(December 16, 2013) Arianespace has ordered 18 extra giant Ariane ECA launch rockets from Astrium-EADS. These are extra to the 35 rockets ordered back in 2009. Deliveries of the new order, worth more than €2 billion, are scheduled to commence in 2017.
The new rockets will be used to launch to orbit geostationary satellites and European Space Agency missions.
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