPA

• SOYUZ with ASAP-S

• Momentum

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ARIANESPACE, AT A GLANCE

• Founded in 1980

• The world’s first commercial launch company

• 80% of business is launching commercial satellites

• Contracts with 90+ customers worldwide

• More than 50% of the commercial satellites in service today were launched by Arianespace

• Launches performed at the Guiana Space Center, a secure facility in NATO allied territory

• Three systems can launch any mass to any orbit

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A FAMILY OF LAUNCH SYSTEMS

Launches since 1980

223Ariane45 of the last 48 flights in dual launch

37Soyuz11 from the CSG26 from Baikonur

4VegaFirst two missions were multi-manifest

5ON TRACK FOR ANOTHER RECORD OPERATIONAL YEAR WITH 12 PLANNED LAUNCHES IN 2015

20162015

4 launches so far... …and up to 8 more to come.

6Ariane

3Soyuz

3Vega

27March

VS11Galileo FOC M2 2

Vega2

Soyuz4

Ariane 5

VA222Thor 7Sicral-2

26April

11February

VV04IXV

VA223DIRECTV-15SKY Mexico-1

27May

VV05 - Sentinel 2AVS12 - Galileo FOC M3VV06 - Lisa PathfinderVS13 - Galileo FOC M4

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HISTORY OF MULTIPLE SATELLITE LAUNCH CONFIGURATIONS

Arianespace has developed successive structures for dual and multiple launches of small satellites:

• ASAP-4 system on Ariane 4 (8 flights), 1988• ASAP-5 system on Ariane 5 (5 flights - 2 SSO missions / 3 GTO missions)• ASAP-S system on Soyuz (1 flight so far and one in process)• VESPA system on Vega (1 flight so far with two in process)

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FROM SYLDA TO VESPA

SYLDA

• Designed for Ariane 5

• Dual launches of large satellites to GTO

• Upper payload: ~6,000 kg

• Lower payload:~3,000 kg

• Height = 4,903 mm (std)• Max diameter ~ 4,560 mm• Mass: from 425 kg to 535 kg• Material: Carbon fiber

VESPA

• Designed for Vega

• Dual launches of smaller satellites to LEO

• Upper payload:Up to 1,000 kg

• Lower payload:Up to 600 kg

• Height = 2,715 (std) • Max diameter ~ 2,100 mm• Mass ~ 245 kg• Material: CFRP (Automatic

FP) and Aluminum alloy

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VEGA’S TRACK RECORD

• 4 consecutive successful flights at CSG

• Last mission, February 11, VV-04: Launch of IXV re-entry vehicle

• Next flight in June 22: Sentinel 2A(ESA Copernicus program)

• 12 Vegas in production with ELV and 10 launches under contract today

• Expecting 3-4 launches per year from CSG

• Multiple SSO missions in 2016 and 2017 using the VESPA structure

• Future opportunities for optical, navigation, radar, weather, AIS & hyperspectral missions

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VEGA - MULTIPLE PAYLOAD ACCOMMODATIONS

• Multiple payload launches with Ariane since 1983• SYLDA, ASAP 4 and ASAP 5 systems • VESPA allows for rideshares at lower costs• Lightweight carbon fiber-reinforced polymer structure• Upper position can accommodate up to 1000 kg• Lower position can accommodate up to 600 kg

VEga Secondary Payload Adapter (VESPA)

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VEGA C

• Increase performance from 1500 to 1800 kg

• P-120 core 1st stage replaces P-80 core

• Economies of scale from Ariane 6 production

• Z-40 stage replaces Z-23 stage

• AVUM+ upperstage replaces AVUM

• Dispensers for small payloads and cubesats

• Debut in 2018, operation in 2019

VEGA vs VEGA-C

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SOYUZ WITH ASAP-S

• Auxiliary passengers solutions on Soyuz

• Provide launch opportunities to:

– Main passenger: mass ~3000 Kg

– Micro auxiliary passenger: mass < 200 Kg

– Mini auxiliary passenger: 200 Kg < mass < 400 Kg

• LEO, SSO, MEO or GTO orbits

• Experience with Pleiades 1A launch:

– December 2011

– 5 smaller satellites + 1 main passenger to LEO

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MOMENTUM

- Contract announced in March with Skybox Imaging - A block of high resolution imaging satellites to be launched- Vega launch vehicle from CSG with Perusat- Scheduled launch in 2016

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