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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Airbus’ geostationary telecommunications satellites have accumulated more than 1,300 years of successful operation in orbit.
BADR-8 is the third Airbus Eurostar Neo satellite to be launched.
BADR-8 is the eighth satellite Airbus has built for Arabsat.
Airbus HCA 4-1 offers three different control modes to control the wheel in different ways.
Airbus’ Eurostar Neo satellite Arabsat BADR-8 has been shipped to Cape Canaveral ready for launch.
Airbus HCA 4-1 delivers fast maneuver capability and enhanced pointing control for small satellites.
Airbus HCA 4-1 communicates with the satellite platform via a serial TM/TC interface based on RS422/485.
Airbus’ Eurostar Neo platform has been developed under the European Space Agency’s Partnership Projects together with the French space agency CNES and with strong support from the UK Space Agency and other European agencies.
The Airbus TELEO demonstrator will be used to validate technical scenarios and innovations for GEO-to-ground communications on the order of one terabit per second.
Airbus HCA 4-1 can provide 6.0 Nms angular momentum with a reduced torque range.
Airbus HCA 4-1 is designed to enable earth observation applications.
Airbus HCA 4-1 is based on high-torque reaction wheels providing 0.980 Nm maximum reaction torque and 4.0 Nms angular momentum.
Airbus HCA 4-1 includes an agility enabler targeted at 200-500 kg satellite platforms.
Airbus HCA 4-1 has a rated lifetime of up to 10 years in Low Earth Orbit.
Airbus HCA 4-1 provides a 100% digital interface with the onboard computer (OBC).
Airbus HCA 4-1 performs monitoring and test functions for the satellite platform.
Airbus HCA 4-1 ensures local speed control to improve performance and simplify AOCS.
The Airbus Eurostar Neo Arabsat BADR-8 satellite features electric orbit-raising technology.
Thales Alenia Space and Airbus are both seeking leading roles in developing IRIS², Europe’s multi-orbit sovereign connectivity constellation budgeted at 6,000,000,000 EUR.
Airbus had a significant geostationary backlog in 2022 and secured orders for nearly 60 low Earth orbit platforms that year.