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Airbus

NL
commercialFounded 2014
Blagnac, France
www.airbus.com
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Isar Aerospace raised $17,000,000 in a Series A round led by Airbus Ventures and Earlybird Venture Capital.

Mentioned as: AirbusOrg RelationshipDec 12, 2019German launch startup raises $17 million with help from Airbus Ventures and an ex-SpaceX employee

Airbus Defence and Space is building the Measat-3d communications satellite scheduled to launch in 2021.

Mentioned as: AirbusOrg RelationshipNov 27, 2019Globalstar borrows $199M with EchoStar’s help • Measat buys Ariane 5 launch

Inmarsat’s Inmarsat-6 F1 is scheduled to launch in 2020 on a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries H-2A rocket and Inmarsat-6 F2 is scheduled for launch in 2021 on a to-be-announced launcher, with both satellites sourced from Airbus.

Mentioned as: AirbusOrg RelationshipNov 26, 2019Ariane 5 launches satellites for Egypt, Inmarsat

Airbus received telemetry from TIBA-1 indicating the satellite is healthy in orbit.

Mentioned as: airbusTechnical ProductNov 26, 2019Ariane 5 launches satellites for Egypt, Inmarsat

Inmarsat plans three reprogrammable Inmarsat-7 satellites from Airbus with launches anticipated by 2023.

Mentioned as: AirbusOrg RelationshipNov 26, 2019Ariane 5 launches satellites for Egypt, Inmarsat

Airbus procured the TIBA-1 satellite’s launch on behalf of the government of Egypt.

Mentioned as: AirbusTechnical ProductNov 26, 2019Ariane 5 launches satellites for Egypt, Inmarsat

Thales Alenia Space and Airbus co-built the 5,600-kilogram TIBA-1 satellite, with Airbus supplying the bus and Thales Alenia Space providing the Ka-band payload.

Mentioned as: AirbusOrg RelationshipNov 26, 2019Ariane 5 launches satellites for Egypt, Inmarsat

Airbus Defence and Space, Maxar Technologies, and Thales Alenia Space are competing to build Telesat’s LEO broadband constellation after Maxar and Thales Alenia split to compete separately.

Mentioned as: airbus defence and spaceTechnical ProductNov 8, 2019Telesat LEO manufacturing decision bumped to 2020

Airbus selected Vega to launch the European Space Agency’s Biomass satellite in 2022 and also procured the July launch of the UAE’s Falcon Eye 1.

Mentioned as: AirbusOrg RelationshipNov 7, 2019Avio anticipates Vega C upgrade funding at ESA ministerial, Vega return to flight in March

Airbus is building the Biomass satellite, a 1,200-kilogram carbon dioxide-monitoring spacecraft, under an ESA contract awarded in 2016.

Mentioned as: AirbusOrg RelationshipNov 7, 2019Avio anticipates Vega C upgrade funding at ESA ministerial, Vega return to flight in March

Eutelsat-5 West B has a mass of 2,860 kg and uses a Northrop Grumman GEOStar-2 platform with an all Ku-band payload from Airbus Defence and Space.

Mentioned as: AirbusOrg RelationshipOct 9, 2019Northrop Grumman’s satellite servicer MEV-1, Eutelsat satellite, launch on ILS Proton

Xenesis plans to conduct a space-based demonstration of its Xen-Hub Optical Communications terminal in 2021 on Bartolomeo, the Airbus Defense and Space external research platform on the International Space Station.

Mentioned as: AirbusOrg RelationshipSep 18, 2019Xenesis to test optical terminal on Bartolomeo platform

Airbus will host the Xen-Hub terminal on the Bartolomeo platform and will provide certification, integration, and flight processing support, including participation in NASA’s ISS safety review process.

Mentioned as: AirbusOrg RelationshipSep 18, 2019Xenesis to test optical terminal on Bartolomeo platform

If the 2021 demonstration is successful, Airbus and Xenesis could provide space station customers and Bartolomeo platform users with commercial access to Xenesis’ ten-gigabit optical communications service.

Mentioned as: AirbusOrg RelationshipSep 18, 2019Xenesis to test optical terminal on Bartolomeo platform

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

Mentioned as: airbus defense and spaceNarrative CapabilitySep 18, 2019Xenesis to test optical terminal on Bartolomeo platform

Airbus expects to have four CO3D satellites in orbit in 2022 under a contract from July.

Mentioned as: AirbusTechnical ProductSep 12, 2019Earth observation companies plan new satellites and seek new customers

Airbus holds a stake in HawkEye 360, a company developing a smallsat constellation to geolocate radiofrequency signals.

Mentioned as: airbusTechnical ProductSep 12, 2019Earth observation companies plan new satellites and seek new customers

Airbus and Telespazio will establish a partnership to sell excess capacity on France’s upcoming Syracuse 4 military communications satellites.

Mentioned as: AirbusTechnical ProductSep 10, 2019Airbus and Telespazio to sell excess capacity on Syracuse 4 satellites

Telesat is expected to choose soon between Airbus Defence and Space and a team formed by Maxar Technologies and Thales Alenia Space to start building its 300-satellite LEO broadband constellation.

Mentioned as: AirbusOrg RelationshipSep 10, 2019GEO satellite orders are up, but full rebound remains to be seen

Airbus and Telespazio expect to offer X-band, military Ka-band, and X/Ka dual-band mode services for allied governments at speeds of up to several hundred megabits per second.

Mentioned as: AirbusTechnical ProductSep 10, 2019Airbus and Telespazio to sell excess capacity on Syracuse 4 satellites
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