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 is a co-owner of Starlab Space GmbH, the European subsidiary based in Bremen, Germany.
Airbus Defence & Space was the prime contractor for Smile’s payload module.
Airbus completed assembly, integration, and test work on Smile’s payload module in a new plant in Madrid.
Airbus is Starlab’s exclusive provider of technical design and engineering services.
The Airbus contract for Eutelsat Group is backed by a $1.75 billion capital increase supported by the French and British governments.
Eutelsat Group signed a contract with Airbus valued at between $2.34 billion and $2.57 billion for 340 additional LEO satellites.
Voyager Space and Airbus finalized the Starlab joint venture in January 2024.
TEXUS vehicles are managed by Airbus for DLR and ESA.
Shanghai Spacesail Technologies relies on agreements with Airbus and Panasonic Avionics Corporation.
OHB is considering a legal challenge to Project Bromo, the planned merger of Airbus, Thales, and Leonardo satellite manufacturing activities.
The Thuraya-4 satellite is built on the Airbus Eurostar Neo platform.
Airbus Crisa developed the Extended Control Unit for the Smile payload module.
Airbus Crisa led the hardware and software design for the Extended Control Unit using European technology and components.
The European Service Module is an Airbus-built part of the Orion spacecraft.
Airbus has completed installation of the four solar arrays on the European Service Module for the Artemis III mission.
The EarthDaily satellites are based on Airbus’s small satellite platform.
Airbus launched six new EarthDaily satellites into orbit.
The Astronauta por un día participants experienced brief periods of weightlessness aboard an Airbus A310 Zero-G aircraft.
Airbus and Maxar Technologies offer AI-assisted analytics services for land cover classification, infrastructure monitoring, and change detection.
Francisco Lechón previously headed Space Systems communications at Airbus España.