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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The Skynet 5 program has provided the UK Ministry of Defence with military communications services supporting global operations since 2003 under a full service outsource contract provided by Airbus.
Airbus was awarded the Skynet 6A contract in July 2020.
Teams from across Airbus’ space and ground segments worked closely with UK Ministry of Defence counterparts to keep the Skynet 6A program on track.
Airbus launched the Skynet 5A, 5B, 5C, and 5D satellites between 2007 and 2012.
OneWeb’s satellites carrying Altius DogTags are manufactured by Airbus OneWeb Satellites in a factory on Merritt Island, Florida.
In December 2020 OneWeb launched 36 new satellites built at its Airbus joint venture assembly plant in Florida, bringing OneWeb’s total fleet to 110 satellites.
OneSat is designed to deliver a balance between performance, flexibility, and competitive cost per bit while maintaining Airbus’ product reliability.
Airbus signed a contract with Intelsat on 2020-12-31 to build two OneSat satellites for Intelsat’s next-generation software-defined network.
Airbus established new industrial capabilities across its European sites to enable increased production pace for OneSat satellites.
Airbus signed a contract with Intelsat on 2020-12-31 to build two OneSat satellites operating in multiple frequency bands for Intelsat’s next-generation software-defined network.
OneSat is designed to provide a balance between performance, flexibility, and competitive cost per bit while maintaining Airbus’ product reliability.
The Government Accountability Office dismissed Airbus’ protest on 2021-11-30.
Airbus filed a protest with the Government Accountability Office challenging the Tracking Layer Tranche 0 awards.
In 2023 Inmarsat expects to launch three Airbus Defence & Space-built satellites named GX7, GX8, and GX9.
The first Inmarsat-6 satellite is built by Airbus Defence & Space and is due to be launched by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries later in 2021.
The Delta–Viasat agreement covers new deliveries and retrofits of Airbus A321ceo, Boeing 737-900ER, and select Boeing 757-200 aircraft.
CNES awarded the CSO contract to Airbus at the end of 2010 while acting on behalf of the French Armament General Directorate (DGA).
Airbus built Earth observation satellites for the French Armed Forces that were launched on a Soyuz launcher from the Kourou European Spaceport in French Guiana.
Airbus teams will lead the User Ground Segment operations for CSO, as Airbus currently does for Helios, Pleiades, SarLupe, and Cosmo-SkyMed.
OneWeb’s satellite production currently operates under a joint venture between OneWeb and Airbus.