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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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CesiumAstro announced in March 2023 plans to fly its in-flight connectivity SATCOM terminal on an Airbus commercial aircraft later in 2023.
Under Tony Gingiss’s leadership, Airbus OneWeb Satellites built a 100,000-square-foot factory.
The AESA terminal being developed for the Air Force is slightly smaller than the one CesiumAstro will demonstrate in 2024 on an Airbus commercial aircraft.
In March 2023, CesiumAstro planned to fly its in-flight connectivity SATCOM terminal on an Airbus commercial aircraft later in 2023.
Under Tony Gingiss’s leadership, Airbus OneWeb Satellites built a 100,000-square-foot factory.
SAUDIA selected OneFi in late 2021 for its upcoming fleet of Airbus A321neo and Airbus A321XLR aircraft.
Airbus has designed its satellite portfolio to reduce on-orbit costs, reduce time to orbit, and deliver reconfigurable and flexible on-orbit solutions.
Inmarsat’s I-4 F1 satellite operates on the L-band, was manufactured by EADS Astrium, and launched in March 2005 on an ILS mission.
Inmarsat’s I-6 F1 (GX6A) and I-6 F2 (GX6B) carry L- and Ka-band payloads and were manufactured by Airbus, with GX6A launching in December 2021 on MHI and GX6B launching in February 2023 on SpaceX.
Thales Alenia Space (Italy) and Airbus Defence & Space (Germany) were awarded satellite-building contracts in May 2021 to create two independent families of satellites amounting to 12 Galileo Second Generation satellites in total.
Following the European Navigation Conference opening session, ESA Director of Navigation Javier Benedicto invited Thales Alenia Space (Italy), Airbus Defence and Space (Germany) and Thales Six GTS (France) to sign contracts commencing System Engineering Support for Galileo Second Generation.
Inmarsat’s I-4 F4 (Alphasat) operates on the L-band, was manufactured by EADS Astrium and Thales Alenia Space, and launched in July 2013 by Arianespace.
Thales Alenia Space (Italy) and Airbus Defence & Space (Germany) were awarded satellite-building contracts in May 2021 to create two independent families totaling 12 Galileo Second Generation satellites.
ESA Director of Navigation Javier Benedicto invited Thales Alenia Space (Italy), Airbus Defence and Space (Germany), and Thales Six GTS (France) to sign contracts to initiate System Engineering Support for Galileo Second Generation.
The TELEO demonstrator payload is designed to facilitate very high-capacity optical feeder link communications and to support Airbus’ development of a new generation of optical communications technology in space.
The Airbus-built Arabsat Badr-8 telecommunications satellite was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Badr-8 is based on Airbus’ geostationary Eurostar Neo satellite platform.
Pléiades Neo is a constellation of satellites entirely funded, manufactured, owned, and operated by Airbus.
MYSA has internally developed more than 50 space-based applications using Airbus remote sensing satellite imagery.
Airbus has supported Malaysia’s space industry since 1998, beginning with space imagery.