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Columbus

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Human SpaceflightLEOLaunched 2/7/2008
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Mission & Launch
Launch Mission
ISS 1E
Launch Vehicle
Space Shuttle
Launch Date
2/7/2008
Orbit & Mass
Orbit Class
LEO
Altitude
335 km
Inclination
51.6 deg
Dry Mass
12,193 kg
Total Mass
0 kg
Payload Classification
Mission Type
Human Spaceflight
Payload Category
SS
Payload Class
C
Organizations
Operator
European Space Agency (ESA)
Manufacturer
Airbus
Registry
UN Registration
ST/SG/SER.E/591
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Mentions
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The Columbus Ka-band (ColKa) terminal is installed and fully tested on-board the International Space Station.

CapabilityValue 4.0Jan 19, 2022The International Space Station Is Connected via Airbus’ SpaceDataHighway

The Columbus Ka-band (ColKa) terminal is installed and fully tested on-board the International Space Station.

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The International Space Station connected via the SpaceDataHighway

Wireless Compose-2 is a technology demonstrator consisting of five modules weighing a total of one kilogram to provide a flexible wireless network infrastructure in the Columbus module.

CapabilityValue 4.2Jan 3, 2022Dragon’s Delivery Of European Science Readies For Space

SPIDA Software, founded in 2007 in Columbus, Ohio, offers modeling, simulation, and data management software solutions to electric and communications utilities in the U.S. and Canada.

CapabilityGeneralValue 3.0Jun 15, 2021Bentley Systems announces acquisition of SPIDA, leader in utility pole structure management

Michael Hopkins and Victor Glover performed a spacewalk on 2021-01-27 on the exterior of the Columbus module to support the Bartolomeo external payload platform and to install a new communications antenna.

CapabilityPlanValue 4.5Jan 30, 2021Next SpaceX commercial crew mission to launch in April

Airbus’ Bartolomeo platform was launched and robotically attached to the ISS Columbus module in 2020.

PlanCapabilityValue 4.0Jan 22, 2021ESA books two payload missions on Airbus Bartolomeo platform

Airbus’ Bartolomeo platform was launched and robotically attached to the ISS Columbus Module in 2020.

PlanCapabilityValue 4.0Jan 21, 2021Two Payload Missions Booked By ESA On The Airbus Bartolomeo Platform

Airbus’ Bartolomeo platform is attached to the European Columbus Module of the International Space Station and is the station’s newest payload hosting platform.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Jan 21, 2021Two Payload Missions Booked By ESA On The Airbus Bartolomeo Platform

Uyen Dinh received her Juris Doctor from the Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law.

GeneralValue 0.8Dec 2, 2020BlackSky names Uyen Dinh as Vice President for Government Relations and Strategy

Uyen Dinh received her Juris Doctor from the Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law.

GovernanceValue 0.6Dec 1, 2020BlackSky Names Uyen Dinh as Vice President for Government Relations and Strategy

Airbus’ Bartolomeo platform is designed to host payloads and scientific experiments and was attached to the ISS Columbus module in April.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Oct 28, 2020Launchspace to test Debris Collection payload on ISS Bartolomeo platform

Bartolomeo is an external experiment platform developed by Airbus that is among the payloads on the CRS-20 Dragon and will be installed on the station’s Columbus module.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Mar 7, 2020Falcon 9 launches final first-generation Dragon

The vehicle hardware on Cygnus NG-13 includes a new communications system called ColKa for the Columbus module that will provide increased bandwidth by communicating through the European Data Relay System satellites.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Feb 15, 2020Cygnus launches to space station

ESA’s Heat Transfer Host 2 experiment will launch to the International Space Station in the first half of 2023 and operate inside Europe’s Columbus laboratory module.

PlanCapabilityValue 4.0Nov 21, 2019QinetiQ lands ESA contract with new Belgian plant, aims to grow space business

After replacing the faulty BCDU, Koch and Meir performed additional get-ahead tasks, including installing hardware on the exterior of the European Columbus module to support the Bartolomeo external experiment rack.

CapabilityValue 4.0Oct 18, 2019NASA astronauts complete repairs on historic spacewalk

Bartolomeo is an Airbus Defense and Space external research platform designed to host commercial payloads outside the Columbus module on the International Space Station.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.6Sep 18, 2019Xenesis to test optical terminal on Bartolomeo platform