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toodroot t1_ixky2oa wrote

Reply to comment by CosmosExpedition in Berlin to Back French-Built Rockets in Race Against Musk by Soupjoe5

Yes, that on-time completion of Ariane 6 really helped their financials! That plus the Amazon order means they didn't need any launch subsidies in the most recent ESA budget.

Oh, wait.

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CosmosExpedition t1_ixl1x7i wrote

Let’s completely ignore publicly available financial data because… reasons! Arianespace is not hemorrhaging money. There is no debate here.

Sorry.

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toodroot t1_ixl7bxy wrote

The article says that Arianespace expected to break even for 2021, including a subsidy.

How did 2022 turn out? Well, Arianespace had to give OneWeb some of their money back, Ariane 5 launched twice and one launch only had a single satellite, Vega C will probably launch twice, and woo hoo, 1 Soyuz launch in February.

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