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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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France has several large companies in the aerospace sector, including Ariane Group, Ariane Space, Airbus Defense and Space, and Thales Alenia Space.
Space42 has contracted Airbus to construct the Al Yah 4 and Al Yah 5 satellites.
Airbus DS is significantly involved in the development and construction of the Sentinel-4 instrument.
Commercial Earth observation satellites from Maxar, Planet Labs, and Airbus documented damage from U.S. airstrikes on Iran's nuclear infrastructure.
A modified Airbus A310 ZERO-G started from Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport on June 10, 2025, to conduct the 44th parabolic flight campaign.
Yahsat (now Space42) appointed a US unit of Airbus Group to manufacture two new geostationary telecommunications satellites in June.
Airbus plans to design and build a new military satellite system costing about US$170 million in the United Kingdom.
Airbus Defence and Space in Friedrichshafen developed the P-Band-SAR instrument for the Biomass mission.
Maxar, Planet, and Airbus provide detailed, frequently updated satellite imagery available for commercial purchase.
Eutelsat is ordering 100 additional satellites from Airbus Defence & Space.
Eutelsat CEO Eva Berneke positions the upgrade with Airbus as ensuring continuity of service with enhanced features while moving towards an IRIS2-aligned architecture by 2030.
Airbus OneWeb Satellites was initially a 50/50 partnership between Airbus and Eutelsat and Airbus bought out Eutelsat’s stake earlier 2024.
The 100 new satellites will be built at Airbus’s plant in Toulouse rather than at the Airbus OneWeb Satellites factory in Florida.
The incoming Airbus-built satellites will be technologically compatible with IRIS2, Europe’s multi-orbit broadband system.
Earlier 2024, Eutelsat sold its 50% share of the Florida-based factory that built the bulk of its current constellation to Airbus.
Manufacturing subcontractors for IRIS2 will include Airbus Space and Thales-Alenia.
Airbus already held the other 50% ownership of the Airbus OneWeb Satellites joint venture prior to acquiring Eutelsat’s 50% share of the Florida-based factory.
All 100 new OneWeb satellites will be built at Airbus facilities in Toulouse, France.
The new Airbus-built satellites for OneWeb will include technology upgrades focused on terrestrial 0.005 kg integration.
TELEO's payload, designed and operated by Airbus France, was launched aboard the ARABSAT BADR8 telecommunications satellite in May 2023.