https://spacewatch.global/tag/martin-sion/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Tue, 20 Jan 2026 10:51:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/martin-sion/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2026/01/arianegroups-board-of-directors-appoints-christophe-bruneau-as-ceo-effective-april-1-2026/ Tue, 20 Jan 2026 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=70556 ArianeGroup's Board of Directors has appointed Christophe Bruneau as Chief Executive Officer, effective April 1, 2026, succeeding Martin Sion, whose departure was announced on October 8, 2025. With his expertise in the space and defense industries and his leadership qualities, ArianeGroup believes Bruneau has the necessary qualifications to continue and consolidate the development and the transformation underway at organization. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2025/12/ariane-6-launches-galileo-l14-satellites-for-esa-euspa-and-the-european-commission/ Thu, 18 Dec 2025 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=69923 Arianespace has successfully launched the Galileo L14 pair of satellites from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana. The VA266 mission is the fifth flight of Ariane 6, Europe's heavy-lift launcher, lifting off with the Ariane 62 variant with two boosters.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2025/11/spacewatchgl-opinion-european-moonshot/ Fri, 14 Nov 2025 09:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=68981
Written by Gilles Rabin
The weeks leading up to the ESA ministerial conference are causing turmoil in government offices, with ever-increasing demands from companies that cannot survive without public funding, finances pushing for lower subsidies, and above all, the supreme fear of falling in the ranking of the most generous countries. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2025/06/esa-signs-lisa-space-antenna-mission-agreement-at-paris-air-show/ Wed, 18 Jun 2025 06:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=65861 ESA and OHB System AG have sealed their agreement to build ESA's Laser Interferometer Space Antenna, LISA. LISA will capture gravitational waves of lower frequencies than is possible from Earth, uncovering events of a different scale – all the way back to the dawn of time. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/07/ariane-6-successfully-launches-into-orbit-in-inaugural-flight/ Wed, 10 Jul 2024 06:00:16 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=56012 Ariane 6 has successfully launched on its inaugural flight from the European launch center in French Guiana at 16:00 local time on 9 July (+5 21:00 time CEST), successfully placing numerous payloads into orbit. The inaugural demonstration flight designated VA262, aimed to show the capabilities and prowess of Ariane 6 in escaping Earth's gravity and operating in space. In addition to the rocket, the liftoff demonstrated the functioning of the launch pad and operations on the ground at Europe's Spaceport]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/06/ariane-6-rocket-targets-july-9-for-inaugural-launch/ Thu, 06 Jun 2024 06:00:43 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=55508 The Ariane 6 Task Force, including ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher, ArianeGroup CEO Martin Sion, CNES CEO Philippe Baptiste and Arianespace CEO Stéphane Israël have announced that it is targeting July 9 for the inaugural launch of the Ariane 6 rocket. The Task Force made the announcement at the ILA Berlin Air Show in Germany. Walther Pelzer, Director General of the German Space Agency at DLR, was also present at the announcement.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/02/space-nuggets-05-2024-frosty-relations-between-france-and-germany/ Sat, 03 Feb 2024 17:00:16 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=53503 The first Franco-German Space meeting took place at the French Embassy in Berlin on 2 February 2024 to discuss the launcher situation in Europe. The meeting was hosted by the French Ambassador to Germany. Our Publisher, Torsten Kriening, could attend the meeting and share his thoughts and his expected analysis here and walk you through the highlights.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/03/arianegroup-ceo-to-step-down/ Fri, 31 Mar 2023 06:00:04 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=47739 Andre-Hubert Roussel will step down as CEO of ArianeGroup- a French aerospace joint venture between Airbus and Safran - French newspaper La Tribune reported on the 30th of March. ArianeGroup lost nearly a quarter of its turnover in 2022, this is largely due to the Russian-Ukrainian war and delays in Ariane 6 - which could be postponed until the first half of 2024.]]>