Editing Arianespace (section)

== Company and infrastructure ==
[[File:Sentinel-2 and vega.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Vega (rocket)|Vega]] launcher on launch pad]]
Arianespace "is the marketing and sales organization for the European space industry and various component suppliers."<ref name=CASBAA2013>
{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZ-7nNw-04Q&t=1745 |title=Singapore Satellite Industry Forum 2013 - Changing the Launch Game? |date=23 June 2013 |type=video |publisher=[[CASBAA|Cable and Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia]] |at=29:05 |access-date=14 April 2018 |via=YouTube |people=Mr. Richard<!-- moderator introduced as "Richard, representing Arianespace" -->}}</ref>

The primary shareholders of Arianespace are its [[Supply (economics)|suppliers]],{{why|date=September 2019}}<!-- the Wikipedia article would be improved if we could explain why it is owned by its suppliers with a good source on how this came about. --> in various European nations.<ref name="sn20141120">{{Cite news |last=de Selding |first=Peter B. |date=20 November 2014 |title=Europe's Satellite Operators Urge Swift Development of Ariane 6 |url=http://www.spacenews.com/article/launch-report/42610europe%E2%80%99s-satellite-operators-urge-swift-development-of-ariane-6 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20141121025726/http://www.spacenews.com/article/launch-report/42610europe%E2%80%99s-satellite-operators-urge-swift-development-of-ariane-6 |archive-date=21 November 2014 |access-date=21 November 2014 |work=SpaceNews |quote=''France-based Arianespace has responded by squeezing, to a limited degree, its supplier base. But Ariane 5 builders are also Arianespace shareholders, limiting the company's leverage on them.''}}</ref> Arianespace had 24 shareholders in 2008,<ref name="shareholders200809">[https://web.archive.org/web/20080918045636/http://www.arianespace.com/about-us-corporate-information/shareholders.asp Corporate information > Shareholders], Arianespace, 8 September 2008, accessed 16 April 2008.</ref> 21 in 2014,<ref name="shareholders201410">{{Cite web |title=Shareholders |url=http://www.arianespace.com/about-us-corporate-information/shareholders.asp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141008022811/http://www.arianespace.com/about-us-corporate-information/shareholders.asp |archive-date=8 October 2014 |access-date=14 April 2018 |publisher=Arianespace}}</ref> and just 17 {{as of|October 2018|lc=y}}.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Company profile – Repartition of Arianespace capital |url=http://www.arianespace.com/company-profile/ |access-date=25 October 2018 |publisher=Arianespace}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!scope="col"|Country
!scope="col" data-sort-type="number"|Total share
!scope="col"|Shareholder
!scope="col" data-sort-type="number"|Capital
|-
| rowspan="3" | {{BEL}}
| rowspan="3" | 3.36%
| [[SABCA]]
| 2.71%
|-
| [[Thales Alenia Space]] Belgium
| 0.33%
|-
| {{Interlanguage link|Safran Aero Boosters|fr}}
| 0.32%
|-
| rowspan="4" |{{FRA}}
| rowspan="4" |64.10%
| [[ArianeGroup]] 
| 62.10%
|-
| [[Air Liquide]] SA 
| 1.89%
|-
| {{Interlanguage link|Clemessy|fr}}
| 0.11%
|-
| CIE Deutsche
| <0.01%
|-
| rowspan="2" | {{GER}}
| rowspan="2" | 19.85%
| [[ArianeGroup]] 
| 11.59%
|-
| {{Interlanguage link|MT Aerospace|de}} AG 
| 8.26% 
|-
| {{ITA}}
| 3.38%
| [[Avio]] S.p.A.
| 3.38%
|-
| {{NLD}}
| 1.94%
| [[Airbus Defence and Space]] B.V.
| 1.94%
|-
| {{NOR}}
| 0.11%
| [[Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace]] AS 
| 0.11%
|-
| rowspan="2" | {{ESP}}
| rowspan="2" | 2.14%
| [[Airbus Defence and Space]] SAU
| 2.03%
|-
| [[CRISA]]
| 0.11%
|-
| rowspan="2" | {{SWE}}
| rowspan="2" | 2.45%
| [[GKN Aerospace]] Sweden AB
| 1.63%
|-
| [[RUAG Space]] AB
| 0.82%
|-
| {{CHE}}
| 2.67%
| [[RUAG Space#Company structure and sites|RUAG Schweiz]] AG
| 2.67%
|}

In 2015, Arianespace shareholding was restructured due to the creation of [[Airbus Safran Launchers]] (later renamed ArianeGroup), which is tasked with developing and manufacturing the [[Ariane 6]] carrier rocket. Industrial groups [[Airbus]] and [[Safran]] pooled their shares along with the French government's [[CNES]] stake to form a partnership company holding just under 74% of Arianespace shares, while the remaining 26% is spread across suppliers in nine countries including further Airbus subsidiaries.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gallois |first=Dominique |date=10 June 2015 |title=Le gouvernement privatise Arianespace |trans-title=Government privatizes Arianespace |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/economie/article/2015/06/10/le-gouvernement-privatise-arianespace_4650837_3234.html |access-date=25 October 2018 |work=[[Le Monde]] |language=fr}}</ref>