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Airbus Defence and Space

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division of Airbus Group (SE) specialized in the defense and aerospace industry

commercialFounded 2014
History · 1 eventJan 1, 2014 · Airbus Military, Astrium, and Cassidian merge to form Airbus Defence and Space
www.airbus.com/en/products-services/defence
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Airbus Defence and Space built Metop-C for the European meteorological organization EUMETSAT.

RelationshipsValue 4.0Oct 30, 2018Arianespace Soyuz launch schedule unaffected by Russian MS-10 failure

Airbus Defence and Space is the prime contractor for ESA’s portion of BepiColombo and led a team of 83 companies from 16 countries in building the Mercury Planetary Orbiter, the carrier module, and the sunshield.

RelationshipsGeneralValue 4.0Oct 20, 2018Ariane 5 launches BepiColombo to Mercury

The Ocean Cleanup is working with Airbus Defence and Space and Maxar Technologies to evaluate electro-optical and radar satellite data for monitoring the project.

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.0Oct 18, 2018Satellite operators offer communications for autonomous ships

Airbus Defence and Space projected that replacement needs could drive GEO satellite orders to 15 to 18 per year.

GrowthGeneralValue 3.0Sep 26, 2018World Satellite Business Week: May the satellite industry live in interesting times

NovaSAR-1 is a technology demonstration mission carrying a synthetic aperture radar payload supplied by Airbus Defence and Space.

CapabilityRelationshipsValue 4.2Sep 17, 2018India’s PSLV launches two British satellites for SSTL

Airbus Defence and Space assembled a database of orbiting satellites that will need to be replaced by 2025.

PlanGeneralValue 2.5Sep 14, 2018Airbus forecasts 15 to 18 commercial GEO orders as new annual norm

OneWeb Satellites, a joint venture between OneWeb and Airbus Defence and Space, is building the first 10 OneWeb satellites in Toulouse, France.

RelationshipsPlanValue 4.0Sep 12, 2018Amid concerns, OneWeb gets vague about constellation’s cost

Two Inmarsat-6 satellites are under construction by Airbus Defence and Space with launch dates planned for 2020 and 2021 and both satellites include L-band and high-throughput Ka-band payloads.

PlanCapabilityValue 4.6Sep 10, 2018Inmarsat battles to maintain leadership in connecting the high seas

OneWeb is building 900 satellites through a joint venture with Airbus Defence and Space.

RelationshipsGrowthPlanValue 4.5Aug 27, 2018OneWeb, Arianespace target December-February for first Soyuz launch

David Robson spent 25 years as head of advanced payloads at EADS Astrium (now Airbus Defence and Space), according to LinkedIn.

GovernanceValue 2.0Aug 3, 2018MEO startup Methera plans “high density” HTS constellation

Telesat awarded a second constellation design contract on 2018-08-01 to Airbus Defence and Space to begin studies on a proposed system of 117 low Earth orbit communications satellites.

RelationshipsPlanValue 4.0Aug 1, 2018Telesat picks Airbus Defence and Space as second constellation design partner

Planet and Airbus Defence and Space’s geospatial division have agreed to co-develop imagery products that leverage both companies’ satellites.

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.0Jun 25, 2018Planet, Airbus start joint satellite-imagery product initiative

Airbus Defence and Space identifies SES-12 as the largest and most powerful all-electric satellite ever produced.

CapabilityValue 3.0Jun 4, 2018SpaceX launches SES-12 on “hybrid” Falcon 9

Airbus’ Paz satellite joined Airbus Defence and Space’s SAR constellation in February, reducing the constellation’s revisit time from 11 days to between four and seven days.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.2May 22, 2018Not convinced of the promise of commercial radar satellites? Meet the radar mafia.

Inmarsat has three satellites under construction: a Ka-band satellite dubbed GX-5 from Thales Alenia Space and two Inmarsat-6 satellites with L- and Ka-band capacity from Airbus Defence and Space.

PlanCapabilityValue 4.0May 3, 2018Inmarsat hints at “GX Flex” next-gen satellite investment

Airbus Defence and Space and Space Tango entered into an agreement on 2017-10-26 to combine their commercial programs for greater utilization of the International Space Station.

RelationshipsGeneralValue 4.2Oct 26, 2017Space Tango Announces Partnership with Airbus Defence and Space

Airbus Defence and Space intends to create the Airbus Surveillance Digital Eco-System to fuse space and ground data and provide global, near-real-time data to track every aircraft anywhere.

PlanCapabilityValue 4.0Sep 1, 2017GomSpace partners with Airbus Defence and Space to enhance space-based aircraft surveillance

GomSpace and Airbus Defence and Space performed a joint live Atlantic flight tracking demonstration of the GOMX-3 mission in 2016.

GeneralRelationshipsCapabilityValue 3.5Sep 1, 2017GomSpace partners with Airbus Defence and Space to enhance space-based aircraft surveillance
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