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OneWeb's top four shareholders are Softbank (37.41%), Qualcomm (15.93%), Greg Wyler's 1110 Ventures LLC (11.94%), and Airbus (8.5%).
OneWeb’s satellites were built in Merritt Island, Florida through a joint venture with Airbus Defence and Space.
Airbus Defence and Space designed the servicer to use all-electric propulsion and robotic elements to grab other satellites for refueling.
Airbus Defence and Space planned to launch a satellite servicer shortly after Northrop Grumman launched MEV-1 but backed away from those plans two years earlier because of uncertainty about the commercial market.
Bartolomeo will be operated by Airbus as a commercial platform in cooperation with the European Space Agency.
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.
Inmarsat purchased three OneSat satellites from Airbus in 2019.
Telesat planned a 300-satellite LEO constellation and was evaluating manufacturers including Maxar Technologies, Thales Alenia Space, and Airbus Defence and Space.
Three manufacturers—Airbus, Boeing, and Thales Alenia Space—introduced small geostationary satellites weighing 2,000 to 3,000 kg that emphasize lightweight design and reprogrammability.
Airbus Defence and Space will build three approximately 3,000-kilogram small GEO satellites for Inmarsat based on the OneSat platform.
Airbus expected a modest increase over 2019’s 15 commercial orders for 2020.
Airbus finished 2019 with six GEO orders, including three for Inmarsat, one for Measat, and two to be built as lead partner with Thales Alenia Space for Hisdesat.
Postponed defense contracts were a factor in Airbus Defence and Space’s planned layoffs.
Airbus Group started consultations on 2020-02-19 with the European Works Council regarding the proposed job cuts.
Airbus Defence and Space’s adjusted earnings before interest and taxes were 565,000,000 EUR in 2019, down from 935,000,000 EUR in 2018.
Airbus Defence and Space comprised about 15% of Airbus Group’s 2019 revenue, down from 17% in 2018.
Airbus Defence and Space employs 35,000 people within Airbus Group’s total workforce of 135,000 employees.
Lower performance in space and efforts to support sales were key contributors to a 40% drop in Airbus Defence and Space’s adjusted earnings before interest and taxes.
Airbus Defence and Space’s revenue from space comprised 26% of its total revenue, which stood at 10,900,000,000 EUR for 2019 and was down 1.4% year over year.
Airbus Group proposes cutting 829 jobs in Germany, 630 jobs in Spain, 404 jobs in France, 357 jobs in the United Kingdom, and 142 jobs elsewhere.