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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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Dominik Asam will leave Airbus on 2023-03-03.
Further ESMs 7, 8, and 9 were authorized at the ESA ministerial council in November 2022 and Airbus is finalizing an offer to provide them.
ESM manufacturing builds on Airbus’ experience gained on the Automated Transfer Vehicle, which flew five times to the ISS between 2008 and 2015.
Airbus transported I-6 F2 via the Azores, Newfoundland, and Washington D.C. aboard its Beluga transportation aircraft.
Both I-6 satellites were designed and manufactured in the United Kingdom at Airbus facilities in Stevenage and Portsmouth before final assembly in Toulouse, France.
The ESM-4 structure arrived at Airbus’ Bremen cleanroom in June 2022 and is currently being integrated.
Airbus engineers produce the European Service Modules together with ESA and industry partners, including suppliers from 10 countries.
ESA contracted Airbus to lead the European consortium and build six European Service Modules to date.
Airbus was selected as prime contractor for the JUICE mission by ESA in 2015.
The Airbus-built Inmarsat-6 F2 geostationary telecommunications satellite arrived at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on board an Airbus Beluga ready for its launch in February.
Inmarsat has commissioned ten geo-telecommunications satellites from Airbus including Inmarsat-6 F1 and Inmarsat-6 F2.
Airbus’ geostationary telecommunications satellites have accumulated more than 1,300 years of successful operation and are in service or being built for the world’s leading geostationary satellite operators.
The first Airbus-built Inmarsat-6 satellite, I-6 F1, was launched in December 2021.
Airbus investments in the platform and payload technologies used on Inmarsat-6 are supported by the European Space Agency, the UK Space Agency, and CNES.
Inmarsat-6 F2 will be the 58th Eurostar E3000 spacecraft built by Airbus.
The European Commission selected eight collaborative projects in July 2022 that Airbus is part of covering different innovative technology areas.
Airbus launched two defence research and development projects that it is coordinating as part of the 2021 European Defence Fund.
Airbus last used a Beluga to ship the Hotbird 13F satellite from France to Florida in October.
Airbus expects Inmarsat-6 F2 to complete post-launch orbital maneuvers and testing and to enter service in early 2024.
An Airbus Beluga plane carrying the Inmarsat-6 F2 satellite landed at Kennedy Space Center on 2023-01-27 after refueling stops in Canada and Virginia.