# Who are ArianeGroup's customers? Who does ArianeGroup earn revenue from?
Canonical: https://valuechain.wiki/arianegroup · Facet: customers · Updated: 2026-07-12T03:54:59.471+00:00 · Source: ValueChain.wiki (cited money-flow graph)

**Citable summary**: ArianeGroup's confirmed revenue counterparties include Amazon (Project Kuiper / Leo), Avio (Vega C components) plus 2 undisclosed/aggregate relationships. Per the valuechain.wiki graph: 4 revenue edges, backed by 7 dated sources, 1 of them primary filings (as of 2026-07-12).

### ESA·유럽 정부 (기관 발사·운용 지원) (high)
- metric: subsidy €340 · 2027-
- note: ESA member states guarantee ~4 institutional Ariane 6 launches per year, and the Nov 2023 Seville ministerial approved up to EUR 340M/yr support covering flights 16-42. A quasi-public revenue pillar for Europe's autonomous access to space.
- [confirms] Avio (EN, ir, published 2023-11-07) https://www.avio.com/press-release/esa-ministerial-council-important-decisions-regarding-ariane-6-vega-c-and-vega: "Approved up to EUR 340M/yr for Ariane 6 and EUR 21M/yr for Vega C, with minimum guaranteed institutional launches of 4 Ariane 6 flights annually."
- [confirms] European Space Agency (EN, ir, published 2021-09-03) https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Space_Transportation/ESA_Council_agrees_resolution_on_Ariane_6_and_Vega-C_exploitation_and_future_space_transportation: "Member states committed to four Ariane 6 vehicles annually (three A62, one A64) on average."

### 에어버스 (지분 50%) (high)  → /airbus.md
- metric: equity stake 50% · 2016-
- note: Airbus holds half of the 50:50 JV finalised in 2016 (renamed ArianeGroup in 2017), and is also a supplier: its Getafe plant delivers large carbon-fibre structures for Ariane 6 (up to four per launcher).
- [confirms] Airbus (EN, ir, published 2022-11-21) https://www.airbus.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2022-11-airbus-and-arianegroup-sign-ariane-6-transition-batch-contract-in: "Airbus will supply large carbon-fibre structures for the next fourteen Ariane 6 launchers from Getafe."
- [confirms] ArianeGroup (EN, ir, published 2016-06-30) https://www.ariane.group/en/news/airbus-safran-launchers-jv-finalised-europes-new-space-industry-champion-fully-operational/: "Airbus Group and Safran each own 50%, combining both companies' launcher activities and 11 subsidiaries including Arianespace."

### 사프란 (지분 50%) (high)
- metric: equity stake 50% · 2016-
- note: Safran paid a EUR 750M equalisation at the 2016 closing for its 50% stake; ArianeGroup is equity-accounted in Safran's consolidated accounts, and Safran's Turin site supplies valves for the Vinci and Vulcain engines.
- [confirms] ArianeGroup (EN, ir, published 2026-07-08) https://press.ariane.group/arianegroup-and-beyond-gravity-sign-major-contract-securing-the-long-term-supply-of-ariane-6-payload-fairings: "ArianeGroup is equally owned by Airbus and Safran, with EUR 2.6bn 2025 revenues and ~8,700 staff."
- [confirms] ArianeGroup (EN, ir, published 2016-06-30) https://www.ariane.group/en/news/airbus-safran-launchers-jv-finalised-europes-new-space-industry-champion-fully-operational/: "Safran paid a EUR 750 million economic equalisation to obtain an equal stake."

### 아마존 (프로젝트 카이퍼) (high)  → /amazon.md
- metric: launch contract 18회 · 2022-2028
- note: In April 2022 Arianespace signed 18 Ariane 6 launches for Amazon's Kuiper constellation, its largest contract ever; 16 use the uprated Ariane 64, with the first flight lofting 32 Leo satellites in February 2026. Value undisclosed.
- [confirms] ET News (KO, news, published 2022-04-06) https://www.etnews.com/20220406000203: "Amazon secured 83 launches for Kuiper: 38 with ULA, 18 with Arianespace on Ariane 6, 12 with Blue Origin."
- [confirms] Arianespace (EN, ir, published 2022-04-05) https://newsroom.arianespace.com/arianespace-signs-unprecedented-contract-with-amazon-for-18-ariane-6-launches-to-deploy-project-kuiper-constellation: "This contract, the largest we've ever signed, is a great moment in Arianespace's history; 16 of the 18 launches use the Ariane 64."

### 프랑스 국방부 (DGA · M51) (high)
- note: Prime industrial contractor since 2000 for the M51 SLBM of France's sea-based deterrent, across the full lifecycle. On 28 Aug 2025 the DGA awarded the M51.4 design-and-production contract; M51.3 entered service in Oct 2025. Value undisclosed.
- [confirms] ArianeGroup (EN, ir, published 2025-09-12) https://www.ariane.group/en/news/arianegroup-will-develop-the-m51-4-strategic-missile-for-the-french-defense-procurement-and-technology-agency/: "The DGA awarded ArianeGroup the M51.4 design and production contract on 28 August 2025; prime contractor for the M51 since 2000."
- [confirms] French Ministry of Armed Forces (EN, filing, published 2025-09-12) https://www.defense.gouv.fr/sites/default/files/ministere-armees/20250912%20Press%20release_A_The%20DGA%20orders%20the%20development%20of%20the%20M51.4%20strategic%20ballistic%20missile%20to%20ArianeGroup%20vdef.pdf: "The M51.4's enhanced range, precision and penetration reinforce the credibility of France's oceanic deterrent."

### 아비오 (베가 C 부품) (high)  → /avio.md
- note: Reverse flow: ArianeGroup supplies Vega C components to Avio (mutual supply: Avio provides Ariane 6 boosters, ArianeGroup provides Vega C parts).
- [confirms] Avio (EN, ir, published 2025-11-17) https://www.avio.com/press-release/avio-and-arianegroup-sign-contract-ariane-6-stabilized-production-phase-valued-over: "Under the same contractual framework, ArianeGroup supplies items for the Vega C programme to Avio (mutual supply)."

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