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		qwytw on July 10, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Europe's new heavy-lift rocket, Ariane 6, made its... > It’s majority owned by the French state Is that really true? I thought it was owned 50:50 by Safran and Airbus which are both publicly traded companies. ~25% of Airbus is owned by France, Germany and Spain. France owes ~11% of Safran. So France seems to own only ~10% of ArianeSpace

JumpCrisscross on July 10, 2024 [–]

You’re correct—thank you. I missed CNES transferring its shares to Safran [1].

[1] https://www.arianespace.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Corpo...

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