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Airbus

NL
commercialFounded 2014
Blagnac, France
www.airbus.com
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Two Inmarsat-6 satellites are under construction by Airbus for launches in 2020 and 2021.

Mentioned as: AirbusTechnical ProductMay 30, 2019Airbus to build trio of Inmarsat-7 satellites

Hylas-3 is a 9 gigabits-per-second payload with steerable Ka-band beams included on Airbus and the European Space Agency’s European Data Relay Satellite C.

Mentioned as: AirbusTechnical ProductMay 28, 2019Avanti secures $55 million credit line

Airbus Defence and Space completed a study contract for Telesat LEO and is a prospective manufacturer for the program.

Mentioned as: Airbus Defence and SpaceTechnical ProductMay 9, 2019Telesat’s LEO plan: dedicated satellite factory, bulk launch contracts and a variety of antennas

Airbus Defence and Space and the Maxar Technologies–Thales Alenia Space team are expected to submit bids to Telesat this summer for a manufacturing contract estimated at $3,000,000,000.

Mentioned as: Airbus Defence and SpaceTechnical ProductMay 9, 2019Telesat’s LEO plan: dedicated satellite factory, bulk launch contracts and a variety of antennas

Airbus is competing against a Maxar Technologies–Thales Alenia Space team for an estimated $3,000,000,000 contract to build Telesat’s megaconstellation.

Mentioned as: AirbusOrg RelationshipMay 6, 2019Airbus eyes opportunities in future U.S. military LEO constellations

ArianeGroup, the Airbus-Safran joint venture, builds satellite components through a division inherited from Airbus Defence and Space in 2015.

Mentioned as: airbus defence and spaceTechnical ProductMay 6, 2019ArianeGroup applying launch cost reduction targets to satellite components

The SpainSAT NG satellites will be based on Airbus’ Eurostar Neo geostationary telecommunications satellite platform.

Mentioned as: AirbusTechnical ProductMay 6, 2019Airbus inks two-satellite deal with Spain’s satellite operator Hisdesat

Airbus received a $2,900,000 contract from DARPA last fall to produce satellite buses for DARPA’s Blackjack program.

Mentioned as: AirbusOrg RelationshipMay 6, 2019Airbus eyes opportunities in future U.S. military LEO constellations

Airbus designed the Eurostar Neo platform with the European Space Agency to be significantly cheaper than current satellites.

Mentioned as: AirbusTechnical ProductMay 6, 2019Airbus inks two-satellite deal with Spain’s satellite operator Hisdesat

Airbus built an assembly line on Florida’s Space Coast to manufacture up to 648 satellites for OneWeb.

Mentioned as: AirbusOrg RelationshipMay 6, 2019Airbus eyes opportunities in future U.S. military LEO constellations

The DARPA contract has provided Airbus with experience working on U.S. defense programs and serves as a stepping stone to other potential projects.

Mentioned as: AirbusOrg RelationshipMay 6, 2019Airbus eyes opportunities in future U.S. military LEO constellations

The two Eutelsat Hotbird broadcast satellites that Airbus is building will use reflectors different from ArianeGroup’s newly developed version.

Mentioned as: AirbusTechnical ProductMay 6, 2019ArianeGroup applying launch cost reduction targets to satellite components

Measat selected Airbus Defence and Space on 2019-05-06 to build a single satellite to replace two aging Measat satellites in geostationary orbit.

Mentioned as: AirbusOrg RelationshipMay 6, 2019Measat buying single replacement for two satellites

Airbus is preparing to produce 32 satellites every three weeks for the OneWeb broadband venture.

Mentioned as: AirbusTechnical ProductMay 6, 2019Airbus eyes opportunities in future U.S. military LEO constellations

ArianeGroup received an order from Airbus Defence and Space for 10 reflector antennas for two Eutelsat Hotbird broadcast satellites that Airbus is building.

Mentioned as: AirbusOrg RelationshipMay 6, 2019ArianeGroup applying launch cost reduction targets to satellite components

Hisdesat has agreed to buy two satellites from Airbus to replace aging military communications spacecraft.

Mentioned as: AirbusOrg RelationshipMay 6, 2019Airbus inks two-satellite deal with Spain’s satellite operator Hisdesat

The contract for the two replacement satellites was awarded to a consortium of Airbus and Thales Alenia Space with the bulk of the work to be done by Airbus.

Mentioned as: AirbusOrg RelationshipMay 6, 2019Airbus inks two-satellite deal with Spain’s satellite operator Hisdesat

Airbus’s U.S. plant currently builds only commercial satellites but could be expanded to produce classified spacecraft.

Mentioned as: AirbusTechnical ProductMay 6, 2019Airbus eyes opportunities in future U.S. military LEO constellations

Airbus Defence and Space and a Maxar Technologies–Thales Alenia Space team are competing for a Telesat contract estimated at $3,000,000,000.

Mentioned as: Airbus Defence and SpaceTechnical ProductMay 2, 2019Telesat to receive constellation bids this summer

As of 2019-05-02, Airbus Defence and Space and a Maxar Technologies–Thales Alenia Space team had nearly finalized designs and planned to submit proposals to Telesat in the coming months.

Mentioned as: AirbusOrg RelationshipMay 2, 2019Telesat to receive constellation bids this summer
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