Inside Arianespace and ArianeGroup: how Europe's launch industry climbed back from a 2024 cadence collapse to fly Ariane 6 five times in 2025, return Vega-C to flight, and book the multi-billion-euro Amazon Kuiper manifest.
France built Europe's spaceport, created the Ariane dynasty, and became the third spacefaring nation in 1965. A deep dive into CNES, Kourou, and Ariane 6.