Starsem

Starsem
Industry	engineering, technical studies
Founded	1996 (1996)
Headquarters	Évry, France
Owners	ArianeGroup (35%); Arianespace (15%); Roscosmos (25%); Progress Rocket Space Centre (25%);
Website	starsem.com

Starsem is a French-Russian company that was created in 1996 to commercialise the Soyuz launcher internationally. Starsem is headquartered in Évry, France (near Paris) and has the following shareholders:¹

Consequences of the Russia-Ukraine war

After Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, all Soyuz launches performed via Starsem were suspended indefinitely.² This is also evident by the lack of news releases on the Starsem website since then, with the last headline from February 15, 2022.

References

"Founding companies". Starsem. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
"Les lancements de Soyouz en Guyane suspendus". Ciel & Espace (in French). Retrieved 2025-06-22.

External links

Starsem, the Soyuz company website

[1] "Founding companies". Starsem. Retrieved 25 October 2018.

[2] "Les lancements de Soyouz en Guyane suspendus". Ciel & Espace (in French). Retrieved 2025-06-22.

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