Société pour l'étude et la réalisation d'engins balistiques
Airbus is a major player in the space industry, operating as a manufacturer and service provider. They develop and build spacecraft, satellites for telecommunications, navigation, and Earth observation, and also contribute to space exploration missions. Airbus partners with organizations like ESA and NASA, providing critical hardware like the Orion European Service Module and participating in missions such as JUICE and the Artemis program.
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El cuarto Módulo de Servicio Europeo (ESM-4) de la Agencia Espacial Europea (ESA) saldrá de las instalaciones de integración de Airbus en Bremen, Alemania.
The partnership now includes line-fit installations of NSG Skywaves on A321neo aircraft through the Airbus HBCplus program with Safran Passenger Innovations.
Pre-assembled structures are transported from Turin to Bremen for installation and testing by Thales Alenia Space and Airbus teams.
The European Service Module number 4 (ESM-4) for NASA's Orion spacecraft has successfully completed integration at Airbus facilities in Bremen, Germany.
The satellite was built on the Airbus Eurostar Neo platform and launched in January 2025.
Thuraya-4 uses the L-band frequency and employs Airbus's Eurostar Neo satellite bus, achieving communication speeds of over 1 Mbps.
In January 2024, Airbus acquired Eutelsat's 50% stake in Airbus OneWeb Satellites joint venture.
Astronika's participation was formally confirmed in April 2025, one month after Airbus was designated as the main contractor for the landing platform.
While Airbus received the contract to develop the landing platform in March, the Polish company Astronika appears to have started work on the escape system at least a year earlier.
In early 2024, the ESA awarded Airbus a €522 million contract to replace key components of its ExoMars mission due to the breakdown of its relationship with the Russian space agency Roscosmos.
In March 2025, the ESA and Thales Alenia Space awarded Airbus a £150 million (€179 million) contract to develop and build the ExoMars landing platform.
Airbus will contribute its Space Systems and Space Digital businesses from its Airbus Defence and Space division to the new company.
The combination of the space businesses of Airbus, Thales, and Leonardo is expected to generate annual synergies of several hundred million euros in operating income five years after the operation's closure.
Airbus will own 35% of the new joint venture, while Thales and Leonardo will each hold 32.5%.
The merger between Airbus, Thales, and Leonardo is not expected to be finalized until 2027.
Marco Fuchs, CEO of OHB, plans to participate in the antitrust process against the proposed merger between Airbus, Thales, and Leonardo.
The radar instrument on Sentinel-1D was built by Airbus in Friedrichshafen.
Spain will host a subsidiary of the new European space industry giant created by Airbus, Thales, and Leonardo.
Starlab Space LLC is a consortium led by Voyager Technologies, Airbus, Mitsubishi Corporation, MDA Space, Palantir Technologies, and Space Applications Services.
Urso emphasized the strategic value of the agreement between Leonardo, Thales, and Airbus as a model for European collaboration.