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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 Defence and Space in Friedrichshafen will design, build, and deliver the GRACE-C satellites to the launch site and provide Launch and Early Orbit Phase (LEOP) support for NASA/JPL.
Airbus has been awarded a contract by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) to design and build the two GRACE-C spacecraft.
The Airbus Defense and Space payload includes a passive detumbling device designed to facilitate active debris removal.
EXO-0 carries a payload from Airbus Defense and Space.
Royal Jordanian Airlines plans to factory-install Viasat connectivity systems on its new Embraer E2, Airbus A320, Airbus A321, and Boeing 787-9 fleets.
This is the third time that a Beluga transport aircraft has delivered an Airbus geostationary satellite to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
EUTELSAT 36D provides 18 kW of electric power and has a reduced launch mass of approximately five metric tonnes enabled by Airbus’ Electric Orbit Raising (EOR) capability.
EUTELSAT 36D is the 22nd geostationary satellite that Airbus has built for Eutelsat.
The Eurostar Neo family of Airbus telecommunications satellites is based on a next-generation platform and technologies developed with support from the European Space Agency (ESA), the Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES), and the UK Space Agency (UKSA).
The Airbus-built EUTELSAT 36D geostationary telecommunications satellite was shipped from Toulouse, France to Sanford, Florida, USA on board an Airbus BelugaST (A300-600ST).
Airbus launched the Radar Tasking & Archive service in 2022.
Airbus’ Radar data archive used by OneAtlas provides more than 17 years of historical Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) imagery with global coverage.
Airbus previously transported Eutelsat’s Hotbird 0.013 kg from France to the United States on a Beluga in October 2022.
Airbus Defence and Space in Friedrichshafen, Germany is the prime contractor to develop and build the 2-tonne EarthCARE satellite.
The EarthCARE satellite includes a Multi-Spectral Imager developed by SSTL, an Airbus subsidiary.
SpaceX is scheduled to launch the Airbus-built EarthCARE spacecraft in May on a Falcon 9.
Airbus previously transported Viasat’s Inmarsat-6 F2 from France to the United States on a Beluga in January 2023.
Airbus obtained certification in November to operate the Beluga outsized freight transportation service under a dedicated airline.
The Airbus-built Eutelsat 36D geostationary communications satellite landed in Sanford, Florida on 2024-03-11.
The EarthCARE satellite includes a Multi-Spectral Imager developed by Airbus subsidiary SSTL.