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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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Airbus is developing the Thuraya 4 (T4) satellite to serve both Yahsat’s UAE government customer and Thuraya’s customers.
Yahsat has a procurement contract with Airbus for Al Yah 4 and Al Yah 5 geostationary satellites scheduled for launch to geostationary orbit in 2027 and 2028 after funding early design work last year.
Yahsat ordered a pair of low Earth orbit satellites from Airbus as part of a $1,100,000,000 program for its next two geostationary broadband spacecraft on 2024-06-10.
The LEO satellites for Yahsat will be based on Airbus’ Arrow platform, which is derived from the 150-kilogram spacecraft Airbus helped build for OneWeb’s broadband constellation.
Airbus OneWeb Satellites, a Florida-based joint venture, built the current generation of OneWeb satellites.
The additional atmospheric Sentinels delivered by Airbus are expected to operate in orbit providing data for the next two decades.
Airbus spent over two decades developing Zephyr’s core technology and remains Aalto’s largest shareholder following the investment deal.
Airbus is scheduled to deliver three more atmospheric Sentinels in the near future, consisting of one Sentinel-4 and two Sentinel-5 instruments.
Airbus in Ottobrunn delivered Sentinel-5 as the second atmospheric Sentinel following the delivery of Sentinel-4 about 1.5 years earlier.
The SpainSat NG satellites feature active X-band antennas in reception and transmission that provide 16 communications beams each with electronic configuration and orientation developed by Airbus Defence & Space System in Spain.
The 2Ku installations for Condor will be completed under Airbus’ High-Bandwidth Connectivity Service program.
On 2024-05-28 Intelsat launched high-speed, reliable inflight connectivity service on the first of more than 40 new Condor Airlines Airbus narrowbody aircraft.
The IS-10-02 satellite was manufactured by Airbus Defense & Space.
The IS-10-02 satellite was manufactured by Airbus Defense & Space, was launched in June 2004, and entered service in August 2004.
The EarthCARE satellite was designed and manufactured by a consortium of more than 75 companies under prime contractor Airbus.
The EarthCARE satellite was designed and manufactured by a consortium of more than 75 companies under prime contractor Airbus.
Orbital Insight used computer vision on Airbus’ Pleiades satellite imagery to count cars on Beijing’s 4th Ring Road during the early COVID-19 pandemic.
Airbus lost two Pleiades Neo satellites in a 2022 ArianeSpace Vega C launch failure.
Airbus established the Pleiades Neo Next program in early 2024.
Airbus is upgrading its Earth-observation ground segment in preparation for Pleiades Neo Next.